27 Facts About Eugene Vindman

Eugene Semyon Vindman was born on Yevgeny Semyonovich Vindman; June 6,1975 and is a Ukrainian-American politician, lawyer, and retired US Army officer.

Eugene Vindman was a deputy legal advisor for the United States National Security Council until he was reassigned on February 7,2020.

Alexander Eugene Vindman's testimony provided evidence that resulted in a charge of abuse of power in the first impeachment of Donald Trump.

In 2024, Eugene Vindman won the Democratic nomination for Virginia's 7th congressional district in the 2024 election.

Eugene Vindman defeated Republican Derrick Anderson in the November 5 general election, and assumed office on January 3,2025.

Yevgeny Semyon Eugene Vindman and his identical twin brother Alexander were born on June 6,1975, to a Jewish family in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union.

Eugene Vindman appears briefly with his maternal grandmother in the 1985 Ken Burns documentary The Statue of Liberty.

In 1997, Eugene Vindman graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton in Binghamton, New York, with a bachelor of arts degree in history.

Eugene Vindman later received a master of science degree in general administration from Central Michigan University, a juris doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law, and a master of laws from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School.

Eugene Vindman was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army after receiving his bachelor degree and he rose to the rank of colonel.

Eugene Vindman served for 25 years as a paratrooper, infantryman, a Judge Advocate General's Corps attorney, and was deployed to Iraq.

Eugene Vindman retired at the rank of lieutenant colonel because he did not serve the full time required to retire as a colonel.

Eugene Vindman was involved in reporting President Trump's attempt to coerce Ukraine into investigating President Biden and he faced retaliation by that Trump administration for his actions.

Eugene Vindman advised that they both further report the call through channels to the lead counsel of the NSC, John Eisenberg.

Eugene Vindman had two more conversations with Eisenberg about the July 25,2019, telephone call.

Eugene Vindman sought to clarify with Eisenberg their role and obligations as attorneys, and whether as attorneys they were duty-bound to represent the Office of the President of the United States or, the individual serving as President.

Eugene helped his brother throughout President Trump's first impeachment, which went from December 18,2019, to February 5,2020, including by drafting the portion of the opening statement where Alexander Vindman assured their father that he had made the right decision in emigrating from the Soviet Union to the United States.

Eugene Vindman's remarks contradicted Trump who tweeted that he had ousted Vindman for insubordination and for doing "a lot of bad things".

Eugene Vindman held the rank of colonel on active duty, but retired as a lieutenant colonel because he had not served the minimum requirement of three years service in grade in order to retain the rank in retirement.

Eugene Vindman's attorney, Mark Zaid, who is a founder of the nonprofit, Whistleblower Aid, that offers legal services to others such as Yevgeny, emphasized that the White House's failure to address the request about Eugene Vindman's retirement status might deter officials from speaking out about potential government wrongdoing in the future.

Since 2022, Eugene Vindman has held the position of Director of Military Analysis and Prosecution Support for the Atrocity Crimes Advisory group.

In November 2023, Eugene Vindman announced that he would run for the United States House of Representatives in Virginia's 7th District, where incumbent Democrat Abigail Spanberger was not seeking reelection.

Eugene Vindman received endorsements from Adam Schiff, former Under Secretary of the Army Patrick Murphy, and the editorial board of The Washington Post.

Eugene Vindman raised $5 million and had $876,000 on hand as of May 29,2024, in addition to a combined $1.3 million in independent expenditures from cryptocurrency advocacy group Protect Progress PAC and VoteVets.

On November 5,2024, Eugene Vindman won the general election, defeating Republican Derrick Anderson.

Eugene Vindman was named as a member of the United States House Committee on Agriculture and the United States Armed Services Committee for the 119th United States Congress.

Eugene Vindman was among 159 Democrats in the House of Representatives to vote against the initial version of the Laken Riley Act on January 7,2025, but voted for the final version on January 22.