Former White House aide Alexander Vindman, a key figure in the impeachment of President Trump, said he was retiring from the Army after what his attorney described as a ‘campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation’ by the president
WASHINGTON - Former White House aide Alexander Vindman, a key figure in the impeachment of President Donald Trump, said on Wednesday he was retiring from the Army after what his attorney described as a “campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation” by the president.
“After more than 21 years of military service, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman is retiring today after it has been made clear that his future within the institution he has dutifully served will forever be limited,” according to a statement from his attorney. By retiring, Vindman, 45, defuses what could have become a contentious political battle between Senate Democrats — who were eager to shield his promotion from political interference — and Trump’s Republicans that could have dragged the military into a battle with the White House.
“Secretary Esper’s failure to protect his troops sets a new, dark precedent that any Commander in Chief can interfere with routine merit-based military promotions to carry out personal vendettas and retaliation,” Duckworth, a former Army National Guard helicopter pilot who lost both legs when she was shot down in Iraq in 2004, said in a statement.
Esper said in November that Vindman should not fear retaliation over his testimony. At the time, Esper said he had reinforced the “no retaliation” message in a conversation with the secretary of the Army. “He did what he did before, a patriotic thing, which is to say, ‘OK, I’ll just take myself out of the equation,’” she added.
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