The retired general defended Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman saying he 'did exactly what we teach them to do from cradle to grave.'
Kelly went on to say that Vindman had essentially heard"an illegal order," which according to his training he was required to report."We teach them, 'Don't follow an illegal order. And if you're ever given one, you'll raise it to whoever gives it to you that this is an illegal order, and then tell your boss.'"
"I said, whatever you do — and we were still in the process of trying to find someone to take my place — I said whatever you do, don't hire a 'yes man,' someone who won't tell you the truth — don't do that," Kelly said."Because if you do, I believe you will be impeached." Democrats opened the impeachment inquiry in late September after an unidentified government whistleblower reported a July call between Trump and Ukraine's President Zelenskiy. Lt. Col. Vindman was one of several administration officials listening in on the call but has testified under oath that he was not the whistleblower.
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