Key Impeachment Witness Has ‘No Regrets About How Things Turned Out’ After His Testimony
Retired Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman says his military career may have been cut short due to the treatment he received after his damaging testimony during impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump . Still, he…
Retired Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman says his military career may have been cut short due to the treatment he received after his damaging testimony during impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump.
Still, he says he does not regret his decision to testify against the president.
During an interview on CNN on Monday, Vindman was asked if military leaders provided enough support for him in light of his testimony. He said, “The bottom line is no, they haven’t.”
“In certain ways, they probably have misrepresented, the Secretary of Defense, former Secretary of Defense Esper, probably misrepresented the amount of support I was receiving,” he continued.
He added, “At no point did any senior leader, civilian or military, attempt to contact me and indicate that I still was in good standing in the military.”
He went on to say that he “had no contact with anybody that could have indicated my military career would move forward as normal.”
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He had served as the top Ukraine expert at the National Security Council (NSC). In 2019, he told lawmakers during the impeachment hearings that Trump’s effort to pressure Ukrainian officials to open an investigation into the President-elect Joe Biden was improper.
In February, he was removed from his position at the NSC but was expected to remain in the military.