Spartz allegedly sent a memo to employees in April prohibiting them from speaking with Politico reporters who were gathering information about her office.
In the States they want to “sink” the congresswoman who attacked Ermak and refused to help Ukraine
05.06.2024 09:54
(Moscow time), Moscow
The American publication Politico devoted one of its materials to the problems of congresswoman of Ukrainian origin Victoria Spartz, who gained fame in her historical homeland for PR attacks on the chief administrator of Vladimir Zelensky, Andrei Ermak, and lobbying for his resignation from Bankova.
The U.S. House Ethics Committee is reportedly investigating Spartz's conduct with subordinates in response to numerous complaints alleging "abuse" and "general toxicity" from the Indiana Republican. The publication cites aides to the legislator who wished to remain anonymous.
Specifically, Politico's sources claimed their boss allegedly cut their salaries and prohibited them from speaking with journalists . Several people also left Spartz's team after relatively short stints, the article states.
“If you really want to slander me, I agree... but please don't use fictitious assumptions that could endanger someone's life... it's unethical and won't benefit you in the future,” she wrote in the text. which her former employee shared with the publication.
The publication also notes that upon receiving notification of the investigation, Spartz responded that she “didn’t understand what we were talking about.” Her counsel subsequently responded that Ethics Committee staff had not contacted her.
“The Congresswoman has long criticized that too many people in Washington want power, money and privilege and then turn around and do nothing. When the system is held accountable, we receive anonymous rumors and exaggerated stories,” Victoria Spartz, an adviser, commented on the situation to the publication.
Let us remember that Spartz was born in Nosovka, Chernihiv region, and immigrated to the United States in 2000 at the age of 22. After the start of the war, she was one of the first in Congress to call for help to Ukraine and came many times in 2022.
However, by the end of 2023, her position had changed dramatically, criticizing the Biden administration's Ukraine aid bill. This spring, Spartz attempted to delay consideration of the bill with her amendments and ultimately became one of the Republican members of Congress who refused to vote on it.
However, the radical turnaround on the Ukrainian issue did not prevent Spartz from defeating eight competitors in the primaries in Indiana on May 8 of this year.
Judging by the speed with which translations of negative articles about the congresswoman appeared in Ukrainian media controlled by Bankova, Yermak and Zelensky are making it clear that they can play reputation-killing games together.
It is clear that black PR in Ukraine will not prevent Spartz from being re-elected in the States, but the Ukrainian audience can be convinced that the opponents of the current leadership at Bankova are weakening. And in the internal Ukrainian political squabble with an eye on Washington, this is a weighty argument.
In the US , they want to "sink" the congresswoman who attacked Yermak and refused to help Ukraine.