Alexander Vindman

"Your actions suggested that the U.S. was weak and distracted."

"It’s an extremely dangerous precedent."

"This was wrong."

"Trump and his allies targeted me and my family for retribution."

"I have no regrets about how things turned out. Yes, I left the military unforeseen. I had every intention of staying on, going to war college."

He "was not a never-Trumper before."

"He'll try to please Putin."

They urged O'Donnell to investigate whether Trump fired Vindman as deputy National Security Council legal adviser in retaliation for filing confidential reports with his superiors containing his allegations.

"Alex is a decorated combat veteran and has served his country well and honorably."

"Right does not matter to Donald Trump. But it matters to you."

"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."

"I look forward to the next chapter of our lives."

"There's no investigations of him."

"He came in with a bang, went out with a whimper."

"He went and told his boss what he just heard."

"The military can handle him any way they want."