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Trump Whistleblower Yevgeny Vindman Wins Virginia Congressional Race

Yevgeny Vindman defeated Republican Derrick Anderson, known for his “fake family” scandal.

Former Army lieutenant colonel and Trump administration whistleblower Yevgeny Vindman, whose twin brother Alexander Vindman listened in on a call between then-President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that would form the basis of Trump’s first impeachment trial, won a competitive congressional seat in Virginia, according to the Associated Press. Vindman‘s victory over Republican Derrick Anderson helps Democrats as they try to flip the House. Vindman was a legal adviser on the National Security Council at the time of the high-profile Trump scandal, which he ultimately reported to the National Security Council’s lead counsel, Jon Eisenberg. Anderson’s campaign briefly appeared on the national scene when he shot an bizarre ad with what appeared to be his family—though the people in the image were actually the wife and daughters of a friend. The ad showed them together at the dinner table as if Anderson were the father and husband of the family. Anderson denied that he ever claimed it was his actual family.