Trump Fires Impeachment Witnesses Gordon Sondland and Alexander Vindman
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Ukraine expert and key impeachment witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland were recalled from their positions on Friday.
A left-leaning article by The New York Times highlights that Trump’s actions drew quick condemnation from Democrats, who stated that the president was demonstrating that he feels unleased after his impeachment acquittal. Sondland took a measured approach to his dismissal, confirming that he had been released without offering any protest.
A centrist article by NPR reports that there were rumors that Vindman would be leaving. When President Trump was asked about it Friday morning, he said, “Well, I’m not happy with him.” The article also reports that a number of people who testified in the impeachment hearing left their posts, including former Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, her replacement, William Taylor, and special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker.
Fox News published a right-leaning article highlighting that Vindman is expected to return to the Department of Defense. The article states that the White House was weighing their options to dismiss Vindman from the National Security Council as part of an effort to shrink its foreign policy bureaucracy.
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