{"id":2392729,"date":"2025-01-20T12:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-vindman-laments-no-pardons-were-offered-for-her-family\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T12:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:42:08","slug":"rachel-vindman-laments-no-pardons-were-offered-for-her-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-vindman-laments-no-pardons-were-offered-for-her-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Vindman laments \u2018no pardons were offered\u2019 for her family"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frachel-vindman-laments-no-pardons-were-offered-for-her-family%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2392729&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rachel Vindman expressed her disappointment over the lack\u200b of\u2062 pardons offered to her family, highlighting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-earth-is-on-fire-and-were-all-going-to-die-soon-dem-rep-pleads-with-thunberg-for-advice-for-her-panicked-9-year-old-daughter\/\" title=\"\u2018The Earth Is On Fire And We\u2019re All Going To Die Soon\u2019: Dem Rep Pleads With Thunberg For Advice For Her Panicked 9-Year-Old Daughter\">emotional toll<\/a> it has taken on her. In \u200dher reflection, she mentioned feeling hurt by this \u2064perceived oversight. Additionally,the content includes links\u200c to various related news articles,including one about a flippant post regarding an assassination\u200d attempt on Donald Trump,which vindman later deleted. The article sheds light on Vindman&#8217;s experiences and sentiments regarding the political climate surrounding her family.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rachel Vindman laments &lsquo;no pardons were offered&rsquo; for her family<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1940257\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3156317\/vindman-wife-deletes-flippant-post-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rachel Vindman\">Rachel Vindman<\/a> said she was &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kamalas-vp-pick-says-theres-no-guarantee-to-free-speech-on-misinformation\/\" title=\"Watch: Kamala&#039;s VP Pick Says \u2018There&#039;s No Guarantee to Free Speech on Misinformation&#039;\">hurt&#038;rdquo<\/a>; by the snub from President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rachel Vindman\">Joe Biden<\/a> when he did not <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pardons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pardon<\/a> her family for their role in Donald Trump&rsquo;s first impeachment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Vindman is the wife of Trump&rsquo;s impeachment witness and retired Army Lt. Col.&nbsp;Alexander Vindman, who was born in Ukraine but immigrated to the United States decades ago. He served under Trump as his director for European Affairs for the U.S. National Security Council from 2018 to 2020 and testified about Trump&rsquo;s Ukraine scandal in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Whatever happens to my family, know this: No pardons were offered or discussed,&rdquo; Rachel Vindman wrote on Bluesky. &ldquo;I cannot begin to describe the level of betrayal and hurt I feel.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:l5xwugs6nczjmrjn5ojtns4o\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lg6dujyisk2d\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreig5fz3l3xgp7xxcntlq5cx6bgqvuowkguuiqky2moe44osbbdrasi\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Whatever happens to my family, know this: No pardons were offered or discussed.   I cannot begin to describe the level of betrayal and hurt I feel.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rachel Vindman (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:l5xwugs6nczjmrjn5ojtns4o?ref_src=embed\">@natsechobbyist.bsky.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">social<\/a><\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:l5xwugs6nczjmrjn5ojtns4o\/post\/3lg6dujyisk2d?ref_src=embed\">January 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>This comes after Biden announced preemptive pardons for the members and witnesses of the now-defunct Jan. 6 Committee just hours before Trump&rsquo;s second inauguration. These pardons included former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-public-schools-renaming-plan-rife-with-historical-errors\/\" title=\"San Francisco Public Schools Renaming Plan \u2018Rife With Historical Errors\u2019\">committee members<\/a>, Capitol Police officers, and Metropolitan Police Department officers who testified before the committee. None of these recipients are facing any charges.<\/p>\n<p>Vindman notably shared her thoughts on Jack Dorsey&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">newest social media platform<\/a>. Bluesky&nbsp;launched in February 2023 after Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought Dorsey&rsquo;s old platform, Twitter, now known as X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last September, Vindman posted on X after the first assassination attempt against Trump, prompting controversy. While she ultimately deleted the post as a result of the backlash it received, it read, &ldquo;No ears were harmed. Carry on with your Sunday afternoon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Musk has also sparred with Vindman&rsquo;s husband after he implied that the billionaire was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3244875\/musk-accuses-alexander-vindman-treason-ukraine-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Russian puppet\">Russian puppet<\/a>. Musk responded to the comments made during an MSNBC interview on X.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Vindman is on the payroll of Ukrainian oligarchs and has committed treason against the United States, for which he will pay the appropriate penalty,&rdquo; Musk wrote.<\/p>\n<p>While Rachel Vindman has since deleted her X account, her husband remains active on the platform and continues to issue criticisms of Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1940257\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1940257\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Vindman expresses disappointment over lack of pardons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2392730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Rachel-Vindman.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3881,4901,12559,32171,48859],"class_list":["post-2392729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-family","tag-justice","tag-pardons","tag-political-commentary","tag-rachel-vindman"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Rachel-Vindman.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2392729"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392733,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392729\/revisions\/2392733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2392730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2392729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2392729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2392729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}