Nunes acolyte misrepresented himself as a

[kadee79]

Ukraine expert to DT!

The decorated Army officer who testified to House investigators on Tuesday told lawmakers that a close associate of Republican Rep. Devin Nunes “misrepresented” himself to President Donald Trump in an effort to involve himself further in Ukraine policy, according to two people familiar with his closed-door deposition.

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council’s top Ukraine expert, told lawmakers that after attending Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inauguration in May as part of a delegation led by Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Vindman had been looking forward to debriefing Trump and giving a positive account of Zelensky’s vision for Ukraine’s future.

... But he was instructed “at the last second” not to attend the debriefing, Vindman told lawmakers, because Trump’s advisers worried it might confuse the president: Trump believed at the time that Kashyap Patel, a longtime Nunes staffer who joined the White House in February and had no discernible Ukraine experience or expertise, was actually the NSC’s top Ukraine expert instead of Vindman.

Vindman testified that he was told this directly by his boss at the time, NSC senior director for European and Russian affairs Fiona Hill.

Hill told Vindman that she and national security adviser John Bolton thought it best to exclude Vindman from the debriefing to avoid “an uncomfortable situation,” he said.

POLITICO previously reported that Hill testified that Trump thought Patel was in charge of Ukraine policy for the NSC, but Vindman’s exclusion from a key Ukraine meeting because of concerns over a potential conflict with Trump has not been disclosed before.

It helps explain why the president tweeted on Tuesday that he’d never met Vindman despite his clear interest in Ukraine — senior officials have said that Trump directed them to consult with his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, on matters of Ukraine policy.

And Vindman’s exclusion sheds even more light on the unusual steps top NSC officials were taking as early as May to avoid angering or annoying Trump on Ukraine issues — and the unusual level of access Patel had to the president.

“It’s crazy,” said one person familiar with Vindman’s testimony. “Vindman should have been in that meeting.”

www.politico.com/news/2019/10/30/nunes-acolyte-misrepresented-himself-to-trump-as-ukraine-expert-061763

[happyhoix]

Kashyap Patel is another Papadopoulos type snake weasel that managed to bullshit his way into the WH admin without any discernable experience or ability other than to be a first class Trump suck up.

If I'm not mistaken he started out his political live as a Devin Nunes minion. Clearly someone they keep around because he has no problems doing any illegal shit work they ask him to do.

100% unsurprising that's he's pushed out a real policy expert in the Trump WH - that's pretty much how all the rest of them got there, including Trump.

  

[Tiny]

And no one seems concerned that the President of the United States is being manipulated by his own people?   

Who is running this country?  Trump seems to be little more than a puppet - being manipulated for someone else's benefit.   

[NastyWoman]

Vindman testified that he was told this directly by his boss at the time, NSC senior director for European and Russian affairs Fiona Hill.



Hill told Vindman that she and national security adviser John Bolton thought it best to exclude Vindman from the debriefing to avoid “an uncomfortable situation,” he said.



POLITICO previously reported that Hill testified that Trump thought Patel was in charge of Ukraine policy for the NSC, but Vindman’s exclusion from a key Ukraine meeting because of concerns over a potential conflict with Trump has not been disclosed before.




It helps explain why the president tweeted on Tuesday that he’d never met Vindman despite his clear interest in Ukraine — senior officials have said that Trump directed them to consult with his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, on matters of Ukraine policy.

At the very best this makes Hill and Bolton complicit at providing misinformation. However, looking at it from another angle they were already in the game to protect dt in case there would be any blow-back from any illegal actions  

[kadee79]

CNN is just saying that Bolten will testify next week....it's going to get more interesting.

[laterbloomer]

Oct 30, 2019 15:32:35 GMT -5 Tiny said:

And no one seems concerned that the President of the United States is being manipulated by his own people?   

Who is running this country?  Trump seems to be little more than a puppet - being manipulated for someone else's benefit.   

Trump is doing what he wants to do as evidenced by pushing other countries to back him politically. People might be trying to manipulate him but he's following his own crazy agenda.

[djAdvocate]

he doesn't seem to think he was had by the Russians.

either that, or two more disturbing possibilities:

1) he knows he is had, and is continuing to do their bidding or
2) he doesn't care about how it looks or what he does, he is just after the money.

[laterbloomer]

Oct 30, 2019 16:18:47 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

he doesn't seem to think he was had by the Russians.

either that, or two more disturbing possibilities:

1) he knows he is had, and is continuing to do their bidding or
2) he doesn't care about how it looks or what he does, he is just after the money.

He is President so he got his from the Russians. I'm sure he's expecting more as time goes on. And i think #2 has been proven repeatedly.

[kadee79]

Oct 30, 2019 16:12:40 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

CNN is just saying that Bolten will testify next week....it's going to get more interesting.

Well, it was just an invite for Bolten to testify....guess they had to clarify that!

[happyhoix]

Oct 30, 2019 16:18:47 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

he doesn't seem to think he was had by the Russians.

either that, or two more disturbing possibilities:

1) he knows he is had, and is continuing to do their bidding or
2) he doesn't care about how it looks or what he does, he is just after the money.

3) he thinks enough Americans are stupid enough they'll believe him when he fabricates his bullshit stories about deep net plots.

That's proved successful with a certain percentage of the American public so far.

[steff]

Another of the resident in the white house & Rudy's shadow government people.  Rudy seems to have had as many white house jobs to handle as little Jared.