concerns to LTG Kellogg.[1] LTG Kellogg similarly noted that Williams never raised concerns to him.[2]
Morrison's subordinate, LTC Vindman, listened in on the conversation. [3] At the time of the call, LTC Vindman handled Ukraine policy for the NSC.[4] He testified that he was concerned by the conversation and raised his concerns to the NSC's Legal Advisor, John Eisenberg.[5] Eisenberg, according to LTC Vindman, did not share the concern.[6] LTC Vindman did not raise any concerns to Morrison, his immediate supervisor.[7] In his public testimony, Morrison explained that he had concerns with LTC Vindman's judgment and deviation from the chain of command.[8]
The evidence suggests that any wider concerns about the July 25 phone call originated from LTC Vindman. Williams testified that she discussed the call with no one outside the NSC.[9] LTC Vindman, on the other hand, testified that he discussed the phone call with two people outside of the NSC, Deputy Assistant Secretary Kent and an unidentified intelligence community employee.[10] Deputy Assistant Secretary Kent explained that LTC Vindman felt "uncomfortable" and would not share the majority of the substance of the conversation.[11] According to Kent's recollection, LTC Vindman did not mention that the conversation included any reference to Vice President Biden.[12]
6. The anonymous, secondhand whistleblower complaint misstated details about the July 25 call, which has falsely colored the call's public characterization.
The anonymous whistleblower did not listen in on the July 25 call between President Trump and President Zelensky. The whistleblower's subsequent complaint about the conversation, compiled with secondhand information, misstated key details about the conversation.
The whistleblower sensationally alleged that President Trump "sought to pressure the Ukrainian leader to take actions to help the President's 2020 reelection bid."[13] The call summary, however, contains no reference to 2020 or President Trump's reelection bid.[14]
- ↑ Deposition of Jennifer Williams, in Wash., D.C., at 129 (Nov. 7, 2019) [hereinafter "Williams deposition"]; Impeachment Inquiry: LTC Alexander Vindman and Ms. Jennifer Williams, supra note 6.
- ↑ Statement from Lieutenant General Kellogg, supra note 71.
- ↑ Vindman deposition, supra note 12, at 18.
- ↑ Id. at 16.
- ↑ Id. at 96.
- ↑ Id. at 97, 258.
- ↑ Morrison deposition, supra note 12, at 59.
- ↑ Impeachment Inquiry: Ambassador Kurt Volker and Mr. Timothy Morrison, supra note 8.
- ↑ Impeachment Inquiry: LTC Alexander Vindman and Ms. Jennifer Williams, supra note 6.
- ↑ Id.
- ↑ Kent deposition, supra note 65, at 163-64.
- ↑ Id. at 165-66.
- ↑ Letter to Richard Burr, Chairman, S. Sel. Comm. on Intelligence, & Adam Schiff, Chairman, H. Perm. Sel. Comm. on Intelligence 2 (Aug. 12, 2019) [hereinafter "Whistleblower letter"].
- ↑ Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, supra note 15.
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