Vindman to retire from military. His lawyer blames White House 'campaign of bullying, intimidation
Source: CNN
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key witness in President Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry, is retiring from the US Army after more than 21 years of military service because he determined that his future in the armed forces "will forever be limited" due to political retaliation by the President and his allies, his lawyer told CNN Wednesday.
Vindman has endured a "campaign of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation" spearheaded by the President following his testimony in the impeachment inquiry last year, according to his attorney, Amb. David Pressman.
News of Vindman's retirement marks the culmination of a months-long saga dating back to his public testimony in November.
Trump fired Vindman as the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council in February and also ousted his twin brother who also played a key role in impeachment proceedings while serving at the White House as an NSC lawyer.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/politics/vindman-retiring-alleged-white-house-retaliation/index.html
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)madaboutharry
(40,150 posts)c-rational
(2,581 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)If he were poor, he would be killing and burying them in his backyard to get his jollies.
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)Champp
(2,114 posts)at least the Republican draft dodger is not letting the Russians put a bounty on Vindman.
Or is he?
aggiesal
(8,864 posts)He's clearing the swap of people that don't bow down to him.
ArizonaLib
(1,242 posts)- that we would get tired of it.
aggiesal
(8,864 posts)but who is Don Colon?
ArizonaLib
(1,242 posts)Don Trump is don Colon. It sounds better in spanish, but my accent over the second syllable in Colon wouldn't post.
I like the spanish references (like pendejo45)
aggiesal
(8,864 posts)that's funny
I get it Don Colón
I tried adding the accent on the 'o' in the title, but it would accept.
But apparently it works in the Message text section.
So I understand why I initially saw Coln, then your change to Colon.
Jarqui
(10,110 posts)delisen
(6,039 posts)Anita Hill
Sally Yates
Alexander Vindman.......
keithbvadu2
(36,362 posts)padah513
(2,483 posts)We can force Trump to retire but we gotta win big so Barr can't use any tricks.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)If the Democrats capture the Senate and House I pray that they will clean house in the Dept. of Justice and prosecute everyone of those who have been complacent, especially the crooked Attorney General and his staff. Hopefully the solid principle that this nation was founded on that no person is above the law will be applied without any restraint.
I contend that if the Bush and Cheney administration had been held accountable that much what we are experiencing would have been avoided when people knew that they could be prosecuted. They sent thousands of our soldiers to the death on out right lies and we did nothing. Let us go after them with the same intensity that they have used over the last forty years to indoctrinate their constituency with lies and outright hatred about their fellow countrymen.
usaf-vet
(6,094 posts)onetexan
(12,994 posts)He is a true patriot and should be rewarded for his service and loyalty to our country.
sarge43
(28,939 posts)Sir, hold on to paper work until 4 Nov; living well is the best revenge. Not impossible you could be a guest at President Biden's inaugural.
usaf-vet
(6,094 posts)I totally agree. Biden should appoint him to a PRESTIGIOUS job. But he can do that if he still wears a uniform. Years in service have an impact on his retirement. Trump is hurting him financially. Intentionally remember he fired an FBI agent the day before he could benefit from his full retirement.
Trump is vindictive assh**e
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)... a new White House and Defense Department crew.
Raven123
(4,714 posts)murielm99
(30,656 posts)We must all rally around her. They go after the strong ones.
Frances
(8,531 posts)Should give him the medal of freedom
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,085 posts)Collimator
(1,639 posts)is that Vindman and his family left behind a totalitarian regime to live in a country that they believed was founded on honorable principles.
We heard him tell his father that he would be all right, even though he was speaking truth about the people in power. I don't remember if he specifically said, "This is America." as an affirmation that this country wouldn't seek to punish him for doing his duty and speaking the truth even if it were inconvenient to those in authority.
There is still a part of me that still believes the unspoken promise that Vindman encapsulated when he said, "This is America." Unfortunately, the words, "This is America." also highlight the broken promise to Black Americans when used in Childish Gambino's music video.
If slavery is America's "Original Sin", then Trump is America's secondary flare-up of some venereal disease.