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usaf-vet

(6,094 posts)
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:02 AM Feb 2020

Payback: Trump ousts officials who testified on impeachment

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Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Exacting swift punishment against those who crossed him, an emboldened President Donald Trump ousted two government officials who had delivered damaging testimony against him during his impeachment hearings. The president took retribution just two days after his acquittal by the Senate.

First came news Friday that Trump had ousted Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the decorated soldier and national security aide who played a central role in the Democrats’ impeachment case. Vindman’s lawyer said his client was escorted out of the White House complex Friday, told to leave in retaliation for “telling the truth.”

“The truth has cost Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman his job, his career, and his privacy,” attorney David Pressman said in a statement. Vindman’s twin brother, Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, also was asked to leave his job as a White House lawyer on Friday, the Army said in a statement. Both men were reassigned to the Army.

Next came word that Gordon Sondland, Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, also was out.

Read more: https://apnews.com/2bc056ec4cab05b7c5069cbac5e3fa9c

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Payback: Trump ousts officials who testified on impeachment (Original Post) usaf-vet Feb 2020 OP
Not at all surprising. In_The_Wind Feb 2020 #1
It is a warning to everyone dalton99a Feb 2020 #2
Locking JudyM Feb 2020 #3

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
1. Not at all surprising.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:05 AM
Feb 2020

dalton99a

(81,073 posts)
2. It is a warning to everyone
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:05 AM
Feb 2020



JudyM

(29,122 posts)
3. Locking
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:06 AM
Feb 2020

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