Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a former member of the National Security Committee staff, said that when he heard the phone call between President Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in July, he knew immediately Trump would be impeached, according to NBC News.
“I suspected, as soon as I heard the call, that if this became public that the president would be impeached, no doubt about it,” Vindman said. “The whole enterprise from start to finish seemed un-American. “It seemed wrong, it seemed corrupt, and frankly I suspect that it could have been criminal.”
Vindman said he was non-partisan prior to the incident, for which he filed a complaint and ended up testifying before Congress before and during Trump’s impeachment. However, Trump personal attacks on him and his family changed his views.
“In taking a very sober view of where this president is taking this country, the divisions, the catering to our adversaries, the undermining of national security interests, that I am absolutely a never-Trumper,” Vindman said.
Vindman and his twin brother, Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, who both served in national security capacities in the Trump Administration, were fired from their positions. Alexander opted to retire in July than to continue his military career.
Vindman’s interview with Lester Holt tonight on “NBC Nightly News.”