Trump Illegally Retaliated Against Yevgeny Vindman, DoD Watchdog Says

[babylonsister]

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

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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.

[Leghorn21]

1. NO PUNISHMENT!! NO PUNISHMENT!!

NOW, LATER, *EVER*, NO PUNISHMENT

[TheRealNorth]

4. +10000

Punishment is only for the politically unconnected.

[DENVERPOPS]

11. The bad guys

are winning and will continue to win..........sadly

[usaf-vet]

18. Both Vindmans should receive full retirement benefits as if they reached 20+ years of active duty.

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]

2. I am presuming some of the departed people at fault hold a rank....

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

[xocetaceans]

12. Here's the report. It was linked in the story....

If you're interested, the "executive summary" is at the beginning.

It's only 44 pages.

https://www.dodig.mil/Portals/48/Documents/Reports/DODIG-2022-097.pdf?ver=aU6_d4rhoSHjvutHfuikiw%3d%3d

[FakeNoose]

3. But ... but ... but...

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Maybe a civil lawsuit against these criminals by Vindman? These attacks by the trump lackeys

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

[Midnight Writer]

6. "unlawfully retaliated" and "but does not recommend any punishment" in the same report?

What's wrong with this picture?

[babylonsister]

7. Thus the eye roll. It's ridiculous. nt

[Lonestarblue]

8. No punishment says it's ok to do this kind of thing again.

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]

9. The SOB should be behind bars already, I hate to read these "news" because yes, they tell us

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

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

[MissMillie]

10. When it comes to TFG, that whole "arc of justice" idea is definitely an outlier.(n/t)

.

[nowforever]

13. In 50 years

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.

[calimary]

14. Some of us can't wait 50 years.

[TheRealNorth]

19. In 50 years....

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

[efhmc]

15. Put it on the list.

[Mr. Evil]

16. Everything TFG has done and will do is illegal.

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.

[malaise]

17. Duh!

Lock him up