'He is from the Soviet Union, he emigrated here and has an affinity for the Ukrainian people,' Kilmeade said.
After fellow Fox News host Laura Ingraham suggested White House official Alexander Vindman may be a double agent, Brian Kilmeade continued to question Vindman's allegiances as an Ukrainian immigrant on"He's got a Purple Heart," Kilmeade briefly noted before diving into Vindman's background."He is from the Soviet Union, he emigrated here and has an affinity for the Ukrainian people.""He's got a Purple Heart. He got hit by an IED in Iraq.
Vindman is the first White House official to break with President Donald Trump and testify as part of the House of Representatives' ongoing impeachment inquiry. According to his prepared opening statement, Vindman will tell lawmakers that he"believed President Donald Trump undermined U.S. national security when he appealed to Ukraine's president to investigate his political rivals.
Vindman is a two-decade veteran of the U.S. Army and has a Purple Heart from fighting in the Iraq War. After leaving the military, Vindman became the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council. National Security Council Director for European Affairs Alexander Vindman arrives for a closed-door deposition at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. on October 29, 2019. A White House official plans to tell Congress Tuesday that he witnessed efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate President Donald Trump's rival Joe Biden, and that he reported it as a national security risk.
Ingraham turned to her guest, law professor and former Justice Department official John Yoo, and said:"Here we have a U.S. national security official who is advising Ukraine, while working inside the White House, apparently against the president's interest, and usually, they spoke in English. Isn't that kind of an interesting angle on this story?"
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