White House Broke From 'Normal Process' Handling Trump-Ukraine Call, Witness Said
A top White House attorney placed records about President Trump's now-famous Ukraine call in a system few could access, Alexander Vindman testified. His is one of two transcripts released Friday.
Updated at 2:21 p.m. ET
White House officials filed the record of President Trump's now-famous call with his Ukrainian counterpart on a "different, more secure system" from the one they normally used, a key witness told House impeachment investigators.
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine specialist on the National Security Council, described that handling of the July 25 phone call in his closed-door deposition at the Capitol, the transcript from which was released on Friday.
Vindman had access to the more secure system, he said, but "it was not functioning properly" and he had to "go
