Improper. Unusual. Political. Trump White House officials expressed their dismay at the Ukraine call today.
White House national security aides who listened in on President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with the Ukrainian president sharply criticized his conduct on Tuesday as “improper,” “unusual” and overtly political.
“It was also clear that if Ukraine pursued an investigation into the 2016 election, the Bidens, and Burisma, it would be interpreted as a partisan play,” Vindman said, referring to the Ukrainian energy company whose board Hunter Biden sat on. “This would undoubtedly result in Ukraine losing bipartisan support, undermine U.S. national security, and advance Russia’s strategic objectives in the region.
Republican lawmakers sought to question Vindman’s judgment, including whether he was motivated to come forward by a bias against Trump. Vindman rejected those suggestions, as Democrats sought to buttress both witnesses’ credibility by highlighting Vindman’s military honors and Williams’ work for George W. Bush’s presidential campaign.
Both officials also offered high-level insight into the confusion and alarm within the U.S. national security apparatus that followed Trump’s abrupt decision to freeze U.S. military aid to Ukraine, a key U.S. ally fending off Russian aggression. During the hearing, the White House tweeted an excerpt from Morrison, Vindman’s former supervisor, who said during his closed-door testimony that he questioned Vindman’s “judgment.”
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