{"id":95332,"date":"2020-02-08T13:33:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T17:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=95332"},"modified":"2020-02-08T13:33:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T17:33:55","slug":"try-to-overthrow-the-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=95332","title":{"rendered":"Try to overthrow the King,"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n…don’t be surprised to meet the axe man.<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump fired two key impeachment witnesses Friday, dismissing Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert at the National Security Council, and US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland.<\/p>\n

An adviser to Trump said the firings of the major impeachment witnesses was meant to send a message that siding against the President will not be tolerated.<\/p>\n

The dismissals appear to be retribution for Vindman and Sondland’s explosive testimonies to the House impeachment probe late last year, both of which were done under subpoena. The duo gave some of the most damning testimony to House impeachment investigators during last fall’s public hearings and quickly became targets for Trump’s supporters, both inside and outside of government. The firings come two days after the Senate voted to acquit Trump on two articles of impeachment in votes that were largely along party lines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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One of our ninjas sends us this:<\/div>\n

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Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman<\/h3>\n

Reuters<\/h3>\n

Impeachment witness Alexander Vindman booted from White House job<\/h3>\n
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By\u00a0Bob Fredericks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman \u2014who testified against President Trump <\/a>\u00a0during the House impeachment proceedings \u2014 was booted from the White House Friday along with his brother, who is also an Army officer.<\/p>\n

Vindman \u2014 one of the top Ukraine experts at the National Security Council \u2014 was not expected to leave until July but left the building Friday accompanied by his twin brother, Lt. Col. Yevgeny S. Vindman, a lawyer and fellow Army officer assigned to the NSC, who was also let go.<\/p>\n

President Trump earlier Friday, asked about a report that Vindman was on his way out, didn\u2019t confirm it but didn\u2019t defend Vindman either.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not happy with him. You think I\u2019m supposed to be happy with him? I\u2019m not,\u201d Trump said before traveling to an event in North Carolina. \u201cThey\u2019ll make a decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLTC Vindman was asked to leave for telling the truth,\u201d Alexander Vindman\u2019s lawyer, David Pressman, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth has cost LTC Alexander Vindman his job, his career and his privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pressman asserted that \u201cthe most powerful man in the world \u2014 buoyed by the silent, the pliable, and the complicit\u201d had \u201cdecided to exact revenge\u201d on Vindman.<\/p>\n

A White House spokesman said they do not comment on personnel matters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This surprise anyone? Yeah, me neither. Read the entire article here: NY Post<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks, ninja!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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