First Trump impeachment takes center stage in Virginia House race
By
Cami Mondeaux
June 20, 2024 4:00 am
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Former President Donald Trump‘s first impeachment is set to play a major role in the race to replace Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA).
Eugene Vindman, a key figure best known for reporting the phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2018 that led to Trump’s first impeachment, won the Democratic primary to replace Spanberger in Virginia’s 7th District on Tuesday. Vindman’s victory is likely to pave the way for a competitive race that would garner national attention and massive amounts of money from both parties.
Vindman first entered the national spotlight after he and his brother sounded the alarm about the phone call between Trump and Zelensky, during which Trump pressed the Ukrainian president to announce an investigation into Hunter Biden’s business dealings as his father, Joe Biden, considered running for president in 2020.
It was that phone call and the Vindman brothers’ report that led to Trump’s first impeachment in 2019. Vindman leaned on that experience throughout his primary campaign, framing his dismissal from the White House in 2020 as retaliation.
“I sacrificed my military career to expose Trump’s corruption,” Vindman said in one of his campaign ads.
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