What Went Down On Day 3 Of The Trump Impeachment Hearings

“Without hesitation I knew that I had to report this to the White House counsel. It was my duty to report to the proper people in the chain of command. As I said in my statement, it was inappropriate, improper, for the president to demand an investigation into a political opponent, especially a foreign power,” says Vindman about the July 25 call.

Vindman reported his concerns about the request for investigations to the NSC’s legal counsel twice — first after the July 10 meeting where he and other witnesses say Sondland tied a White House meeting to investigations, and again after the July 25 call.

Worth mentioning that the White House has tried to blame Vindman for the discrepancy between the readout of the April 21 call that was released earlier this year (which mentioned corruption) and the more detailed call summary that was made publicly available last week (where corruption wasn’t discussed). It will be interesting to see if that comes up during Republicans’ questioning.