ADThe spotlight will intensify the pressure on Vindman , who continues to serve in the White House as the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council. ADVindman, who was among those listening to the conversation, was so concerned that within an hour, he warned White House lawyers that the president’s actions were improper. The president called him a “Never Trumper witness,” and on Fox News, Laura Ingraham described Vindman as “a U.S. national security official . working inside the White House, apparently against the president’s interests.”ADThe attacks picked up again on the eve of his testimony. Morrison was critical of Vindman, telling lawmakers that Vind­man had gone directly to a White House lawyer to complain rather than through the chain of command.

Source: Washington Post November 19, 2019 00:35 UTC