*'''11 January.''' ''Politico'' reports on the same day ''[[BuzzFeed]]'' released the 'pee-pee memo': ''Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire.''<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ukraine-sabotage-trump-backfire-233446 Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire], January 11, 2017.</ref>
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:*A Ukrainian-American operative consulting for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) met with top officials in Ukraine’s U.S. embassy to publicize ties between Trump, his top campaign aide Paul Manafort and Russia. (It worked.)
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:*Ukrainian officials tried to help Clinton and undermine Trump by publicly questioning his fitness for office.
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:*Ukrainian officials “disseminated documents implicating a top Trump aide in corruption and suggested they were investigating the matter, only to back away after the election.”
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:*Ukrainian officials helped Clinton allies dig up damaging information on Trump and his advisers.
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:*“The Ukrainian efforts had an impact in the race, helping to force Manafort’s resignation and advancing the narrative that Trump’s campaign was deeply connected to … Russia.”