Democratic House candidate Eugene Vindman wont answer questions about business he started after 14 taxpayer-funded trips to Ukraine
ARLINGTON, Va.— Trump whistleblower and Virginia congressional candidate Eugene Vindman refuses to answer questions about his business dealings in Ukraine, which started after he took more than a dozen taxpayer-funded trips to the war-torn nation.Vindman tried to sell the Ukrainian government a weapons system as president of Trident Support LLC, a firm he formed in August 2022 with his identical-twin brother, Alexander — who became famous testifying in former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment inquiry.The Vindman campaign would not respond to The Post’s requests for comment about the candidate’s reported income from the enterprise and whether the firm will continue doing business in or related to Ukraine if he’s elected to Congress next month.Vindman boasted of the venture to the Prince William Times in December as he announced his run for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District, which is just outside the Washington, DC, Beltway.
Trident’s purpose is to bring Ukraine technology to aid the country as it continues to fight a Russian invasion.He told the paper he’d made 14 trips to the Eastern European nation to investigate war crimes through the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group, a State Department-funded initiative to assist Ukraine’s prosecutor general in litigating international cases.
Trident is registered in Dumfries, Va., and uses the same PO box as Vindman’s congressional campaign, Virginia’s State Corporation Commission records show. Vindman’s campaign website makes no mention of Trident, though he’s discussed the business in the press.The same month they founded the firm, the Vindman brothers pitched the Ukrainian government on purchasing a weapons system, per a slide deck leaked to conservative news site Human Events, which it published last year.The deck lists Alexander as CEO and Eugene as president — under the now-candidate’s birth name, Yevgeny.
Alexander Vindman seemingly confirmed the deck’s legitimacy in since...