Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said Wednesday that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key witness in President Trump's impeachment inquiry, was right to raise concerns about Trump's July call to Ukraine's president, The Atlantic reported.
Kelly also believes that Vindman, who was fired from White House last week, told the truth during testimony before House investigators last fall."Having seen something 'questionable ,' Vindman properly notified his superiors," Kelly said at an event at Drew University, according to the magazine."When subpoenaed by Congress in the House impeachment hearings, Vindman complied and told the truth.
He reportedly took issue with Trump's characterization in 2015 of Mexican immigrants as"rapists" and criminals, telling attendees that"it's wrong to characterize them that way." He also cast doubt on Trump's attempts to get North Korea to denuclearize, saying he"never did think would do anything other than play us for a while.
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