UPDATE 12:50PM: LTC Vindman was escorted out of the White House a few minutes ago, MSNBC reports.
NEWS via LTC Vindman’s atty: “Today, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman was escorted out of the White House where he has dutifully served his country and his President. He does so having spoken publicly once, and only pursuant to a subpoena from the United States Congress.”
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) February 7, 2020
Statement continues: “There is no question in the mind of any American why this man’s job is over, why this country now has one less soldier serving it at the White House. [He] was asked to leave for telling the truth. His honor, his commitment to right, frightened the powerful.”
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) February 7, 2020
More: “LTC Alexander Vindman leaves the White House today. But we must not accept the departure of truth, duty, and loyalty that he represents. In this country right matters, and so does truth.” — LTC Vindman’s attorney, Amb. David Pressman
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) February 7, 2020
Here’s the full statement from Amb. David Pressman, counsel to LTC Alexander Vindman: pic.twitter.com/1xP1XMNufV
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) February 7, 2020
It wasn't just LTC Vindman. His twin brother was also fired and escorted out.
"His twin brother Yevgeny Vindman, a National Security Council attorney, was also fired and walked off the White House grounds alongside him." https://t.co/UWOt4unjby
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 7, 2020
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The vindictive tyranny of Donald Trump continues as it appears impeachment witness Alexander Vindman will be out at the White House by end of day Friday. Washington Post:
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman — a National Security Council aide who testified during House Democrats’ impeachment hearings — will be informed in the coming days, likely on Friday, by administration officials that he is being reassigned to a position at the Defense Department, taking a key figure from the investigation out of the White House, according to two people familiar with the move who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss personnel decisions.
Vindman had already informed senior officials at the NSC that he intended to take an early exit from his assignment and leave his post by the end of the month, according to people familiar with his decision, but Trump is eager to make a symbol of the Army officer soon after the Senate acquitted him of the impeachment charges approved by House Democrats.
