- Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, told congressional investigators that he made efforts to add edits to the White House transcript of a July 25 call between President Donald Trump and the president of Ukraine, The New York Times reported.
- Vindman said some of his edits were made, but those regarding adding a mention of Burisma by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the mention of recordings of Biden discussing Ukraine corruption by Trump did not appear in the transcript.
- "The White House uses note-takers listening in on the call as well as voice recognition software to create a rough transcript that is a close approximation of the call. But names and technical terms are frequently missed by the software," The New York Times reported.
- The rough transcript of the call was given to Vindman to offer edits, The Times reported, as an official who listened in on the conversation.
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A top national security aide told House impeachment investigators Tuesday that the transcript of President Donald Trump's call to Ukraine did not include phrases referencing Ukraine corruption and Burisma, a prominent energy company, on which former Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, served on the board.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, told congressional investigators that he made efforts to add his edits to the transcript after the call, which he listened in on.
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