Mark<p>Trump tried to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/extort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extort</span></a> Zelenskyy & was impeached; now he may succeed</p><p>Serving on national security council Vindman went to his twin brother, who was council’s senior ethics official & said: “If what I about tell you becomes public, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> will be <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/impeached" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impeached</span></a>”</p><p>He'd set up call between Trump & <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Zelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelenskyy</span></a> in July 2019. He heard Trump attempt to leverage US military aid to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> if Zelenskyy launched investigation into Biden’s son</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-impeachment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f</span><span class="invisible">eb/28/trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-impeachment</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DictatorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorTrump</span></a></p>