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The Vindman boys were both born in Ukraine in 1975, indelibly stamped with classic Eastern European physiques, which is to say they are shaped like mailboxes. Naturalized as children, they both somehow rose to high station in the U.S. Army (Colonel and Lt. Colonel), and were then posted to Obama’s National Security Council (Dir. of European Affairs and Dir. of Military Analysis—Ukraine), where they lay in wait for naive President Trump 1.0 to innocently stumble along.

Purely for background, the Vindman brothers’ given names are Yevgeny Semyonovich “Eugene” Vindman and Aleksandr Semyonovich “Alexander” Vindman.

You might especially recall Alexander Vindman, the “analyst” turned whistleblower who testified in the impeachment trial that President Trump offered a “quid pro quo” to none less than former comedian Zelensky, allegedly merely by asking about the status of Kiev’s investigation into the Biden Crime Family’s shenanigans with Ukrainian energy company and Biden sugar daddy Burisma. Whatever.

After Trump beat the Democrats’ fake impeachment hoax, his DOD escorted the Vindmans right out of the National Security Council and ordered them back to the Army. Both rage quit, becoming instant heroes to Democrats. Last year, Eugene ran for Congress in a deep-blue Virginia district and won. So he is now a sitting Representative. (He replaced former CIA officer Abigail Spanberger, who is now Virginia’s governor. Good luck, Virginians.)

After re-entering private life in 2022, the Vindman brothers formed Trident Support, LLC, a “consulting firm” allegedly providing military consulting, logistics, and weapons-system support for Ukraine (of course), mostly through State Department-funded grant programs. Last year, Human Events ran an exposé story disclosing a a pitch deck (i.e., Powerpoint presentation) the Vindmans used to hawk their services to Ukrainian officials. ...

This week, the Pentagon formally requested that the House review the Vindmans’ “consulting company” to see if the brothers complied with detailed rules related to post-military work for foreign governments. Specifically, and for obvious reasons, retired Army officers need consent from the Secretary of State and the Army Secretary before working on behalf of any foreign government. ...

There are two remarkable features of the Pentagon’s request for an investigation, both related to timing. First, the Pentagon’s interest relates to old conduct (or misconduct) from 2022— but the request for an investigation into the Vindmans’ corrupt conduct was forwarded to the House right as Ukraine’s NABU corruption scandal broke. So that’s interesting. And second, this attack against Representative Vindman was launched the same week as the Pentagon also targeted Senator Mark Kelly, making two Congressmen who are currently experiencing the Pentagon’s fury.