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babylonsister

(171,781 posts)
Wed May 18, 2022, 10:30 AM May 2022

Trump Illegally Retaliated Against Yevgeny Vindman, DoD Watchdog Says



https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-illegally-retaliated-against-ukraine-aid-whistleblower-yevgeny-vindman-dod-inspector-general-says?ref=home

Trump Illegally Retaliated Against Yevgeny Vindman, DoD Watchdog Says
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Justin Rohrlich

Reporter
Published May. 18, 2022 11:25AM ET


The Trump administration unlawfully retaliated against whistleblower Yevgeny Vindman for helping to expose the former president’s ham-handed attempt to withhold vital military aid to Ukraine unless it dug up dirt on Joe Biden, who would go on to unseat Trump in the 2020 election. That’s according to a newly released report from the Pentagon’s inspector general, who says then-Lt. Col. Vindman “was the subject of unfavorable personnel actions from administration officials” after he reported the wrongdoing. “We make no recommendation with respect to the Complainant, who has been promoted to the rank of Colonel and whose performance record has been corrected,” the IG report states, but does not recommend any punishment for the administration officials at fault, as they have “departed their positions in the White House.” Vindman’s twin brother, Alexander, left the Army in 2020 after Trump launched a “campaign of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation” for his impeachment testimony over the same issue.
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Trump Illegally Retaliated Against Yevgeny Vindman, DoD Watchdog Says (Original Post) babylonsister May 2022 OP
NO PUNISHMENT!! NO PUNISHMENT!! Leghorn21 May 2022 #1
+10000 TheRealNorth May 2022 #4
The bad guys DENVERPOPS May 2022 #11
Both Vindmans should receive full retirement benefits as if they reached 20+ years of active duty. usaf-vet May 2022 #18
I am presuming some of the departed people at fault hold a rank.... TheRealNorth May 2022 #2
Here's the report. It was linked in the story.... xocetaceans May 2022 #12
But ... but ... but... FakeNoose May 2022 #3
Maybe a civil lawsuit against these criminals by Vindman? These attacks by the trump lackeys SWBTATTReg May 2022 #5
"unlawfully retaliated" and "but does not recommend any punishment" in the same report? Midnight Writer May 2022 #6
Thus the eye roll. It's ridiculous. nt babylonsister May 2022 #7
No punishment says it's ok to do this kind of thing again. Lonestarblue May 2022 #8
The SOB should be behind bars already, I hate to read these "news" because yes, they tell us Escurumbele May 2022 #9
When it comes to TFG, that whole "arc of justice" idea is definitely an outlier.(n/t) MissMillie May 2022 #10
In 50 years nowforever May 2022 #13
Some of us can't wait 50 years. calimary May 2022 #14
In 50 years.... TheRealNorth May 2022 #19
Put it on the list. efhmc May 2022 #15
Everything TFG has done and will do is illegal. Mr. Evil May 2022 #16
Duh! malaise May 2022 #17

usaf-vet

(7,220 posts)
18. Both Vindmans should receive full retirement benefits as if they reached 20+ years of active duty.
Wed May 18, 2022, 01:19 PM
May 2022

Their short years are through no fault of their own. Their careers were cut short by the F..ing rabid weasel in the WH.

TheRealNorth

(9,629 posts)
2. I am presuming some of the departed people at fault hold a rank....
Wed May 18, 2022, 10:40 AM
May 2022

Maybe those ranks and the accompanying retirement pay should be stripped.

SWBTATTReg

(24,688 posts)
5. Maybe a civil lawsuit against these criminals by Vindman? These attacks by the trump lackeys
Wed May 18, 2022, 11:03 AM
May 2022

were personal in nature, and made falsely when Vindman had a spotless record.

Midnight Writer

(23,387 posts)
6. "unlawfully retaliated" and "but does not recommend any punishment" in the same report?
Wed May 18, 2022, 11:19 AM
May 2022

What's wrong with this picture?

Lonestarblue

(12,198 posts)
8. No punishment says it's ok to do this kind of thing again.
Wed May 18, 2022, 12:22 PM
May 2022

What a farce our justice system has become. We now have very few ways, if any, to prevent the takeover of the country by a tinpot dictator. Without voting rights and with gerrymandered districts, we are on a downhill slope toward autocracy.

Escurumbele

(3,703 posts)
9. The SOB should be behind bars already, I hate to read these "news" because yes, they tell us
Wed May 18, 2022, 12:32 PM
May 2022

of another crime the SOB committed, but where is the accountability?

Show us that "no one is above the law" is actually true.

nowforever

(438 posts)
13. In 50 years
Wed May 18, 2022, 01:04 PM
May 2022

Trump will go down in history as the most immoral, unethical, incompetent and ignorant person to ever hold the office of President. I just pray Garland is recognizing how dangerous this man is and that he has the balls to end this nightmare.

TheRealNorth

(9,629 posts)
19. In 50 years....
Wed May 18, 2022, 04:47 PM
May 2022

Democracy may be dead and neofascist white supremacists may be writing the history books about "Glorious Leader".

Mr. Evil

(3,032 posts)
16. Everything TFG has done and will do is illegal.
Wed May 18, 2022, 01:12 PM
May 2022

Failure to launch justified investigations. Stopping ongoing investigations. That orange piece of shit has left a trail of evidence for all to follow for the last 40 years and nothing. This is about as disconcerting as it could possibly get.

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