: :inin Kyiv (EET)

President defends Vindman sacking


President Donald Trump yesterday defended his decision to fire an army officer who gave damning evidence against him during the impeachment probe.Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman was escorted on Friday out of the White House, where he worked on the National Security Council as an expert on Ukraine.His lawyer called the move an act of revenge by the president, two days after he was acquitted by the Senate.Vindman was present during a now famous July 25 phone call during which Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to open an investigation into his political rival Joe Biden.House Democrats who impeached Trump on …read more

Source:: Gulf times

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