WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump is eyeing a series of staff changes days after securing an acquittal in his impeachment trial, including ousting a national security official who testified against him and replacing his acting chief of staff, a source familiar with the situation and media reports said on Friday .
Army Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Vindman, the White House National Security Council's top Ukraine expert who testified in lawmakers' impeachment inquiry, will be reassigned to the Defence Department, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters. The Washington Post, which also reported Vindman's possible move, said Trump has also discussed removing other national security officials who cooperated with House Democrats' investigations, though no final decisions have been made, citing unnamed people familiar with his comments.
In two speeches on Thursday, Trump took aim at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow House Democrats as well as Republican Senator Mitt Romney, the party's 2012 presidential nominee and the only Republican senator to back an impeachment charge.