Trump Impeachment Fury Sows Fear of Payback Among Diplomats
- Vindman, who testified to House, is escorted from White House
- Few officials believe that Pompeo will defend them if needed
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President Donald Trump mostly stifled his fury toward the impeachment witnesses who detailed, over hundreds of hours of testimony, the turmoil wrought by his handling of Ukraine policy. Now that he’s been acquitted of two impeachment charges, they’re bracing for payback.
It may have begun on Friday. Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council analyst who gave damning testimony in the House impeachment inquiry, was escorted out of the White House and removed from his post, hours after Trump told reporters “I’m not happy with him.”