Takeaways: Trump request to Ukraine seen as a "demand"
WASHINGTON – A key National Security Council expert testified Tuesday he considered President Donald Trump's request that Ukraine investigate Joe and Hunter Biden as a "demand" that was "improper" for Trump to make.
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an expert on the eastern European country, was describing the July 25 phone call where Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to probe his political rivals while the Trump administration held up nearly $400 million in military assistance.
Vindman testified before the House Intelligence Committee which is investigating whether Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine for the probe amount to an impeachable offense.
Vindman appeared Tuesday morning alongside Jennifer Williams, an NSC aide to Vice President Mike Pence. Both were among a handful of administration security officials authorized to listen in on the July 25 call.
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