Adam Kinzinger quietly stepped away from scandalplagued Ukraine aid group months ago

Former Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger quietly stepped away from a U.S.-based company providing aid to Ukrainian forces months before media reports revealed the organization is facing federal inquiry, according to a spokesperson for CNN, where Kinzinger now works. Kinzinger joined Ripley’s Heroes, a limited liability company founded in April 2022 by retired Lt. Col. Hunter “Rip” Rawlings to provide nonlethal aid to Ukrainian troops, as an unpaid adviser in September, according to an announcement. After other volunteers in Ukraine alleged that an executive at Ripley’s Heroes lied about his military service in Ukraine and media reports showed that Ripley’s…