A Ukrainian-born US army officer who was listening in on President Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky says he tried to correct portions of the reconstructed transcript which note-takers and voice recognition software missed, according to his Tuesday testimony.
Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman said that the two world leaders explicitly mentioned Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian energy company that employed Hunter Biden at the same time his father Joe Biden used his position as Vice President to have the country's lead prosecutor - who was investigating Burisma - fired.
The note-takers and voice recognition software used during the July 25 call had missed Mr. Zelensky saying the word “Burisma,” but the reconstructed transcript does reference “the company,” and suggests that the Ukrainian president is aware that it is of great interest to Mr. Trump. -NYT
(Note - the Times lies when they write that...
...Meanwhile, Vindman - who overseas European affairs at the National Security Council, has come under fire after the New York Times reported that he's has been advising Ukrainian officials on how to deal with Rudy Giuliani....
This was a confidential conversation. Although the president released the transcript it seems those portions that this guy attempted to 'correct', however accurately, would still be subject to executive privilege, since they weren't part of the original transcript which was consciously released to the public.
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