Ari Melber Says Vindman’s Testimony ‘Devastating’ for White House: ‘He Saw a Bribery Plot’

‘He knew that it was political and wrong’

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MELBER: "Vindman struck me as the most devastating we’ve seen in a public hearing to date. This is someone who obviously looks the part, is the part, you’ll notice there was a real reticence by Republicans to go directly at him, which departs from maybe some of the smearing that had gone on among their media allies. And most importantly, this is an army officer who spoke very directly about why he phoned it in. He saw a bribery plot. He knew that it was political and wrong. He phoned it in through private channels and he went about his work. This is not someone who reads in any way as aggrandizing, looking for the spotlight. He said under oath and it struck me as a very credible piece of testimony that he phoned it in because he thought it was wrong, and he went on with his work and his duty through official channels. He did not think that he would be testifying before the cameras or to the American public. And in our experience, I do think the public responds strongly to that because there’s really very little to impugn. This is his story. It’s devastating for the White House."

(h/t Mediaite)

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