ENOUGH OF THE PRESIDENT. HEAR WHY A MAN WHO HAS NEVER
VOTED FOR A DEMOCRAT IS READY TO
DO SO NOW.
WE BEGIN WITH THE FRIDAY NIGHT
MASSACRE A CAMPAIGN OF
RETRIBUTION AND VENGEANCE IS
UNDERWAY AT THIS HOUR AGAINST
THOSE WHOM DONALD TRUMP BLAMES
FOR HIS IMPEACHMENT.
TWO OF THE MOST PROMINENT FACT
WITNESSES IN THE IMPEACHMENT
INVESTIGATION AGAINST HIM HAVE
BEEN FIRED.
BEEN FIRED. BARELY 48 HOURS AFTER THE SENATE
ACQUITTED THE PRESIDENT.
TRUMP RECALLED SONDLAND, HIS
AMBASSADOR TO THE EUROPEAN
UNION.
UNION. HE SAID I WAS ADVISED TODAY THAT
THE PRESIDENT INTENDS TO RECALL
ME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AS
UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE
EUROPEAN UNION.
EUROPEAN UNION. JUST HOURS BEFORE THAT,
LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALEXANDER
VINDMAN WAS REMOVED FROM HIS JOB
AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY
COUNCIL.
COUNCIL. A DECORATED VETERAN BORN IN
UKRAINE WAS ESCORTED OUT OF THE
WHITE HOUSE BY SECURITY AND HIS
SERVICES WERE NO LONGER NEEDED.
IN A STATEMENT, PRESSMAN SAID
THERE IS TO QUESTION IN THE MIND
OF ANY AMERICAN WHY THIS MAN’S
JOB IS OVER.
WHY THIS COUNTRY NOW HAS ONE
LESS SOLDIER SERVING IT AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. LTC VINDMAN WAS ASKED TO LEAVE
FOR TELLING THE TRUTHFUL HIS
HONOR, HIS COMMITMENT TO RIGHT,
FRIGHTENED THE POWERFUL.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL’S TWIN
BROTHER, THE NATIONAL SECURITY
ATTORNEY WAS ALSO FIRED AND
WALKED OFF THE WHITE HOUSE
GROUNDS ALONGSIDE HIM.
HE HAS COMMITTED NO OFFENSE
EXCEPT BEING ALEXANDER VINDMAN’S
BROTHER OF THE WE DON’T DO THAT
IN AMERICA.
IN AMERICA. HE COMMITTED NO OFFENSE.
ALEXANDER VINDMAN COMMITTED NO
OFFENSE EXCEPT TESTIFYING BEFORE
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. PRESIDENT TRUMP FORESHADOWED
ALEXANDER VINDMAN’S DISMISSAL
EARLIER.
EARLIER. >> WELL, I’M NOT HAPPY WITH HIM.
DO YOU THINK I’M SUPPOSED TO BE
HAPPY WITH HIM?
>> HE IS EXPECTED TO BE
REASSIGNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
THE ARMY.
THE ARMY. THOUGH STILL UNCLEAR WHAT HIS
ASSIGNMENT WILL BE.
VINDMAN SAID LAST FALL IN
TESTIMONY DURING THE IMPEACHMENT
HEARINGS THAT HE REPORTED
CONCERNS ABOUT TRUMP’S JULY 25th
CALL WITH THE LEADER OF UKRAINE
TO THE TOP NATIONAL SECURITY
COUNCIL LAWYER WITHIN HOURS OF
THE CALL.
THE CALL. >> I WAS CONCERNED BY THE CALL.
WHAT I HEARD WAS INAPPROPRIATE.
I REPORTED MY CONCERNS.
>> NOW, GORDON SONDLAND AND
LIEUTENANT COLONEL VINDMAN ARE
NOT THE ONLY ONES TO HAVE HAD
THEIR CAREER TRAJECTORY ALTERED.
YOU’LL RECALL FORMER AMBASSADOR
MARIE YOVANOVITCH, A CENTRAL
FIGURE IN THE IMPEACHMENT
HEARING WHO WAS RECALLED FROM
HER POST LAST YEAR.
THEY RETIRED FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH.
JENNIFER WILLIAMS, THE SPECIAL
ADVISER TO VICE PRESIDENT PENCE
ON EUROPE AND RUSSIA LEFT THE
VICE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE.
SCHEDULE. BILL TAYLOR WHO REPLACED
YOVANOVITCH AS THE TOP U.S.
DIPLOMAT IN UKRAINE WAS RECALLED
IN DECEMBER.
IN DECEMBER. DAVID PRESSMAN, WHO IS VINDMAN’S
LAWYER, WENT ON TO SAY
ANNOUNCING THE REMOVAL, IN
REASON MONTHS, MANY ENTRUSTED
WITH POWER IN OUR POLITICAL
SYSTEM HAVE COWERED OUT OF FEAR
AND YET A HANDFUL OF MEN AND
WOMEN EQUIPPED ONLY WITH A SENSE
OF RIGHT, BORNE OUT OF YEARS OF
QUIET SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY,
MADE DIFFERENT CHOICES.
THEY CLOSE THE TRUST TRUTH AND
TO PUT THEIR FAITH IN COUNTRY
AHEAD OF FEAR.
AND THEY HAVE PAID A PRICE.
THAT CHOICE TO HONOR THEIR DUTY
AS VINDMAN’S LAWYER PUT IT, TO
HONOR THEIR DUTY MIGHT BE BEST
ILLUSTRATED BY A MOMENT THERE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL VINDMAN’S
TESTIMONY IN A STUNNINGLY
PERSONAL MESSAGE ABOUT HOW HIS
FAMILY FLED FROM THE UNITED
STATES TO THE SOVIET UNION WHEN
HE WAS A CHILD.
>> I’M SITTING HERE TAKE IN THE
U.S. CAPITOL TALKING TO OUR
ELECTED PROFESSIONALS IS PROOF
THAT YOU MADE THE RIGHT DECISION
40 YEARS AGO TO LEAVE THE SOVIET
UNION AND COME HERE TO THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN
SEARCH OF A BETTER LEAF FOR OUR