We know that the Ukraine is the most corrupt "country" in the world. So it stands to reason that some Ukrainians may have a tendency toward corruption.
The Department of War is calling for an ethics inquiry into Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Va., over business deals he and his brother — retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman — struck in Ukraine while Eugene was simultaneously part of a State Department-funded inquiry into Russian atrocities in Ukraine. ...
Seems that the brothers used a faked-up "company" to get around requirements.
...“They founded their company to perform services for the Ukrainian government in exchange for money and to represent American companies seeking to do business with the Ukrainian government for money,” Matthews wrote in his ethics letter. “They were required to seek the pre-approval of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of State.”
Matthews added: “As retired U.S. Army officers, just as they could not become direct civil employees of the Ukrainian government without obtaining the prior approval of both the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of State, they could also not lawfully provide ‘consulting’ or ‘defense services’ through their ‘consulting firm’ to the Ukrainian government without first obtaining the permission of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of State. If any U.S. military retiree could simply form a ‘consulting firm’ and immediately start providing services to a foreign government without the required Secretarial approvals, it would make a mockery of the law.”...
These are the jackwads who alleged that Trump was 'unethical'.
Imagine that!
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A merry Christmas indeed!
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