The former Pentagon chief said that there was an effort to punish an impeachment witness. In a new book, Mark Esper claims that the Trump White House went to great lengths to punish Alexander Vindman. He is a Never Trumper. We need to get rid of him. A new book by Trump's former Pentagon chief states that the president and his White House tried to remove Vindman from the military after he became a key witness during Trump's first impeachment. According to a new book by Mark Esper, Trump told him that he lied about his call. Trump added, "Vindman made it all up", according to Esper. He is a Never Trumper. We need to get rid of him. The White House tried to derail Vindman's career and block his promotion to colonel, with Trump's chief of staff shouting at him that the Army combat veteran and Purple Heart was a traitor. A photo of an angry Trump was sent out by Vindman. —Alexander S. Vindman (@AVindman) May 9, 2022 The National Security Council staffer was detailed to the White House. The first impeachment against the president for pressuring Ukraine to investigate then-Vice President Joe Biden and his family happened because of his shock and abhorrence to the July 25, 2019, call with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy. The White House record of the call should mention Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company that Hunter Biden had served for. Trump, who was later acquitted by the GOP-controlled Senate, has never budged from his defense that it was a perfect phone call and that his request for Zelenskyy to do us a favor was in return for military aid. After Trump was acquitted in the face of a massive pressure campaign, Vindman retired from the military. While some of these details were previously known, Esper meticulously documents alleged meetings and phone calls with Trump and White House chief of staff MarkMeadows that underscore the effort to punish Vindman. The National Security Council fired both Vindman and Yevgeny after Trump was acquitted. He said he would join his brother in retirement later this summer. The Vindmans were ousted from the White House because of the White House's lust for revenge. The White House would find more witnesses to support a complaint against Vindman if the promotion was denied, according to the claims of Esper. The handling of the complaint is something that Esper takes issue with. The NSC had no real evidence or witnesses to offer, and this was later confirmed by an Army inspector general investigation. The man wasn&t done yet. The Pentagon had to submit Vindman and other prospective promotions to the Senate for approval as neither side could drag out the issue forever. In July 2020, the showdown was finally going to come to a head, according to the man. The July 6, 2020 call was written by Esper, who asked why he wasn't called. I would have had them get you something. In an effort to drum up more witnesses for the complaint, Meadows asked for another week or so. He refused to drag out the process anymore. If you don't want him on the list, you should remove him, but I don't support that. I yelled into the phone that it was the wrong thing to do. He will never get promoted! The White House met the following day to discuss the situation. Flanked by Pentagon lawyers, Esper said there was no evidence to deny Vindman a promotion. The White House lawyer told him that he could be accused of tampering with the investigation if he pressed too hard. A request for comment was not immediately responded to. Ahead of the book's publication, Trump called his former Pentagon chief "Yesper" and argued that he had to effectively run the US military. The original article is on Business Insider. The cost-of-living crisis is priority, says PM Queen's Speech at a glance. In New Delhi, the temperatures were over 100 degrees for several days last month. The mercury has not dropped below 86 degrees. 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