Chuck Schumer wants whistleblower protections for Ukraine expert Alexander Vindman after impeachment
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called for a key witness in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump to be given the same protections that are afforded to whistleblowers.
Schumer, in a letter, asked the secretary of the Army and the chief of staff of the Army for a briefing to ensure that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert in the National Security Council, "and whistleblowers like him are afforded appropriate protections — both from retaliation and for [the] personal safety of him and his family."
Vindman testified before House investigators Tuesday that he was one of the officials listening in on a phone call in which Trump asked Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to "look into" unsubstantiated allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.
Vindman, according to his opening statement, said that he considered that request so damaging to American national security that he reported it to a superior.
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