The most interesting thing about Byron York’s exhaustively reported and richly detailed new impeachment book, “Obsession: Inside the Washington Establishment’s Never-Ending War on Trump,” is that the whistleblower who filed the official complaint that got impeachment rolling isn’t ever identified.
It turns out that the heated discussion over the whistleblower, who was previously identified by Real Clear Investigations as the CIA’s Eric Ciaramella, was a diversion from allowing the American people to understand who was the actual instigator of the failed effort to oust President Donald Trump from office.
Rather than being a witness who independently supported the claims of the whistleblower, the National Security Council’s Lt. Col Alex Vindman was the driving force behind the entire operation, according to the book’s interviews with key figures in the impeachment probe and other evidence. The whistleblower’s information came directly from Vindman, investigators determined.
“Vindman was the person on the call who went to the whistleblower after the call, to give the whistleblower the information he needed to file his complaint,” said Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y.
“For all intents and purposes, Vindman is the whistleblower here, but he was able to get somebody else to do his dirty work for him,” explained one senior congressional aide.
Vindman was the only person at the National Security Council (NSC) listening in on the infamous call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to be concerned by it. Vindman immediately began talking to his identical twin brother Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, who also worked at the NSC. The twins both complained to NSC Counsel John Eisenberg. Alex Vindman talked about it with his direct supervisor Tim Morrison, who was also on the call. He talked about it with another NSC lawyer, Michael Ellis.
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https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/08/vindman-not-whistleblower-was-driving-force-behind-impeachment/
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Vindman should be charged with treason and get a dishonorable discharge
I agree... that snake needs to go down
LTC Vindman would have been courts-martial by now if it were known he divulged the 'Classified' conversation between heads of States... the President and his Presidential counterpart in the Ukraine. LTC Vidman could not directly divulge the information without being outed for espionage.
It is time that the Courts-Martial Authority for LTC Vindman conduct an Article 32 Investigation to determine if Court-Martial Charges are warranted... from the surface they appear to be warranted. LTC is a naturalized US Citizen... he was born in the Ukraine and came to the USA at the age of 3yrs old. As such his Citizenship can be revoked for 'espionage' or acts of 'treason' violations of his naturalization Oath... and he should have his US Citizenship revoked if he is convicted.
Excellent info! Charge him, try him and then deport him!
Vindman DID NOT run anything, he served at the pleasure of the pres period. Was he the whistleblower maybe but who knows w/these left wing people. The entire bunch of Dems are dirty. Vindman is just another cog in the left Dem wing nut machine.
Bonnie... LTC Vindman could not be the whistleblower and had to find a third party willing to disclose0 his fabricated version of the classified conversation. As part of his duties, LTC VIndman was required to listen to the classified conversation... It was a function of his military duty he knew that the information he needed to divulge was both classified and could create a firestorm. As Such, he sought anonymity in order to avoid early detection and indictment by Courts Marital Authority for violating the espionage laws and potentially for treason if it can be proven he intended to initiate a Coup... the illegal removal of a US President.