Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced Thursday that she would block the promotions of 1,123 senior military officers until Defense Secretary Mark Esper promises that he will promote Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who is believed to have communicated with the “whistleblower” that sparked Trump’s impeachment.
Chuck Schumer called on the nation’s 74 federal inspectors general (IGs) to protect whistleblowers from retaliation as President Donald Trump began purging Obama-era holdovers and other officials from his National Security Council (NSC).
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) during Sunday’s “Face the Nation” on CBS weighed in on the White House’s ousting of Lt. Col Alexander Vindman, a key witness in the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.
None of the Democrat-called witnesses testifying before the House Intelligence Committee as part of a series of “impeachment inquiry” hearings have been able to identify any impeachable offenses or crimes committed by President Donald Trump, noted Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), in a Thursday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.
“I don’t have to justify my loyalty to our military,” said Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade, regarding Democrats naming him during a House hearing.
Tuesday ahead of Lt. Col. Alex Vindman’s testimony as part of the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-CA) criticized GOP House members questioning Vindman’s political motives for testifying against the president. CNN “New
Using impeachment “as a partisan tool” sets “a very dangerous precedent,” explained Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley Strassel.
Sondland testified that Trump told him repeatedly he wanted “nothing” from Ukraine and that there was “no quid pro quo.”
