US President Donald Trump has sacked White House staffer Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman who testified against him in impeachment, a lawyer says.
US President Donald Trump on Friday fired two of the highest-profile witnesses in his impeachment probe, sparking accusations that he is on a campaign of revenge.
Mr Sondland, a political appointee who got his post after donating $1 million to Mr Trump's inauguration, said in a brief statement,"I was advised today that the president intends to recall me effective immediately."The ouster of Mr Vindman, a respected officer who was wounded in Iraq, was even more abrupt, when he was ordered out of his NSC offices at the White House.
On Friday, Mr Trump told reporters that he wants Republicans to retake control of the lower house of Congress in the next election and to"expunge" his impeachment. Subpoenaed by Congress to testify at the House impeachment hearings, the Ukrainian-born Mr Vindman gave damning evidence.
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