War Sales While Wearing the Uniform

The Pentagon accuses Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va) for seeking profit in Ukraine while funded by the U.S. government

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When the Pentagon itself asks for an ethics inquiry into a sitting member of Congress, that should stop everyone cold.

The Department of War did not casually send a letter to the House Ethics Committee about Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va). This is a formal referral from the Pentagon’s, Earl Matthews, raising serious questions about whether Vindman and his brother Alexander were lawfully operating a for profit business in Ukraine…

While Eugene was simultaneously being paid through a State Department-funded war crimes program.

That alone should outrage any American who still believes conflicts of interest matter.

According to the Pentagon, the Vindman brothers founded Trident Support LLC to perform services for the Ukrainian government in exchange for money and to represent American defense companies seeking contracts with Ukraine.

That is not speculation. That is the Pentagon’s own language. As retired military officers, they were required by law to obtain approval from the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of State before providing consulting or defense services to a foreign government.

The Pentagon says there is no indication they ever did.

These are two men with deep ties to U.S. national security institutions, one of whom later became a member of the House Armed Services Committee, who allegedly sought to broker defense deals in an active war zone without the necessary approvals required by law.

If any other retired officer tried this, the hammer would fall immediately. But these men are politically protected. They are useful. Here’s what we know.