{"id":16285,"date":"2022-05-18T14:13:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T14:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=16285"},"modified":"2022-05-18T14:13:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T14:13:37","slug":"whistleblower-reprisal-investigation-colonel-yevgeny-s-vindman-u-s-army-dodig-2022-097","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/whistleblower-reprisal-investigation-colonel-yevgeny-s-vindman-u-s-army-dodig-2022-097\/","title":{"rendered":"Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation: Colonel Yevgeny S. Vindman, U.S. Army (DODIG-2022-097)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the DoD\/IG:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>&#8220;We conducted this investigation in response to a complaint filed with the DoD Hotline on August 18, 2020, alleging that various administration officials, including former President Donald J. 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