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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite House Eyes Plan to Purge NSC, Fire Alexander Vindman After Trump's Acquittal: Report
https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-eyes-plan-to-purge-nsc-fire-alexander-vindman-after-trumps-acquittal-report-says?ref=homeWhite House Eyes Plan to Purge NSC, Fire Alexander Vindman After Trumps Acquittal: Report
REVENGE
Allison Quinn
Updated Feb. 07, 2020 6:45AM ET /
Published Feb. 07, 2020 12:02AM ET
Fresh off President Trumps impeachment acquittal earlier this week, the White House is reportedly considering a purge of the National Security Council to remove some staff perceived as disloyal to the presidentincluding Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman. Citing three sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News reports that senior officials were notified Thursday that some staffers would be departing the White House. Among those reportedly on the chopping block is Vindman, the National Security Councils top Ukraine expert, whose damning testimony about Trumps inappropriate dealings with Ukraine in the impeachment trial sparked a smear campaign against him by Trump allies. According to a source cited by CNN, Vindman has told colleagues he believes he will be leaving the NSC in the next few weeks to go back to the Defense Department, though it was not immediately clear if the move was voluntary. Trump has reportedly expressed anger that Vindman remains on the NSC, and his responsibilities were diminished after his testimony, according to CNN. The White House is said to be keen to make Vindmans departure look like just part of a wider move to downsize the NSC rather than payback for his impeachment testimony.
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White House Eyes Plan to Purge NSC, Fire Alexander Vindman After Trump's Acquittal: Report (Original Post)
babylonsister
Feb 2020
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Turbineguy
(37,375 posts)1. Putin would like that.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,652 posts)3. All Russian dictators have done that and would love that.
Loyalty to the czar takes priority to everything else.
bdamomma
(63,931 posts)2. they can call it whatever they would like for us to believe
IT IS PAYBACK. How thuggish of them. Using fear tactics what bastards.
spanone
(135,900 posts)4. Dictator Don.....
FUCKTRUMP
secondwind
(16,903 posts)5. Why does he want to downsize the NSC??!!??
WHY????