There are plenty of reasons for Republicans to oppose the bloated foreign aid package that includes tens of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars earmarked for Ukraine.
But for Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), one of the most nefarious aspects of the proposed bill is a passage that he believes could be used to impeach Donald Trump, assuming the former president is elected to serve a second term in the White House.
Since the funding wouldn’t expire until nine months after Inauguration Day, if Trump implements a plan to cut off future Ukraine spending, Democratic lawmakers could use that decision to spark yet another impeachment effort against him.
According to Breitbart:
Earlier Monday, Vance sent a memo to his Republican colleagues highlighting that the bill would fund Ukraine through September 30, 2025, which would be nearly a year into the possible second presidential term for Trump if he is reelected.
Vance wrote in his memo:
The bill includes $1.6 billion for foreign military financing in Ukraine, and $13.7 billion for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. These funds expire on September 30, 2025—nearly a year into the possible second term of President Trump.
He noted that those were the same accounts that then-President Trump was impeached for pausing in December 2019.
Then-Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and his twin brother, then-Army Col. Eugene Vindman — who both worked in the National Security Council at the time — had claimed that Trump froze the aid to get dirt on then-Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine.
Vance confirmed on social media that he sent a memo to his fellow Senate Republicans advising them of the “impeachment time bomb.”
I just sent the below memo to every one of my Republican colleagues in Congress.
Buried in the bill’s text is an impeachment time bomb for the next Trump presidency if he tries to stop funding the war in Ukraine.
We must vote against this disastrous bill. pic.twitter.com/uKqet9s0xd
— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) February 12, 2024
The senator followed up with some additional context…
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