President Donald Trump justified the dismissal of a member of his administration who gave embarrassing testimony to him during the impeachment procedure that targeted him.
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an advisor on European affairs at the White House National Security Council, was removed from office on Friday shortly before a diplomat who also testified during the parliamentary inquiry. Acquitted on Wednesday by the Senate in his impeachment trial, Mr. Trump denies wanting to lead since “reprisalsAgainst those who have not abounded in his sense in recent months. He claimed on Twitter that he did not know Mr. Vindman and that he did not “never spoken“.
He claims that the soldier, born in Ukraine and arrived in the United States at the age of 3, was accused by his hierarchy of “insubordination“, To have”judgment issues“And to have”leak information“. He also accuses him of having “erroneously reported“The content of his”perfect callIn July with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, at the heart of the procedure which resulted in the republican billionaire being indicted for abuse of power and obstructing the work of Congress.
Donald Trump had asked during this exchange that Kiev announces the opening of an investigation into his democratic opponent Joe Biden. A motion judged “inappropriateBy Alexander Vindman, who had listened to the call live and decided to alert the presidential lawyers. He returned to this episode in November during a very embarrassing congressional hearing for the president.
Mr. Vindman’s lawyer denounced this Saturday in a press release sent to the American media “manifestly inaccurate statements“Of the president against his client, citing a”bullying campaign” from “the most powerful man in the world“. Donald Trump also recalled Friday the United States ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, who had also delivered compromising testimony to parliamentarians.
“Ambassador Sondland and Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Vindman are courageous public servants, heroes and patriots», Reacted on Twitter the elected democrat Mark DeSaulnier. “Trump’s revenge on them for telling the truth is worthy of dictators and criminals, not the president of the world’s largest democracy“.
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