Statement from David Pressman, LTC Vindman's lawyer:

[babylonsister]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQM4aCSX0AAp46P?format=jpg

Rachel read this last night; brought me to tears, especially the last two paragraphs.


https://www.npr.org/2020/02/07/803904417/lt-col-alexander-vindman-escorted-out-of-the-white-house-his-lawyer-says

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Here's the full statement from Alexander Vindman's lawyer David Pressman:

Today, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman was escorted out of the White House where he has dutifully served his country and his President. He does so having spoken publicly once, and only pursuant to a subpoena from the United States Congress.

There is no 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. LTC Vindman was asked to leave for telling the truth. His honor, his commitment to right, frightened the powerful.

During his decades of service to this country, LTC Alexander Vindman has served quietly but dutifully, and he has served with honor. He came into the public eye only when subpoenaed to testify before Congress, and he did what the law demanded.In recent months, many entrusted with power in our political system have cowered out of fear. And, yet, a handful of men and women, not endowed with prestige or power, but equipped only with a sense of right borne out of years of quiet service to their country made different choices.

They courageously chose to honor their duty with integrity, to trust the truth, and to put their faith in country ahead of fear. And they have paid a price.The truth has cost LTC Alexander Vindman his job, his career, and his privacy.

He did what any member of our military is charged with doing every day: he followed orders, he obeyed his oath, and he served his country, even when doing so was fraught with danger and personal peril. And for that, the most powerful man in the world - buoyed by the silent, the pliable, and the complicit - has decided to exact revenge.

LTC Alexander Vindman leaves the White House today. But we must not accept the departure of truth, duty, and loyalty that he represents. In this country right matters, and so does truth. Truth is not partisan. If we allow truthful voices to be silenced, if we ignore their warnings, eventually there will be no one left to warn us.

[Zolorp]

1. Here it is so you can read

Just right click on this, copy the address, and edit your post if you want

[sheshe2]

3. +1000

[Zolorp]

6. The links to pictures in Twitter include a "?" and additional coding that lead to the extension code

It was "jpg" in this case. After the jpg there can be additional code.

If you edit the link to remove everything from the ? to the file extension code (png, jpg, gif, etc.) and replace it with a period, you get an active hot link to the photo.

Put that into the body of a post on a forum based upon VBCode, and voila, you've hot linked the photo.

[sheshe2]

8. Thank you!

Love this place. You learn something new every day.👍

[global1]

4. Well At Least The Repug Senators That Didn't Courageously Chose To Honor Their....

duty with integrity, to trust the truth, and to put their faith in country ahead of fear and Party - still have their jobs.

They will pay a price, however, in November - when they lose the White House and the Senate.

[babylonsister]

5. Thank you! I found it elsewhere with two more

paragraphs, added to OP.

[olegramps]

17. Lt. Colonel Vindman should consider it an honor to be chastised by a draft dodger.

What a remarkable contrast between the two men. One a pathological lying draft dodging chicken shit and the other a man of honor who respects the truth and refuses to provide cover for a man without honor or a conscience. I have stated many times that the enemy is not from without, but from within and its name is the Republican Party. I regard any person who supports Trump and his henchmen as archenemies of the nation and a dire threat to the Constitution and the rule of law which it enshrines. I would be impossible for me to regard any acquaintance who supports this demagogue as a friend, but only someone to be shunned as one who supports the destruction of our nation. For the sake of the nation the Republican Party must be destroyed. It has become a rogue party that stands for everything that our founders despised and were determined to obliviate.

[blueseas]

20. +1001

[Iliyah]

2. And the so called patriotic party looks the other way . . .

LTC Vindman is an American Hero.

t-rump will never be one, he will always be remembered as a coward, hater, and a monster.

[MagickMuffin]

25. And an IMPEACHED pRESIDENT

Forever and for always IMPEACHED, mr. pResident.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

7. It's Documents such as this

That need to be distributed everywhere. I live in a very small town, I print stuff like this and post it on the bulletin board at the supermarket in town.

[BlueMTexpat]

9. Good for you!

[llmart]

12. Good for you!

That's a great suggestion and I think I'll do that also.

Resist in any way you can.

[crickets]

14. Brilliant idea! nt

[Hekate]

10. Thanks for this, Babylonsister

[SunSeeker]

11. "Truth is not partisan."

Yes, but truth is not welcome in the GOP. In today's climate, if you are for truth, you are labeled a partisan Democrat.

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. He was "forced" to leave for telling the truth, not asked. nt

[volstork]

15. This says it all:

“ the silent, the pliable, and the complicit.”

The abject cowards that comprise the republican party have rolled over and allowed this monster to do whatever comes into his vapid little head. Waste-of-space Susan Collins says “He’s learned his lesson.” My cowardly senator Lamar says the same.

They are all sellouts and are now and forever wearing that vile orange albatross around their necks.

They should all rot, and I dearly hope that they do.

[zentrum]

16. Rump is destroying our State Department.

This is how we interface with the rest of the world.

Losing our institutions of diplomacy is yet a new terror. There's one every day.

[benfranklin1776]

18. Nominate this heroic American for his honor and courage with a profile in courage award.

I nominated Lt. Colonel Vindman as soon as I heard the news he was punished for doing his sworn duty to our country. If ever anyone deserved this honor this decorated war hero does. If he gets the award it will be a most honorable and stark repudiation of the lawless cowardly thuggery exhibited by the petty prince of dishonor Donald Trump.

https://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards/profile-in-courage-award/submit-a-nomination

[Stuart G]

19. K and R

[TNNurse]

21. You can go to jfklibrary.org and nominate Vindman for a Profile in Courage award.

I did.

[Pacifist Patriot]

22. Powerful and eloquent statement.

I'm so saddened it even had to be said.

[DENVERPOPS]

23. Did his lawyer

watch the impeachment vote, where the Republican Senate forever more decided:

IF THE PRESIDENT DOES IT, IT IS NOT ILLEGAL........

Nixon didn't get it, thx to the Republican and Democratic Parties, but Trump did thx to Moscow Mitch and his Republicans in the Senate.......

WASF

[MarianJack]

24. Beautiful statement, K&R.

RESIST!