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*'''30 March.''' Ukrainian-American Democratic operative Alexandra Chalupa briefs Democratic National Committee (DNC) staff on Russia ties to Paul Manafort and Trump. Eith “DNC’s encouragement,” Chalupa asks Ukrainian embassy to arrange meeting with Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] to discuss Manafort’s lobbying for Ukraine’s former president [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. The embassy declines to arrange meeting but becomes “helpful” in trading info and leads. Ukrainian embassy officials and Democratic operative Chalupa “coordinat[e] an investigation with the Hillary team” into Paul Manafort, according to a source in Politico. This effort reportedly includes working with U.S. media.

*'''30 March.''' Ukrainian-American Democratic operative Alexandra Chalupa briefs Democratic National Committee (DNC) staff on Russia ties to Paul Manafort and Trump. Eith “DNC’s encouragement,” Chalupa asks Ukrainian embassy to arrange meeting with Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] to discuss Manafort’s lobbying for Ukraine’s former president [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. The embassy declines to arrange meeting but becomes “helpful” in trading info and leads. Ukrainian embassy officials and Democratic operative Chalupa “coordinat[e] an investigation with the Hillary team” into Paul Manafort, according to a source in Politico. This effort reportedly includes working with U.S. media.

*'''March.''' George Papadopoulos named head of LCILP so-called Centre for International Energy and Natural Resources Law & Security.<ref>Brian White reports , a British consultancy firm.

*'''March.''' George Papadopoulos named head of LCILP so-called Centre for International Energy and Natural Resources Law & Security.<ref>Brian White reports "Papadopoulos had previous connections in the UK. He had studied at University College London and had spent four months with Energy Stream, a British consultancy firm. Immediately prior to joining LCILP he had spent six weeks working for [[Ben Carson]], a Republican contender for the US presidency. Carson’s campaign was flagging and Papadopoulos left at the end of January. He wasn’t without work for long, however, and swiftly stepped into two new roles: one as a foreign policy adviser to Trump, the other with LCILP."<br>https://medium.com/@Brian_Whit/the-trump-russia-affair-and-an-odd-company-in-london-9437e0343db2 </ref> Papadopoulos has been associated with the group for about two weeks; some sources say he may have been associated with the group since November 2015. LCILP appears to be a store front for Halkuyt,<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/JohnWHuber/status/994010717866090497 </ref> a UK firm of retired UK intelligence officers associated with Kissinger McClarty<ref>https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hakluyt_%26_Company_Limited&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop#SourceWatch_resources</ref> (Kissinger McClarty was formed in 1999 and dissolved in 2008 after Hillary lost to Obama).<ref>https://twitter.com/The_War_Economy/status/996018929649770496?s=20 </ref>

 

Immediately prior to joining LCILP he had spent six weeks working for [[Ben Carson]], a Republican contender for the US presidency. Carson’s campaign was flagging and Papadopoulos left at the end of January. He wasn’t without work for long, however, and swiftly stepped into two new roles: one as a foreign policy adviser to Trump, the other with LCILP.<br>https://medium.com/@Brian_Whit/the-trump-russia-affair-and-an-odd-company-in-london-9437e0343db2 </ref> Papadopoulos has been associated with the group for about two weeks; some sources say he may have been associated with the group since November 2015. LCILP appears to be a store front for Halkuyt,<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/JohnWHuber/status/994010717866090497 </ref> a UK firm of retired UK intelligence officers associated with Kissinger McClarty<ref>https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hakluyt_%26_Company_Limited&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop#SourceWatch_resources</ref> (Kissinger McClarty was formed in 1999 and dissolved in 2008 after Hillary lost to Obama).<ref>https://twitter.com/The_War_Economy/status/996018929649770496?s=20 </ref>

===April 2016===

===April 2016===