Eugene Vindman
Ukrainian-American military officer and politician
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| 2025 | Vindman joined 46 House Democrats and all Republicans in voting for the Laken Riley Act. |
| January 3 2025 | Assumed office as U.S. Representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district. |
| 2024 | Eugene Vindman is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia's 2nd congressional district, seeking the Democratic Party nomination. |
| 2024 | Eugene Vindman voted against the Laken Riley Act, joining 158 other Democratic House members in opposing the legislation. |
| November 5 2024 | Defeated Republican Derrick Anderson in the general election for Virginia's 7th congressional district. |
| June 18 2024 | Vindman won the Democratic primary for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia's 7th District. |
| April 2024 | Vindman faced criticism on social media after being photographed with a Confederate-era flag in a now-deleted Twitter post. |
| November 2023 | Vindman announced his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives in Virginia's 7th District, receiving endorsements from Adam Schiff, Patrick Murphy, and The Washington Post editorial board. |
| March 2023 | Eugene Vindman, alongside his twin brother Alexander, launched the Trident Support project to establish a weapon maintenance and training facility in Ukraine, aiming to recruit 100-200 Western contractors to support Ukrainian forces. |
| 2022 | Eugene Vindman began working as Director of Military Analysis and Prosecution Support for the Atrocity Crimes Advisory (ACA) group, a collaborative initiative by the European Union, United States, and United Kingdom to investigate and prosecute war crimes in Ukraine. |
| 2022 | Eugene Vindman retired from the United States Army after 25 years of service, retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel instead of full colonel. |
| February 13 2020 | Trump's former chief of staff, retired Marine General John Kelly, publicly defended Vindman's actions and testimony, stating that Vindman did exactly what military personnel are taught to do. |
| February 10 2020 | Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent a letter requesting federal Inspectors General to investigate possible retaliation against whistleblowers following the firing of Eugene Vindman and his brother. |
| February 7 2020 | Vindman was reassigned from his position as deputy legal advisor for the United States National Security Council (NSC). |
| February 5 2020 | The first impeachment proceedings against President Trump concluded, during which Eugene helped his brother Alexander provide testimony. |
| December 18 2019 | Eugene Vindman supported his brother Alexander during the first impeachment proceedings against President Trump, helping to draft portions of Alexander's opening statement. |
| October 2019 | Came to national attention when his twin brother Alexander Vindman testified before Congress regarding the Trump–Ukraine scandal, after Eugene reported President Trump's telephone call to senior White House lawyers. |
| August 5 2019 | Eugene Vindman met with John Eisenberg again, expressing concerns that President Trump's request to President Zelensky to investigate a political rival might have violated multiple federal laws, including the Federal Bribery Statute, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and federal election laws. |
| August 1 2019 | Eugene Vindman had a conversation with NSC lead counsel John Eisenberg to clarify their legal role and obligations, specifically discussing whether attorneys were duty-bound to represent the Office of the President or the individual serving as President. |
| July 25 2019 | Eugene Vindman, as the lead ethics attorney and deputy legal advisor at the National Security Council, was informed by his brother Alexander Vindman about a telephone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky that raised serious ethical and legal concerns. |
| 2018 | Eugene Vindman was assigned as a deputy legal adviser to the National Security Council (NSC), serving as the senior ethics official during the Trump administration. |
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