Alexander Vindman Destroys Donald Trump Jr.‘s Latest Bonkers Lies

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Alexander Vindman, the retired lieutenant colonel who rose to particular prominence for his role in helping expose a pressure campaign from then-President Trump and allies of his targeting the Ukrainian government and seeking politically helpful dirt on Donald’s opponents, is facing new vitriol from the Right. This time, they’re apparently accusing him of having leaked protected information, for which it would seem there is no real-world evidence — at all.

The deceptive idea about Vindman is circulating amid controversy about the actions of Jack Teixeira, a member of the Air National Guard who distributed protected military secrets outside the government and has since been criminally charged. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has helped lead a charge of treating Teixeira as some kind of national hero, although since the guardsman didn’t even personally distribute the disputed materials very far, it’s unclear he saw himself as a whistleblower. As for Vindman, he eventually testified to Congress about the situation with Trump targeting Ukraine, which wouldn’t be classified as the same kind of thing Teixeira did. Before that point, it’s been documented how Vindman sought assistance with his concerns inside the federal entity known as the National Security Council. He himself wasn’t the whistleblower who eventually filed a complaint that helped break everything open.

“I never leaked a thing & dutifully protected classified information,” Vindman said on Twitter. “Anyone that says otherwise is making baseless defamatory statements. @realDonaldTrump is likely going to jail over the allegations of mishandling classified. Cleaning up any remaining questions.” Vindman also tagged Donald Trump Jr., since the former president’s son has recently helped spread those false accusations to which Vindman was replying. Bizarrely, Trump Jr. accused Vindman of having pushed the world towards World War III, which doesn’t really track with reality.

It’s true that, as Vindman referenced, the former president himself remains under federal investigation for the mishandling of classified documents from his time in office, something that could result in criminal charges. Early reports have suggested prosecutors have been assembling evidence potentially indicating Trump intentionally deceived his personal legal team about the status of protected materials he still had as government authorities sought their return throughout last year.