White House edited transcript of President’s call with Ukraine

WASHINGTON,(DAILY MAIL),30 OCTOBER2019- Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council’s top Ukraine expert, told House impeachment investigators on Tuesday that the White House transcript of the July call between President Trump and Ukraine’s president missed key words or crucial phrases that he tried – and failed – to have corrected.

Such omissions, Vindman said, included Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, directly mentioning the energy company who once employed Hunter Biden to its board, Burisma Holdings.

‘He or she will look into the situation, specifically to the company that you mentioned in this issue,’ the White House’s transcript cites Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as saying.

However, Vindman insists Zelensky specifically mentioned Burisma, telling investigators he tried to have the White House’s transcript changed to include the missing reference but the amendment was never made.

The rough transcript also contains ellipses in three instances where Trump is talking, which

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, dressed in Army uniform with military medals displayed across his chest (DM)

again Vindman says he tried to amend. He told investigators the third set of ellipses relates to Trump speaking about alleged recordings of former Vice President Joe Biden boasting about illegal Ukraine funding. It’s believed the Trump’s mention of the tapes is most likely referring to comments Biden made in January 2018 that the US held $1 billion in loan guarantees until the nation fired its prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin.

The comments led Republicans - without evidence - to believe Biden was actively trying to prevent an investigation into his son from being launched.