Six years ago, Donald Trump fired me from the White House for speaking the truth.
I risked everything to protect our democracy.
It was exactly 6 years ago today — February 7, 2020 — when Donald Trump fired me from the White House.
This came after I testified for the House’s impeachment inquiry into Trump’s not-so-perfect phone call with Ukraine. The president of the United States tried to demand a foreign government investigate a United States citizen and political opponent.
I thought it was improper, so I reported it. We all know how the story played out.
The House of Representatives went on to impeach Donald Trump — only the third time in our nation’s history — for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
We watched the impeachment trial play out in the Senate. After two weeks, the upper chamber acquitted Trump from both charges.
The day after, Trump packed the East Room with his allies and delivered an hour-long speech patting himself on the back for being exonerated. I’ll spare you the transcript of the speech — including when he called FBI officials “top scum” and “sleazebag” — but I think this part sums it…



