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Impeachment witness LTC Sausage to attend prestigious Army War College after White House ouster
He could be looking over his shoulder for a very long time. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who was ousted from his post on the National Security Council Friday, will start classes at the U.S. Army War College this summer, CBS News is reporting. The decorated combat veteran will return to the Department of the Army for reassignment until he reports to Carlisle in July. Vindman, who had told Congress in November he didn’t think it was proper for the president to urge the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was escorted from the White House on Friday. His attorney, David Pressman, said Vindman was asked to leave in retaliation "for telling the truth." 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, according to the Associated Press. Gordon Sondland, Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, was also released. According to The Washington Post, the post-impeachment firings released some key figures who complied with congressional subpoenas and testified in a process Trump called a "hoax" and a "witch hunt." "I’m not happy with him," Trump told reporters Friday when asked about Vindman’s future. "You think I’m supposed to be happy with him? I’m not." The president’s critics are not surprised at the dismissals. "These are the actions of a man who believes he is above the law," Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the California Democrat and lead House impeachment manager, told the New York Times. The White House would not discuss the Vindman situation, only saying it does not comment on personnel matters. Posted by: Besoeker 2020-02-10 |
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