White House disputes Vindman account of transcript edits: The question has long baffled lawmakers: What is missing from the White House’s rough transcript of President Donald Trump phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy?
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman began to fill in gaps.
In testimony for the House impeachment inquiry , Vindman, who worked at the White House National Security Council and monitored the July 25 phone call, told investigators he heard a discussion of Biden and Burisma — a reference to the gas company where Joe Biden’s son served on the board. He also said Trump brought up that there are recordings of Joe Biden discussing corruption in Ukraine, according to people familiar with Tuesday’s closed-door testimony.
Vindman testified to House investigators that he tried to suggest changes to the transcript that was released by the White House, but was unsuccessful, the people said.
The White House on Thursday pushed back on the idea that Vindman had suggested that the ellipses in the rough transcript represented missing information.
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