Alexander Vindman's wife says 'no pardons were offered or discussed'

[Jose Garcia]

Source: The Hill

The wife of retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman said “no pardons were offered or discussed” only a few hours before President Trump’s official return to the White House.

“Whatever happens to my family, know this: No pardons were offered or discussed. I cannot begin to describe the level of betrayal and hurt I feel,” Rachel Vindman said in a Monday morning post on the social platform Threads.

Alexander Vindman, alongside his brother Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.), blew the whistle on the 2019 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that led to Trump’s first impeachment.

Former President Biden announced pardons to people including Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), all of whom have been targets of Trump’s ire in the past, on Monday.

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/administration/5096251-alexander-vindman-pardons-offered/amp/

[Ocelot II]

1. Did they apply?

[mwf]

2. Was it necessary to apply?

Did Fauci apply? Liz Cheney?

[Ocelot II]

3. It's not necessary, though it's usual - just wondering if they'd requested one.

Some people got pardons they didn't ask for; did some others ask and not get them? Personally, I think the Vindmans should have been on the list, don't know why they weren't.

[lapucelle]

4. This is disappointing news. N/T

[MichMan]

5. Jack Smith is also SOL

[Rebl2]

8. What is sol?

[MichMan]

9. "Shit out of Luck" n/t

[Marthe48]

10. s**t outta luck

My parents used the phrase

[3Hotdogs]

11. "Shit, out'a luck."

[off-the-clock]

6. Might there be a pocket veto? m/t

Last edited Wed Jan 22, 2025, 05:36 AM - Edit history (1)

Oops I meant pocket pardon

[mzmolly]

7. On no.

This is not good.

[Marthe48]

12. Sorry to hear this

I kind of wish that President Biden would have issued a blanket pardon to cover every person who is or might be on traitor felon's shit list. That'd be half the country, but it probably would have highlighted the lengths traitor felon will go to pay back every single person he sees as an enemy.

The idiots who let this happened have unleashed hell on America and the world.

[BamaRefugee]

14. Total Agreement.

[BamaRefugee]

13. Shameful and disgusting. Just leave him twisting in the wind. WTF?????????????????????????????

[republianmushroom]

15. President Biden pardons brother James, other relatives for unspecified crimes before leaving office

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143376770

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/20/president-joe-biden-pardons-brother-james/76860098007/

Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in an effort to guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump

[question everything]

16. Someone should have raised it with the White House. They may not have been know the why and the how

[questionseverything]

17. For f*ck sake, they were the whistleblowers that led to asswipes

First impeachment, the White House should of had a list

😕

[C0RI0LANUS]

18. You wonder what Ukrainian President Zelensky is thinking about this oversight.