To date, five Jewish men have emerged as principals in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, initiated by the House of Representatives.

  • President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly was asked by President Trump to investigate his political rival Joe Biden and Biden’s son, Hunter.
  • Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Ukranian-American business associates were allegedly involved in helping Trump remove Marie Yovanovitch as ambassador to Ukraine.
  • Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an émigré from Ukraine, testified Oct. 29 and Nov. 19 that he had been troubled by Trump’s conduct in connection with Ukraine policy. He was one of the people who listened to the president’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian president Zelensky, in which he said Trump had asked Zelensky to investigate the Biden family in exchange for a White House visit and the release of nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine that had been appropriated by Congress — the foundation for the impeachment inquiry.
  • Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, provided public testimony on Nov. 20 that he viewed delivery of an aid package to Ukraine, approved by Congress, as contingent upon Trump’s request for a favor — that the Ukrainian government publicly open an anticorruption investigation into the Bidens.

[Pictured top, from left, Vindman, Sondland, Zelensky. Bottom, from left, Parnas, Fruman.]