Goldman: Col. Vindman, you’ve said in your deposition that it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the political benefits of the president’s demands. For those of us who are not rocket scientists, can you explain what you meant by that?
Vindman: So my understanding is that it was — the connection to investigating to a political opponent was inappropriate and improper. I made that connection as soon as the president brought up the Biden investigation.
Goldman: Col. Vindman, you testified that the president, President Trump’s request for a favor from President Zelensky would be considered as a demand to President Zelensky. After his call, did you ever hear from any Ukrainians, either in the United States or Ukraine about any pressure that they felt to do these investigations that President Trump demanded?
Vindman: Not that I can recall.
Goldman: Did you have any discussions with officials at the embassy here, the Ukrainian embassy here in Washington, DC?
Vindman: Yes, I did.
Goldman: Did you discuss at all the demand for investigations with them?
Goldman: I did not.
Note that Goldman is the House Intelligence Committee lawyer which means he's a Democrat supporter. Clearly Goldman was trying to get Vindman to back up the Democrats fake impeachment narrative.
Instead Vindman despite his extensive contacts with Ukrainian government officials admitted that not once had they discussed the "pressure" that Vindman says Trump was applying to them.
Remember the Ukrainians like Vindman so much that they offered him the job of Defense Minister in Ukraine--according to Vindman's testimony--not once but 3 times. Clearly they though he was a friend so if in fact they felt pressured by Trump they would have reached out to Vindman. But they didn't.
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