Ukraine "Expert" Who is to Testify That He Had Concerns About Trump's Call With Ukrainian President Zelensky is a Bolton Flunkie

Alexander Vindman

MAJOR UPDATE BELOW

Mainstream media lost it Monday evening as details emerged as to what Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman will say Tuesday morning in his opening statement before House impeachment investigators.

Here is CNN blowing a gasket:

The National Security Council's top Ukraine expert plans to tell House impeachment investigators on Tuesday that he was so troubled by President Donald Trump's July phone call with Ukraine's President that he reported his concerns to a superior, according to a copy of his opening statement obtained by CNN.

"I was concerned by the call. I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen, and I was worried about the implications for the U.S. government's support of Ukraine," Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman plans to tell lawmakers, according to his opening statement. "I realized that if Ukraine pursued an investigation into the Bidens and Burisma, it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in Ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained."

"This would all undermine U.S. national security. Following the call, I again reported my concerns to NSC's lead counsel."

MSM thinks this is a smoking gun. It is not even a gun. It is a wet fart that stinks like John Bolton's mustache.

Here are the ket snippets from Vindman's statement:

My family fled the Soviet Union when I was three and a half years old.
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When I joined the White House' s NationalSecurity Council ( ) I reported to
Dr. Fiona Hill who in turn reported to John Bolton, the National Security Advisor.
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Since 2008, Russia has manifested an overtly aggressive foreign policy, leveraging
military power and employing hybrid warfare to achieve its objectives of regional
hegemony and global influence . Absent a deterrent to dissuade Russia from such
aggression , there is an increased risk of further confrontations with the West. In
this situation , a strong and independent Ukraine is criticalto U . S . national security
interests because Ukraine is a frontline state and a bulwark against Russian
aggression

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I have never had direct contact or communications with the President.

In other words, Vindman is a second derivative neocon, who likely had ingrained in him since he was a child about the evils of Russian leadership, any Russian leadership.

Just perfect for the type of anti-Russia underling that neocons Hill and Bolton would want working for them.

The man never met the President and has no idea what the President was thinking when he talked with  Zelensky. And further, just who the hell is he to determine what a national security issue is? If Ukraine could provide information that Joe Biden was working with Ukranian operatives to undermine the presidential campaign of Trump that sounds like a mighty big deal to me.

Vindman's anti-Russia passion is clouding his view.

He is about as honest an observer of a situation as Johnny Most was when he broadcast Boston Celtic games.

 -RW

UPDATE

There is a smoking gun but it points to Vindman, while he was in the White House he was advising Ukraine on how to deal with Giuliani.

Like I said above Vindman has severe  anti-Russia bias and probably broke the law by advising Ukraine while working at the White House:
This clip is just stunning.

What do you think about what Laura Ingraham said about Vindman, a Ukrainian immigrant, advising Ukraine on national security issues? pic.twitter.com/dypdCO750x

— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) October 29, 2019