Former Trump administration official Miles Taylor slammed six Republican congressional lawmakers after they voted in opposition to investigating and preserving proof of Russia's alleged warfare crimes in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his navy forces have been known as "warfare criminals" after quite a few worldwide journalists and Ukrainian officers reported pictures and video of what look like many civilians who have been shot with their fingers tied behind their backs in Bucha, Ukraine. Native officers within the Ukrainian metropolis have mentioned there's a mass grave, whereas many have warned that such alleged atrocities have been carried out by Russian troopers in different areas as nicely.

On Wednesday night time, the Home of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of investigating and preserving proof of alleged warfare crimes reportedly dedicated by Russia in Ukraine. Whereas most Republicans voted in favor together with Democrats, six GOP lawmakers opposed the measure.

Representatives Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar of Arizona, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Warren Davidson of Ohio, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania all voted in opposition to the warfare crimes probe.

Consultant Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican and staunch Putin critic, initially voted in opposition to the investigation by mistake and later modified her vote.

Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene
Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) smiles at Consultant Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) throughout a information convention on the U.S. Capitol Constructing on December 7, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures

Taylor, who served in a number of roles inside former President Donald Trump's Division of Homeland Safety from 2017 to 2019, known as out the Republican Home members in a Thursday morning tweet.

"Six Republicans voted AGAINST a invoice to protect proof of Russian warfare crimes in Ukraine. That is the GOP pro-Putin wing. Or as I wish to name them, Vlad's Cowl-Up Crew," he wrote.

The previous Trump administration official then listed the GOP representatives' names.

Cheney, like Taylor, has repeatedly slammed Republicans that she and plenty of others view as favorable to Putin and Russia amid the continued warfare with Ukraine. The Wyoming lawmaker beforehand dubbed this faction of the Republican Celebration the "Putin wing of the GOP."

Newsweek reached out to the six Republicans for touch upon their votes however didn't instantly obtain responses. A number of of the GOP lawmakers have repeatedly expressed "America first" or isolationist views, in addition to skepticism concerning the want for the U.S. to be so closely invested in supporting European allies.

Taylor has turn into a distinguished conservative critic of Trump and his faction of the GOP. The previous DHS official infamously penned the "Nameless" September 5, 2018 opinion article for The New York Occasions, saying he and others have been a part of a "resistance" throughout the Trump administration. He went on to publish a November 2019 e-book titled A Warning—additionally utilizing the pen-name "Nameless"—through which he fleshed out his expertise working below the previous president.

The ex-Trump administration official admitted he was "Nameless" in October 2020 as he campaigned in opposition to the previous president's reelection. In August 2020, Taylor filmed an commercial with the Republican Accountability Venture calling Trump "harmful."

"What we noticed week in and week out, for me, after two-and-a-half years in that administration, was terrifying. We might go in to attempt to speak to him a couple of urgent nationwide safety difficulty—cyberattack, terrorism menace—he wasn't keen on these issues. To him, they weren't priorities," he mentioned within the advert.

Trump has been criticized by Cheney and different Republicans for feedback he made that appeared favorable to Putin simply forward of Russia's February 24 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The previous president had described the Russian president as a "genius" and "sensible." These feedback have been then utilized on Russian state tv as pro-Kremlin propaganda.