Trump Allies Charge Lt. Col. Vindman Is Disrespecting Chain of Command With Testimony; Schiff Stopped Impeachment Witness From Answering GOP Questions
By Washington Examiner. President Trump’s allies denounced Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman for breaking ranks as he became the first current White House official to testify during impeachment proceedings.
Vindman, a Ukraine-born policy expert, outlined in prepared remarks his disagreement with Trump’s attempts to force investigations into Democrats, saying, “I did not think it was proper,” and that Trump’s actions could endanger national security.
A former Trump National Security Council official said it’s wrong for Vindman, as an active-duty member of the Army, to criticize the commander in chief on policy.
“How is an active-duty military officer allowed to go to a different branch of government to take down the president with scurrilous claims?” he said. “I think the Army should be very concerned about what this means for discipline in the force. Basically, you have a political disagreement so you vomit mutiny.”
Jason Miller, a Trump ally who served in top communications roles for the 2016 Trump campaign and presidential transition, said Vindman clearly holds views on Ukraine policy that are at odds with Trump’s. (Read more from “Trump Allies Charge LT. Col. Vindman Is Disrespecting Chain of Command With Testimony” HERE)
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GOP reps say Schiff stopped impeachment witness from answering certain GOP questions
By Fox News. House Republican leaders, in a fiery news conference Tuesday, said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., prevented a witness in the latest impeachment hearing from answering certain questions from Republican members.
Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told reporters that Schiff shut down a Republican line of questioning during a hearing with Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the latest current or former Trump administration official to come before Congress in relation to the impeachment probe.
“When we asked [Vindman] who he spoke to after important events in July — Adam Schiff says, ‘no, no, no, we’re not going to let him answer that question,”‘ Jordan said.
Jordan went on to say that Schiff seemed to be breaking his own rules for the hearings, implying the chairman was acting almost as a “lawyer” for Vindman.
Scalise on Schiff: He gets to choose all the witnesses and he, himself, only, which means it's not a fair process on the face, but even his claim now that Republicans can ask question has been undermined because now he's directing witnesses
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 29, 2019
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