What Went Down On Day 3 Of The Trump Impeachment Hearings

Vindman is discussing the decision to put the July 25 call summary in a special classified system. However, he said, “I don’t think there was anything nefarious.”

“I speak Russian and Ukrainian. And a little bit of English.” Vindman cracks a joke, in answer to a question about what languages he speaks.

When the Ukrainians became aware of the hold on the security assistance has become a key detail — one Republican defense was that there couldn’t have been a quid pro quo over the aid because the Ukrainians didn’t know it had been frozen. Vindman is underscoring that the Ukrainians were aware the aid was being held up before that fact became public knowledge, undermining that GOP’s defense (which other witnesses’ testimony has also done).