{"id":160986,"date":"2024-09-14T12:37:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T16:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=160986"},"modified":"2024-09-14T12:37:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T16:37:22","slug":"vindman-brother-accused-of-embellishing-his-military-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=160986","title":{"rendered":"Vindman brother accused of embellishing his military service"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eugene Vindman, brother of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, is running for Congress in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. He is running as a Democrat. His Republican opponent is Derrick Anderson, a Green Beret veteran. Vindman’s campaign is facing allegations of campaign-finance laws\/rules. Vindman is also facing allegations that he misrepresented his military service.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“The law is quite clear that providing a service to a campaign is an in-kind contribution. Communication is something a campaign usually pays for, not having a super PAC make statements,” Kendra Arnold, executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Eugene Vindman is the brother of retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a former National Security Council member who testified in the 2019 House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. This led to Trump’s first House Democrat-led impeachment.<\/p>\n

Eugene Vindman is running against Republican Derrick Anderson, a former Army Green Beret.<\/p>\n

FACT is basing its complaint on a documented email exchange between a Washington Free Beacon reporter, Vindman’s campaign manager and Travis Tazelaar, the political director VoteVets PAC.<\/p>\n

“We have seen campaigns push the limits with super PACs, but this is not just pushing the limits. It’s an explicit in-kind contribution,” Arnold said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks to 5JC for the story.<\/p>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucas, F. (2024, September 12). Questions over Vindman’s military records evolve into campaign finance probe for super PAC ties. Fox News<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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