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Trump Fires Gordon Sondland Hours After Dismissing Impeachment Witness Alexander Vindman
NYSlimes ^ | 2/7/2020 | Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman, Danny Hakim and Michael S. Schmidt

Posted on 02/07/2020 3:59:49 PM PST by grayboots

President Trump and his aides wasted little time opening a campaign of retribution against those he blames for his impeachment, firing on Friday two of the most prominent witnesses in the inquiry against him barely 48 hours after the Senate acquitted the president.

Emboldened by his victory and determined to strike back, Mr. Trump fired Gordon D. Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union, within hours of the White House dismissing Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, a decorated Iraq war veteran who was a Ukraine expert on the National Security Council. Both officials testified to a House committee about the president’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to help him against his domestic political rivals.

“I was advised today that the president intends to recall me effective immediately as United States Ambassador to the European Union,” Mr. Sondland said in a statement just hours after Colonel Vindman’s dismissal. He expressed gratitude to Mr. Trump “for having given me the opportunity to serve.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alexandervindman; braking; burisma; ericciaramella; europeanunion; goneforever; gordondsondland; impeachment; nsc; sondland; trump; ukraine; vindman; winning; yourefired
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To: lepton

His wrong doing was to pass his assumptions on to others as factual information from the President. He obviously did not qualfy his “information” as his assumptions but indicated to those with whom he spoke that those were the wishes of the President. I call that wrong doing.


81 posted on 02/07/2020 4:19:05 PM PST by falcon99 (qu)
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To: grayboots

Evidently there’s a slew of folks who didn’t see the, “UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT” signs.


82 posted on 02/07/2020 4:20:01 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll < hardly miss it and it will help.)
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To: Right Wing Assault

Sondland created a mess with his assumptions, but I must have missed actual wrongdoing on his part.
That said, he serves at the pleasure of the President as a representative of that President.


Making a mess with his assumptions!

Right. I get that part, and I see why he is recalled and let go, but I’m trying to understand the vilification and calls for further punishment.


83 posted on 02/07/2020 4:20:01 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: grayboots

wow! I surely thought President Trump would wait until after the election to clean house ... his internal polls must be through the roof to do this ... of course, it DOES send a signal to the rest of the traitors in the White House, and I suppose he’s doing this on purpose so the Dems and media go insane attacking him ...


84 posted on 02/07/2020 4:20:08 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: urbanpovertylawcenter

President Trump is right in firing those whom he can. We have no need for slimy seditious traitors. He should also refer them for prosecution.


85 posted on 02/07/2020 4:20:22 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: grayboots
Trump was absolutely right. They should have been fired.

The New York Times is so predictable. Propaganda is mind-numbingly boring.

86 posted on 02/07/2020 4:21:08 PM PST by Savage Beast (George Orwell's 1984 nightmare is the Democrats' Dream.)
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To: blackdog

Fire that son of a bitch Ciaramella.
Why not, no one knows who he is, so fire him now b4 his name is released!!!!


87 posted on 02/07/2020 4:21:12 PM PST by bantam
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To: samadams2000

All Obama-appointed US Attorneys, too.


88 posted on 02/07/2020 4:21:16 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: lepton

Sondland outright said....when asked was there a quid pro quo, in his summary......YES! He said..


89 posted on 02/07/2020 4:21:20 PM PST by caww
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To: grayboots; greeneyes

NOTEABLE:

Vindman’s twin brother still serves in the WH. He is suspected of colluding with Bolton to leak parts of his manuscript under review.

Something “there” is still in play as removing the Vindman twin would add fuel to any “obstruction” charges.

Yes, the Dimwits are working toward another impeachment.


90 posted on 02/07/2020 4:21:28 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Men: We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches.)
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To: grayboots; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; Clemenza; ..

Traitors must swing.


91 posted on 02/07/2020 4:21:48 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: BenLurkin
“Retribution”

Nope. No bias there.

What do you expect from the NY Slimes? 😁 I am sure Schiff for brains is already conjuring up a new article of impeachment for this. 👎 Screw that rat 🐀 bastard.

92 posted on 02/07/2020 4:22:32 PM PST by Mark17 (Father of US Air Force Officer in pilot training. Air Force aircraft, go faster than Army tanks)
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To: grayboots

Swing the axe...no mercy and no quarter- El Deguello.


93 posted on 02/07/2020 4:22:38 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: newzjunkey

It wasn’t failed impeachment. It was a failed coup.


94 posted on 02/07/2020 4:22:55 PM PST by navymom1
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To: newzjunkey

These yahoos should after Schiff. He claimed he had the mountain of iron clad proof.


95 posted on 02/07/2020 4:23:46 PM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: bantam

Fire that son of a bitch Ciaramella.
Why not, no one knows who he is, so fire him now b4 his name is released!!!!
_____________

I second that motion.


96 posted on 02/07/2020 4:24:27 PM PST by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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To: BEJ
Get the Obama turds out.

Following day, yelling into huge rooms in DC:

"Hello! Hello! Anybody here?"

97 posted on 02/07/2020 4:24:30 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: heavy metal

.....”Trumps version of a Friday News Dump”.....

OH that deserves a second post.....LLOLOLOL


98 posted on 02/07/2020 4:24:35 PM PST by caww
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To: Paladin2

In November...when the weather cools...


99 posted on 02/07/2020 4:24:55 PM PST by glasseye ("24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ H. L. Mencken)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Alaska or the Everglades.


100 posted on 02/07/2020 4:25:12 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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