mcleod mulvaney, robert blair, don eisenberg, michael ellis, russell vote, michael duffy, brian mccormick and brett buell. these actions were consistent with president trump s previous efforts to undermine united states government investigations into foreign interference in united states elections. through these actions, president trump sought to arrogate to himself the right to determine the propriety of scope. in nature of impeachment inquiry into his own conduct to deny any and all information to the house of representatives. and the exercise of its sole power of impeachment. in the history of the republic, no president is ever order the complete defiance of an impeachment inquiry or sought to obstruct and impeach so comprehensively the ability of the house of representatives to investigate high crimes and misdemeanors. this abuse of office serves to cover up the president s own repeated misconduct and to seize
and i attempted to try to talk to mr. morrison. that didn t happen before i received instructions from john eisenberg to not talk to anybody else any further. so, the lawyer you not only didn t go to your boss, what ended up unfolding was, you had conversations with the attorney. i did my core function, which is coordination. i spoke to the appropriate people. and mr. eisenberg told me not to talk to anybody there.
correct? i m sorry, my lawyer was talking. can you say that again? you went to mr. eisenberg. you already said that so we can go on. you are not a jag officer, and you are not a lawyer. on page 153 of her testimony deposition in reference to that meeting with mr. eisenberg, he said i was not making a legal judgment, all he was doing was sharing my concerns with my chain of command. let s establish the role and the title. in your deposition, page 20201 and the colloquy with mr. stewart, i would say first of all i m the director for ukraine and i m the most knowledgeable. i m there for the national security council and the white house. are you the only one of the entire universe of our government, or otherwise, that can advise the president on the ukraine? could someone like miss williams
colonel vindman, wasn t at the case that mr. eisenberg the attorney had sent to you after the july 5 meeting that you should come to him if you have any other concerns? is it outside of the chain of command? he is the senior between the two, certainly. our colleagues from the other side of the aisle have been complaining about other witnesses only having secondhand information. but in both your cases you have firsthand information. it that is correct. you and your comments today said i want to state that the file character attacks on that these distinguished and public stude student, servants is reprehensible. would you like to expand on that
iraq, i appreciate the service and the sacrifice you made during that time and i know the environment. i appreciate the importance of chain of command and in your definition you emphasize the importance of chain of command. you are a direct report to dr. fiona hill and they were your seniors, correct? that is correct. when you hit concerns about the call between the presidents, you didn t go to mr. morrison about that, did you? so in the deposition can you answer the question please? please allow him to answer. reported to don eisenberg and i attempted to report to mr. morrison. but he didn t avail himself and so at that point i was told would you please allow the witness to finish? thank you.