On his to start with day of retirement, vital Donald Trump impeachment trial witness Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman explained in a Washington Publish op-ed Saturday that talking up versus the president charge him his career  — but he believes “right issues.”

“When I was asked why I experienced the confidence to notify my father not to get worried about my testimony, my response was, ‘Congressman, since this is The us,” he recalled in the piece of his testimony.

“This is the nation I served and defended, that all my brothers have served, and in this article, suitable issues.”

He included, “To this working day, irrespective of anything that has took place, I continue on to consider that in America, right matters. I want to assistance make sure that suitable issues for all Americans.”

Vindman had testified in November that he had listened in on Trump’s July 25, 2019 connect with with Ukraine’s chief — in which the president leaned on Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelensky to start an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter — and was confident the president abused his electricity for particular political get.

In ending his 21-yr Military occupation, the Purple Coronary heart recipient blamed bullying, intimidation and retaliation by Trump and his allies.

Trump experienced pushed Vindman out of the White Household in February.