President Trump's allies want to hear a wider impeachment story.
Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, is set to testify Tuesday that he found Trump's July 25 call with Ukraine's president worthy of reporting to a superior. That prompted smears against Vindman from Trump backers — something House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) quickly shut down.
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Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the House, took issue with that. "It is shameful to question their patriotism, their love of this country," Cheney said of Vindman, Politico's Jake Sherman reported.
Cheney's split is yet another instance of top Republicans fracturing from Trump in the impeachment debate. William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testified last week that he was told aid was being withheld until Ukraine agreed to investigate the Bidens and the 2016 election. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, commented that "the picture coming out of" Taylor's testimony was "not a good one." Kathryn Krawczyk
Editor's note: This article initially misidentified Cheney's state affiliation. It has since been corrected. We regret the error.
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