Mr. Eisenberg, he told me to take my concerns to him. And, theres a period of time in it wasnt that long a period of time, but it was enough time for me to enough time to talk to someone who you want i will assume it is, right . Ive been instructed not to, representative jordan. Hes what im getting. He told you not to talk to any of the people and you interpret that as not talking to your boss. But you talked to your brother, you talked to the lawyers, you talked to secretary kent, and the one guy adam schiff will let you tell us who he is. Is that right . Representative jordan, i did my job. Im not saying you didnt. All im saying is the instructions from the lawyer where that you shouldnt talk to
anybody, and you interpret that as dont talk to my boss, but im gonna go talk to someone that we cant even ask you if that individual is. That is incorrect. I just read what you said. I shouldnt talk to any of the people. The time of the gentleman has expired. Im sorry, mr. Chairman, that seq
you said that ambassador sondland was calling for an investigation that didn t exist into the bidens and burisma. is that correct? that is correct. that same afternoon he went to mr. eisenberg, correct? that occurred in the afternoon, and i m sure it was a been within a couple hours i talk to mr. eisenberg. how did he react? he was cool, calm, and collected. he said he would look into it and you took notes. did he tell you you would be free to come back if you have additional concerns? he did, mr. congressman. ambassador sondland said his request to the ukrainians had been coordinated with the acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney. did you report that to mr. eisenberg? i did. what was his reaction? he took notes and he said he would follow up or look into it. i don t recall exactly what he said. colonel, you also testified
anybody, and you interpret that as don t talk to my boss, but i m gonna go talk to someone that we can t even ask you if that individual is. that is incorrect. i just read what you said. i shouldn t talk to any of the people. the time of the gentleman has expired. i m sorry, mr. chairman, that sequence is not the way it played out. please, let the colonel answer. speak of the sequence played out where immediately afterwards i expressed my concerns, i did my coordination function, mr. eisenberg circle background and told me how to talk to anybody else. in that period of time i did not manage to so that s what happened. that s when he talked to someone. that s right. think you, mr. chairman. colonel vindman, let s go back to that pair of meetings on jul. about scrambled eggs office and down in the boardroom, were you witnessed ambassador sondland informed the ukrainian officials that, as a prerequisite, ukrainians would have to deliver an investigation into the bid
general counsel from one of the intelligence bodies notified mr. eisenberg that there was information on the call, on the july 25th call. at that point mr. eisenberg told me i shouldn t talk to anybody else about it. colonel, i want to go bac bao 2014. in iraq. when you were blown up. i presume that, given the point in your military career and what else was going on in the world, that upon recovery there was the very real prospect or possibility that you might once again find yourself in harm s way. is that correct? yes, congressman. it happened in 2004, but yes. 2004, excuse me. thank you. did you consider leaving the military service at that point? no. frankly, congressman, i suffered light winds. i was fortunate compared to my counterparts in the same
that on the july 25th call between the two presidents there was no doubt president trump asked for investigations into the 2016 election, and vice president biden s son, in return for a white house meeting. within an hour of that call, you reported that mr. eisenberg, did you not? i did. went back to them to see if it was appropriate? he s an assistant to the president. it was less a suggestion and more of an instruction. did you tell the lawyers that president trump asked president zelensky to speak to mr. giuliani? yes. and the lawyers, it was at this point, told you not to talk to anyone else? that is not correct with regard to timing. they didn t follow up they didn t circle back around. what ended up happening is, in my coordination role, i spoke to a member of the intelligence community.