Section: TPM (USA)
‘Here, Right Matters’: Vindman Expresses His Faith In America
Towards the end of the members’ questions, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) asked Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman how he could assure his father that he’d be “fine” after delivering testimony damaging to the President. “Congressman, because this is America,” Vindman said. “This is the country I’ve served and defended, that all my...
WH’s Official Twitter Takes Aim At Vindman During His Testimony
Here we go again. Although President Trump has yet to tweet his own thoughts on Tuesday’s public impeachment hearings, the White House attacked one of its own officials — Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who still works for the White House on the National Security Council. During the public impeachment testimonies of Vindman and Vice President...
GOP Rep. Claims Her Constituents Have ‘Many Concerns’ About Hunter Biden, Burisma
While questioning Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) made difficult-to-believe claims about her constituents’ interests in the former vice president’s son and his role in a Ukrainian gas company. After asking Vindman about corruption in Ukraine, Stefanik asked Vindman to confirm aspects of his previous testimony...
Trump Manages To Keep Himself From Attacking Impeachment Witnesses
President Donald Trump refrained from levying his usual attacks on Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and other witnesses in the House impeachment investigation on Tuesday. Trump, who has baselessly accused Vindman of being a “Never Trumper,” had a more muted response to the lieutenant colonel’s public testimony that was underway. “I watched him...
The Key Moments So Far In Marathon Day In The Impeachment Inquiry
By Tuesday evening, a total of four witnesses will have marched onto Capitol Hill to testify as part of the impeachment inquiry. The first two, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Ukraine specialist on the National Security Council, and Jennifer Williams, a foreign policy aide to Vice President Mike Pence, had listened in on the July 25 call between...
Vindman Blows Hole In Trump’s Professed Reason For Holding Back Military Aid
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, testified Tuesday that for all of President Donald Trump’s professed concern about rooting out Ukrainian corruption, he didn’t bring it up on his two calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Faced with accusations of leveraging a quid pro quo —...
Army Weighs Protection For Vindman Who Promised Dad In Testimony He’d Be ‘Fine’
On its face, Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s vow to his father during his opening testimony — that he’d be “fine for telling the truth” — was a heartwarming affirmation of his father’s decision to bring Vindman and his twin brother to America to escape the Soviet Union forty years ago. But it may have also alluded to broader...
READ: In Opening Statement, Vindman Assures His Dad He’ll Be ‘Fine’ After Testifying
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, ended his opening statement Tuesday with an emotional address to his father, promising him that he’ll be “fine” despite giving testimony that is damaging to the President. “Dad, my sitting here today, in the U.S. Capitol talking to our elected officials is proof...
Fox News Hosts Urge Trump: ‘Don’t Tweet’ During Impeachment Hearings
Fox News hosts have some sound — or rather, silent — advice for President Trump as the third day of public impeachment hearings begin. Last Friday, Trump came under fire for tweeting attacks against ousted Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch while her public testimony was underway. Trump’s tweet, which argued that “everywhere Marie...
Republicans Will Attempt To Poke Holes In Vindman’s Credibility During Testimony
As conservative media, the President and some top Republicans have signaled in recent days, Republicans on the impeachment committees plan to try to poke holes in Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s credibility and patriotism during his public testimony Tuesday. According to the Washington Post, Republican lawmakers hope to paint Vindman has a...
