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Jose Garcia

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Mon Jan 20, 2025, 05:25 PM 10 hrs ago

Alexander Vindman's wife says 'no pardons were offered or discussed' [View all]

Source: The Hill

The wife of retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman said “no pardons were offered or discussed” only a few hours before President Trump’s official return to the White House.

“Whatever happens to my family, know this: No pardons were offered or discussed. I cannot begin to describe the level of betrayal and hurt I feel,” Rachel Vindman said in a Monday morning post on the social platform Threads.

Alexander Vindman, alongside his brother Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.), blew the whistle on the 2019 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that led to Trump’s first impeachment.

Former President Biden announced pardons to people including Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), all of whom have been targets of Trump’s ire in the past, on Monday.

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/administration/5096251-alexander-vindman-pardons-offered/amp/

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