Had already stopped the Trip Planning by that point. And when did that happen . Stopping the Trip Planning . Yeah. On may 13th. Okay. And how did you hear about that . I was called by a colleague in the the Vice President s chief of staffs office and told to stop the Trip Planning. Okay. And as i understand it, it was the assistant to the chief of staff . Thats correct. Okay. And so you didnt hear about it from general kellogg or the chief of staff or the president or the Vice President , you heard about it from mr. Shorts assistant . Thats right. And did you have any knowledge of the reasoning for stopping the trip . I asked my colleague why we should stop Trip Planning and why the Vice President would not be attending, and i was informed that the president had decided the Vice President would not attend the inauguration. Okay. And do you know why the president decided no, she did not have that information. Okay. And ultimately the Vice President went to canada for a usmca event . Tha
so at the big public meeting it didn t come up, and you can t speak to the private meeting that was held immediately thereafter? correct. the vice president moved on with his schedule immediately after his meeting with president zelensky. now colonel vindman, i want to go back to that july 10th meeting or meetings the one with ambassador bolton and then the one in the ward room that followed quickly on its heels. were you aware that ambassador bolton instructed your superior dr. hill to go talk to the lawyers after that meeting? i learned shortly after she was finished talking to ambassador bolton and after we wrapped up with the ward room that she did have a meeting with him, and that s what was expressed. now, you thought you should go talk to the lawyers on your own, correct? that is my recollection, yes. but bolton also thought that
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