The Trump administration has removed Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman from his position as the White House’s top Ukraine expert after he provided damaging testimony about President Donald Trump during the impeachment process, Vindman’s lawyer said.
Vindman testified to the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry in November that Trump made an improper demand of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a July phone call that became the centrepiece of the probe of the Republican president.Trump asked Zelenskiy to launch investigations into both Democratic rival Joe Biden and a widely debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind meddling in the 2016 US presidential election.
“This president believes the only loyalty that matters is loyalty to him personally,” Engel said in a written statement. Trump, who became only the third US president to be impeached, has said he is still bitter as he turns his attention to seeking a second four-year term in the Nov 3 presidential election.