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Eugene Vindman, Army vet who drew Trump’s ire, to run for Congress

Eugene Vindman and his brother, Alexander, were both forced out of their jobs at the National Security Council by Trump.

By Leo Shane III

6 months ago

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman

Judge tosses retired Army officer’s lawsuit against Trump’s son

Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key witness in former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment case, filed suit earlier this year in federal court.

19 months ago

Schumer wants DoD inspector general to protect whistleblowers amid Trump payback

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is calling on the nation’s 74 inspectors general to protect government whistleblowers amid President Donald Trump’s ouster of key government officials in the impeachment probe.

4 years ago

Lt. Col. Vindman’s former Army commander pushes back on Trump’s decision to dismiss officer from National Security Council staff

President Donald Trump’s early dismissal of U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from the National Security Council staff on Friday was half-expected based on the reporting from the night prior, but it still came as a shock to former senior officials and those who served with the soldier.

By David Choi, Business Insider

4 years ago

Trump blasts dismissed Army officer at center of impeachment inquiry as insubordinate, dishonest

Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was removed from his post at the White House a day earlier.

By Leo Shane III and Meghann Myers

4 years ago

Army officer who testified against Trump out early from NSC

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman could be out at the National Security Council.

By Meghann Myers

4 years ago

Fox News pushed to correct guest who seemed to call Vindman a spy

Fox News has given no indication that it plans to address on the air a segment that ran on Laura Ingraham’s show where a guest appeared to question whether Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was a spy.

4 years ago

Top defense official offers continued support for Army officer linked to Trump impeachment efforts

Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist said military officials will support and protect whistleblowers.

By Leo Shane III

4 years ago

Republicans assail Army officer who reported Trump phone call

A career Army officer testified Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s call with Ukraine was “improper,” as Republicans tried to undercut the national security official with pointed exchanges questioning his loyalty to the U.S. during a remarkable day in the impeachment hearings.

4 years ago

Army officer Vindman ready to speak out publicly on Trump

The decorated soldier and White House aide who saw it as his “sacred duty” to speak out against President Donald Trump’s Ukraine pressure campaign is about to get his chance to tell his story publicly.

5 years ago

Pentagon chief says Vindman should not fear Army retaliation in Trump inquiry

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that an Army officer has no reason to fear retribution for testifying before Congress in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

5 years ago

Transcript of Army officer’s Ukraine testimony against Trump released

In closed-door transcripts released by House impeachment investigators on Friday, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an Army officer assigned to the National Security Council, was one of two White House officials who detailed an extraordinary series of meetings and interactions before and after a July phone call in which Trump asked new Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate political rival Joe Biden and Ukraine’s role in the 2016 U.S. election. At the same time, the U.S. was withholding military aid to the country.

5 years ago