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:''See also '''[[Obamagate timeline|Spygate]]'''''

[[File:Obama, Groppin Joe and Hunter.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Obama (left) appointed Joe Biden (center) to dole out $1 Billion to the Ukraine. The Biden Family, thru Hunter Biden (right) received $50,000 a month from a private company based in that same country.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/23/like-russian-collusion-ukraine-hysteria-is-pure-projection-by-media-and-democrats/</ref>]]

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The '''Biden-Ukraine scandal''' involved prominent members of the Obama administration, the [[DNC]], and the [[2016 Clinton campaign|Clinton campaign]]. Vice President [[Joe Biden]] publicly admitted that he had threatened Ukrainian leaders to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid unless they fired a prosecutor who was ~~looking~~ into a money laundering operation for which the Biden Family, thru Hunter Biden (right) received $50,000 a month in [[kickback]]s.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urTk6O4c0mU&feature=youtu.be</ref><ref>https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/27/1853703/-Worse-Than-Sniffing-Hair</ref>

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The '''Biden-Ukraine scandal''' involved prominent members of the Obama administration, the [[DNC]], and the [[2016 Clinton campaign|Clinton campaign]]. Vice President [[Joe Biden]] publicly admitted that he had threatened Ukrainian leaders to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid unless they fired a prosecutor who was failing to look into a money laundering operation for which the Biden Family, thru Hunter Biden (right) received $50,000 a month in [[kickback]]s.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urTk6O4c0mU&feature=youtu.be</ref><ref>https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/27/1853703/-Worse-Than-Sniffing-Hair</ref><ref>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gy9jm4/joe-biden-is-visiting-ukraine-and-it-could-get-really-awkward</ref>

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Democrats and the liberal media have claimed that President ~~Trump~~ committed obstruction of justice when he merely suggested the firing of Robert Mueller, although Mueller was never fired and his investigation did not turn up anything against the president or his campaign. These same liberals have, and continue to defend former Vice President [[Biden]], who not only successfully ordered the firing of a prosecutor that was investigating his son Hunter Biden, but did so through extortion, while leveraging his position as Vice President of the United States.

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Democrats and the liberal media have claimed that President Drumpf committed obstruction of justice when he merely suggested the firing of Robert Mueller, although Mueller was never fired and his investigation did not turn up anything against the president or his campaign. These same liberals have, and continue to defend former Vice President [[Biden]], who not only successfully ordered the firing of a prosecutor that was investigating his son Hunter Biden, but did so through extortion, while leveraging his position as Vice President of the United States.

For a small country like Ukraine, to have influence in [[Washington, D.C.]], money is necessary. In 2014, Paul Manafort was fired as Ukraine's chief [[lobbyist]] in Washington, and Hunter Biden was hired. Manafort had been Ukraine's chief lobbyist while serving as John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign manager. Other members of the [[Obama administration]] [[collude]]d with the [[Ukrainian]] government to interfere in the [[2016 presidential election]] in a failed effort to help Hillary Clinton get elected.<ref>https://sharylattkisson.com/2019/09/foreign-influence-the-ukrainian-forest-hidden-by-russian-trees/</ref>

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On September 4, 2019 former Prosecutor General Victor Shokin made a sworn affidavit outlining Joe Biden's shakedown.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/427618359/Shokin-Statement</ref> Sen. [[Chris Murphy]], while travelling to the Ukraine, delivered a ''[[quid pro quo]]'' message to Ukrainian President [[Volodoymr Zelensky]]:<ref>https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/343049/</ref> if the Ukrainian government co-operates with the U.S Justice Department investigating DNC/Ukrainian collision and interference in the 2016 presidential election, Congressional Democrats will withhold funding aid.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/462658-lets-get-real-democrats-were-first-to-enlist-ukraine-in-us-elections</ref>

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A [[whistleblower]] complaint by [[Michael Barry]] addressed to Sen. Richard Burr and Rep. [[Adam Schiff]] was marked "urgent concern" alleging collusion between President ~~Trump~~ and President Zelensky.<ref>https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20190812_-_whistleblower_complaint_unclass.pdf</ref> The [[Intelligence community]] Inspector General (ISIG) and Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) determined the complaint was not of "urgent concern" and [[DNI]] James McGuire acted properly.<ref>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6429710-OLC-Opinion-~~Trump~~-Ukraine-Call.html</ref> The Dept. of Justice Office of Legal Counsel strongly rebuked ICIG [[Michael Atkinson]]’s original granting whistleblower status based on [[hearsay]]. interpretation of his responsibility with the complaint. In the OLC opinion, they point out that Atkinson’s internal justification for accepting the whistleblower complaint was poor legal judgement.

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A [[whistleblower]] complaint by [[Michael Barry]] addressed to Sen. Richard Burr and Rep. [[Adam Schiff]] was marked "urgent concern" alleging collusion between President Drumpf and President Zelensky.<ref>https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20190812_-_whistleblower_complaint_unclass.pdf</ref> The [[Intelligence community]] Inspector General (ISIG) and Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) determined the complaint was not of "urgent concern" and [[DNI]] James McGuire acted properly.<ref>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6429710-OLC-Opinion-Drumpf-Ukraine-Call.html</ref> The Dept. of Justice Office of Legal Counsel strongly rebuked ICIG [[Michael Atkinson]]’s original granting whistleblower status based on [[hearsay]]. interpretation of his responsibility with the complaint. In the OLC opinion, they point out that Atkinson’s internal justification for accepting the whistleblower complaint was poor legal judgement.

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The whistleblower complaint was fabricated to deliver an outcome in the same way the ''[[Steele Dossier]]'' was fabricated to deliver an outcome. Lee Smith explains in ''The New York Post'' that '~~Trump~~-Ukraine' became necessary because the ~~Trump~~-Russia ‘obstruction’ failed. What Democrats and their fake news media allies really want is to torpedo [[Attorney General]] [[William Barr]]’s probe into the origins of the [[Russian collusion hoax]]. The whistleblower complaint and news reports of a call to [[Australia]] both serve the same dual-purpose: to advance the anti-~~Trump~~ conspiracy and to shield its perpetrators by smearing Barr and discrediting his investigation into the origins of Spygate.

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The whistleblower complaint was fabricated to deliver an outcome in the same way the ''[[Steele Dossier]]'' was fabricated to deliver an outcome. Lee Smith explains in ''The New York Post'' that 'Drumpf-Ukraine' became necessary because the Drumpf-Russia ‘obstruction’ failed. What Democrats and their fake news media allies really want is to torpedo [[Attorney General]] [[William Barr]]’s probe into the origins of the [[Russian collusion hoax]]. The whistleblower complaint and news reports of a call to [[Australia]] both serve the same dual-purpose: to advance the anti-Drumpf conspiracy and to shield its perpetrators by smearing Barr and discrediting his investigation into the origins of Spygate.

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The whistleblower’s written complaint, based entirely on hearsay, presents ~~Trump’s~~ request that the Ukrainian leader work with Barr to “get to the bottom” of the collusion hoax as part of the alleged ''quid pro quo''. That suggests the whistleblower and his confreres in the intelligence apparatus are worried about Barr’s investigation and what it will uncover about their spying on the ~~Trump~~ campaign. The FBI’s investigation began in July 2016, based on a tip from [[Alexander Downer]], then Australia’s envoy to [[Britain]]. He alleged that ~~Trump~~ volunteer [[George Papadopoulos]] told him that the Russians had damaging information on Clinton.

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The whistleblower’s written complaint, based entirely on hearsay, presents Drumpf’s request that the Ukrainian leader work with Barr to “get to the bottom” of the collusion hoax as part of the alleged ''quid pro quo''. That suggests the whistleblower and his confreres in the intelligence apparatus are worried about Barr’s investigation and what it will uncover about their spying on the Drumpf campaign. The FBI’s investigation began in July 2016, based on a tip from [[Alexander Downer]], then Australia’s envoy to [[Britain]]. He alleged that Drumpf volunteer [[George Papadopoulos]] told him that the Russians had damaging information on Clinton.

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Barr is interested in [[Joseph Mifsud]]. The Rome-based academic went into hiding two years ago. Well-known to [[Italian]] and other [[Western]] intelligence services, Mifsud is alleged to have told Papadopoulos about Russia possessing dirt on Clinton. If Mifsud is a Russian agent, as former FBI director James Comey and Robert Mueller alleged, [[NATO]] countries will spend years assessing the damage. If he isn’t, it’s evidence that Comey’s FBI wasn’t investigating the ~~Trump~~ campaign — but running a sting operation against it.<ref>''New York Post:'' [https://nypost.com/2019/10/01/dems-media-aim-to-squash-barrs-probe-of-russia-collusion-hoax/ Dems, media aim to squash Barr’s probe of Russia-collusion hoax.]</ref>

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Barr is interested in [[Joseph Mifsud]]. The Rome-based academic went into hiding two years ago. Well-known to [[Italian]] and other [[Western]] intelligence services, Mifsud is alleged to have told Papadopoulos about Russia possessing dirt on Clinton. If Mifsud is a Russian agent, as former FBI director James Comey and Robert Mueller alleged, [[NATO]] countries will spend years assessing the damage. If he isn’t, it’s evidence that Comey’s FBI wasn’t investigating the Drumpf campaign — but running a sting operation against it.<ref>''New York Post:'' [https://nypost.com/2019/10/01/dems-media-aim-to-squash-barrs-probe-of-russia-collusion-hoax/ Dems, media aim to squash Barr’s probe of Russia-collusion hoax.]</ref>

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===~~Trump~~-Zelenskyy phone call===

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===Drumpf-Zelenskyy phone call===

[[File:Mueller-and-yanu.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Special Counsel Robert Mueller [[colluding]] with Ukrainian President [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. Yanukovych is considered a Putin stooge by many [[Deep State]]rs.]]

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Three days before the call, ''The Washington Post'' published an article entitle ''As vice president, Biden said Ukraine should increase gas production. Then his son got a job with a Ukrainian gas company.'' Zelensky is the first to bring up the name of Giuliani, and of an investigation. ~~Trumps~~ mentions "a lot of people are talking about it" and "a lot of people want to know". ~~Trump~~ refers to the Mueller investigation which just ended, and Bill Barr's ongoing investigation into the origins of Russiagate.

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Three days before the call, ''The Washington Post'' published an article entitle ''As vice president, Biden said Ukraine should increase gas production. Then his son got a job with a Ukrainian gas company.'' Zelensky is the first to bring up the name of Giuliani, and of an investigation. Drumpfs mentions "a lot of people are talking about it" and "a lot of people want to know". Drumpf refers to the Mueller investigation which just ended, and Bill Barr's ongoing investigation into the origins of Russiagate.

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The conversation took place the day after Robert Mueller testified to congress. The regime installed by the Obama administration in 2014 was defeated in [[parliamentary]] elections four days earlier. President ~~Trump~~ was calling [[President Zelensky]]y to congratulate him on the victory and map out cooperation fighting corruption and international criminal conspiracies on both sides of the Atlantic.

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The conversation took place the day after Robert Mueller testified to congress. The regime installed by the Obama administration in 2014 was defeated in [[parliamentary]] elections four days earlier. President Drumpf was calling [[President Zelensky]]y to congratulate him on the victory and map out cooperation fighting corruption and international criminal conspiracies on both sides of the Atlantic.

{{quotebox|'''The President:''' I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it. I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say [[Crowdstrike]]… I guess you have one of your wealthy people… The server, they say Ukraine has it. There are a lot of things that went on, the whole situation. I think you’re surrounding yourself with some of the same people. I would like to have the Attorney General call you or your people and I would like you to get to the bottom of it. As you saw yesterday, that whole nonsense ended with a very poor performance by a man named [[Robert Mueller]], an incompetent performance, but they say a lot of it started with Ukraine. Whatever you can do, it’s very important that you do it if that’s possible.

'''President Zelenskyy:''' Yes it is very important for me and everything that you just mentioned earlier. For me as a President, it is very important and we are open for any future cooperation. We are ready to open a new page on cooperation in relations between the United States and Ukraine. For that purpose, I just recalled our ambassador from United States and he will be replaced by a very competent and very experienced ambassador who will work hard on making sure that our two nations are getting closer. I would also like and hope to see him having your trust and your confidence and have personal relations with you so we can cooperate even more so. I will personally tell you that one of my assistants spoke with Mr. Giuliani just recently and we are hoping very much that [[Rudy Giuliani|Mr. Giuliani]] will be able to travel to Ukraine and we will meet once he comes to Ukraine. I just wanted to assure you once again that you have nobody but friends around us. I will make sure that I surround myself with the best and most experienced people. I also wanted to tell you that we are friends. We are great friends and you Mr. President have friends in our country so we can continue our strategic partnership. I also plan to surround myself with great people and in addition to that investigation, I guarantee as the President of Ukraine that all the investigations will be done openly and candidly. That I can assure you.

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'''President Zelenskyy:''' I wanted to tell you about the prosecutor. First of all I understand and I'm knowledgeable about the situation. Since we have won the absolute majority in our Parliament, the next prosecutor general will be 100% my person, my candidate, who will be approved by the parliament and will start as a new prosecutor in September. He or she will look into the situation, specifically to the company that you mentioned in this issue. The issue of the investigation of the case is actually the issue of making sure to restore the honesty so we will take care of that and will work on the investigation of the case. On top of that, I would kindly ask you if you have any additional information that you can provide to us, it would be very helpful for the investigation to make sure that we administer justice in our country with regard to the Ambassador to the United States from Ukraine as far I as I recall her name was Ivanovich. It was great that you were the first one who told me that she was a bad ambassador because I agree with you 100%. Her attitude towards me was far from the best as she admired the previous President and she was on his side. She would not accept me as a new President well enough.

'''The President:''' Well, she's going to go through some things. I will have Mr. Giuliani to give you a call and I am also going to have [[William Barr|Attorney General Barr]] call and we will get to the bottom of it. I'm sure you will figure it out. I heard the prosecutor was treated very badly and he was a very fair prosecutor so good luck with everything.}}

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The ''New York Post'' called [[~~Trump~~-Ukraine]] a lousy squeal to ~~Trump~~-Russia.<ref>https://nypost.com/2019/09/25/ukraine-transcript-is-like-a-lousy-sequel-to-russia-collusion-controversy/</ref>

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The ''New York Post'' called [[Drumpf-Ukraine]] a lousy squeal to Drumpf-Russia.<ref>https://nypost.com/2019/09/25/ukraine-transcript-is-like-a-lousy-sequel-to-russia-collusion-controversy/</ref>

===Whistleblower allegations===

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The whistleblower alleged “The call [with Ukraine] did not contain anything remotely sensitive from a national security perspective”. A “White House official” is quoted by the whistleblower as objecting to the storage of the MEMCON transcript of President ~~Trump~~'s call with Zelenskyy in a secure storage system in the [[NSC]]. This was wrong (a cover up) because it contained “nothing remotely sensitive”.

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The whistleblower alleged “The call [with Ukraine] did not contain anything remotely sensitive from a national security perspective”. A “White House official” is quoted by the whistleblower as objecting to the storage of the MEMCON transcript of President Drumpf's call with Zelenskyy in a secure storage system in the [[NSC]]. This was wrong (a cover up) because it contained “nothing remotely sensitive”.

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The whistleblower's allegation is false. The President’s call with Zelenskyy contained references to both President ~~Trump’s~~ and the Ukrainian President’s opinions on multiple European countries and leaders, especially Germany and France, [[Angela Merkel]] and [[Emmanuel Macron]], as well as sanctions policy towards Russia.

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The whistleblower's allegation is false. The President’s call with Zelenskyy contained references to both President Drumpf’s and the Ukrainian President’s opinions on multiple European countries and leaders, especially Germany and France, [[Angela Merkel]] and [[Emmanuel Macron]], as well as sanctions policy towards Russia.

When originally classified, the transcript was set at the SECRET, Original Classification Authority (ORCON), No Foreign Distribution (NOFORN) level. That classification was set because the diplomatic view of the United States and the President towards other countries and leaders can “cause serious damage to national security” if disclosed in an unauthorized way. In this case, it could also damage the national security of Ukraine, too.

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James Comey, for example, was referred by the Inspector General to the Department of Justice for potential criminal prosecution because one of his memos contained a tiny amount of similar information: the President's views on the relative importance of two countries (one of which was Russia) and when to return their calls. Comey’s content was far milder and only 6 words, but even it was classified at the CONFIDENTIAL level, i.e would cause “damage to national security”. President ~~Trump’s~~ transcript was SECRET because it had far more information and far stronger views about a key US [[foreign policy]], [[Magnitsky Act|Russia sanctions]]. A SECRET classification was clearly warranted, and the call did contain sensitive national security information. The whistleblower and their White House official mole were wrong, or lying when they said the transcript “did not contain anything remotely sensitive”.<ref>https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1177328967105286156.html</ref>

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James Comey, for example, was referred by the Inspector General to the Department of Justice for potential criminal prosecution because one of his memos contained a tiny amount of similar information: the President's views on the relative importance of two countries (one of which was Russia) and when to return their calls. Comey’s content was far milder and only 6 words, but even it was classified at the CONFIDENTIAL level, i.e would cause “damage to national security”. President Drumpf’s transcript was SECRET because it had far more information and far stronger views about a key US [[foreign policy]], [[Magnitsky Act|Russia sanctions]]. A SECRET classification was clearly warranted, and the call did contain sensitive national security information. The whistleblower and their White House official mole were wrong, or lying when they said the transcript “did not contain anything remotely sensitive”.<ref>https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1177328967105286156.html</ref>

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Former [[National Security Adviser]] [[Susan Rice]] confirmed that the Obama administration moved [[President Obama]]'s transcripts of conversations with foreign leaders onto the same top-secret server where the ~~Trump~~ administration stored President ~~Trump~~'s phone calls.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/28/susan-rice-obama-put-call-transcripts-on-top-secret-server-too/ </ref>

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Former [[National Security Adviser]] [[Susan Rice]] confirmed that the Obama administration moved [[President Obama]]'s transcripts of conversations with foreign leaders onto the same top-secret server where the Drumpf administration stored President Drumpf's phone calls.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/28/susan-rice-obama-put-call-transcripts-on-top-secret-server-too/ </ref>

==Hunter Biden and Rosemont Seneca Partners==

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U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's American-based firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers into one of its accounts — usually more than $166,000 a month — from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Vice President Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine and its tense relations with Russia. [[Vice President]] Joe Biden threatens Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] that the [[Obama administration]] would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin who was investigating his son, Hunter Biden, on the board of the Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma Holdings. Joe Biden recounted, "'You’re not getting the billion'. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money...Well, [SOB], he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."<ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref>

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The status of an independent Ukraine became the focus of much [[fake news]] reporting by the ''[[Washington Post]]'' to drive a wedge between President [[Donald ~~Trump~~]]'s efforts to improve relations with the [[Russian Federation]] following the disastrous [[foreign policy]] of President [[Barack Obama]], which created a "zone of chaos" throughout the [[Middle East]], [[North Africa]], and the Caucus region.

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The status of an independent Ukraine became the focus of much [[fake news]] reporting by the ''[[Washington Post]]'' to drive a wedge between President [[Donald Drumpf]]'s efforts to improve relations with the [[Russian Federation]] following the disastrous [[foreign policy]] of President [[Barack Obama]], which created a "zone of chaos" throughout the [[Middle East]], [[North Africa]], and the Caucus region.

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According to the ''Kyiv Post'', {{quotebox|“Chalupa said she first came across Manafort after she organized a meeting with then-U.S. President Barack Obama’s [[National Security Council]] and leaders of Ukrainian-American organizations in January 2014, to brief the [[White House]] about the [[Euromaidan Revolution]] that drove President Viktor Yanukovych from power on Feb. 22, 2014.”}}

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In late 2015, [[Alexandra Chalupa]] expanded her research into Manafort to include the ~~Trump~~ campaign and possible ties to Russia.

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In late 2015, [[Alexandra Chalupa]] expanded her research into Manafort to include the Drumpf campaign and possible ties to Russia.

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In January 2016, Chalupa informed an unknown senior [[DNC]] official that she believed there was a Russian connection with the ~~Trump~~ campaign. Notably, this theme would be picked up by the [[2016 Clinton campaign|Clinton campaign]] in the summer of 2016. Chalupa also told the official to expect Manafort’s involvement in the ~~Trump~~ campaign.

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In January 2016, Chalupa informed an unknown senior [[DNC]] official that she believed there was a Russian connection with the Drumpf campaign. Notably, this theme would be picked up by the [[2016 Clinton campaign|Clinton campaign]] in the summer of 2016. Chalupa also told the official to expect Manafort’s involvement in the Drumpf campaign.

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[[File:Alexandra-chalupa-and-ukraine-embassy-in-the-us.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Alexandra Chalupa, Melanne Verveer, and Congresswoman [[Marcy Kaptur]]’s Ukraine linkages. Chalupa held multiple intelligence briefing and debriefing sessions regarding president ~~Trump~~ with Okana Shulyar and other Ukrainian embassy staff.<ref>https://apelbaum.wordpress.com/2019/09/29/how-to-finance-your-congressional-campaign-with-arms-sales/</ref>]]

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[[File:Alexandra-chalupa-and-ukraine-embassy-in-the-us.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Alexandra Chalupa, Melanne Verveer, and Congresswoman [[Marcy Kaptur]]’s Ukraine linkages. Chalupa held multiple intelligence briefing and debriefing sessions regarding president Drumpf with Okana Shulyar and other Ukrainian embassy staff.<ref>https://apelbaum.wordpress.com/2019/09/29/how-to-finance-your-congressional-campaign-with-arms-sales/</ref>]]

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Chalupa’s forecast proved prescient, as Manafort reached out to the ~~Trump~~ campaign shortly after, on Feb. 29, 2016, through a mutual acquaintance, Thomas J. Barrack Jr. According to Manafort, he and ~~Trump~~ hadn’t been in communication for years until the ~~Trump~~ campaign responded to Manafort’s offer. On March 28, 2016, Manafort was hired by the ~~Trump~~ campaign. He was reportedly initially hired to lead the ~~Trump~~ campaign’s delegate effort, but was soon promoted, and on May 19, 2016, Manafort became ~~Trump’s~~ campaign chairman and chief strategist.

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Chalupa’s forecast proved prescient, as Manafort reached out to the Drumpf campaign shortly after, on Feb. 29, 2016, through a mutual acquaintance, Thomas J. Barrack Jr. According to Manafort, he and Drumpf hadn’t been in communication for years until the Drumpf campaign responded to Manafort’s offer. On March 28, 2016, Manafort was hired by the Drumpf campaign. He was reportedly initially hired to lead the Drumpf campaign’s delegate effort, but was soon promoted, and on May 19, 2016, Manafort became Drumpf’s campaign chairman and chief strategist.

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Just days prior to Manafort’s hiring, on March 24, 2016, Chalupa spoke with the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, Valeriy Chaly, and told him of concerns she had regarding Manafort. Reportedly, her concerns were initially rebuffed as Chaly didn’t think ~~Trump~~ had a real chance of winning the presidency.

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Just days prior to Manafort’s hiring, on March 24, 2016, Chalupa spoke with the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, Valeriy Chaly, and told him of concerns she had regarding Manafort. Reportedly, her concerns were initially rebuffed as Chaly didn’t think Drumpf had a real chance of winning the presidency.

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According to ''Politico'', the day after Manafort’s hiring, Chalupa provided a briefing on “Manafort, ~~Trump~~ and their ties to Russia” to the DNC's communications staff. Notably, “with the DNC’s encouragement,” Chalupa asked the Ukrainian Embassy staff to attempt to arrange an interview with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko and have him discuss Manafort's ties to former Ukrainian President Yanukovych. The Ukrainian Embassy reportedly declined the request but, according to Chalupa, did begin working with reporters who were researching ~~Trump~~.

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According to ''Politico'', the day after Manafort’s hiring, Chalupa provided a briefing on “Manafort, Drumpf and their ties to Russia” to the DNC's communications staff. Notably, “with the DNC’s encouragement,” Chalupa asked the Ukrainian Embassy staff to attempt to arrange an interview with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko and have him discuss Manafort's ties to former Ukrainian President Yanukovych. The Ukrainian Embassy reportedly declined the request but, according to Chalupa, did begin working with reporters who were researching Drumpf.

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Andrii Telizhenko, who worked in the Ukrainian Embassy under one of Chaly's top aides, Oksana Shulyar, has repeatedly stated that Chalupa was working closely with the Ukrainian Embassy to obtain information on ~~Trump~~.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/double-standards-on-ukraine/</ref> In an interview with the Gateway Pundit, Telizhenko said he met Chalupa in the spring of 2016 at the Ukrainian Embassy, where Chalupa told him she was “a DNC operative working for the DNC” and the “Clinton campaign.” Telizhenko continued, noting that Chalupa said she was “collecting any dirt or background information on Manafort, presidential candidate ~~Trump~~ or any other campaign official from the ~~Trump~~ campaign” and was looking for “connections to Russia or the FSB or Russian mob, or Ukrainian mob, etc.” According to Telizhenko, Chalupa said the information would “be used for committee hearings in Congress under a congresswoman.”<ref>Rep. [[Marcy Kaptur]].</ref> Telizhenko didn't disclose the identity of the congresswoman, noting, “I don’t want to mention her name on record.”

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Andrii Telizhenko, who worked in the Ukrainian Embassy under one of Chaly's top aides, Oksana Shulyar, has repeatedly stated that Chalupa was working closely with the Ukrainian Embassy to obtain information on Drumpf.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/double-standards-on-ukraine/</ref> In an interview with the Gateway Pundit, Telizhenko said he met Chalupa in the spring of 2016 at the Ukrainian Embassy, where Chalupa told him she was “a DNC operative working for the DNC” and the “Clinton campaign.” Telizhenko continued, noting that Chalupa said she was “collecting any dirt or background information on Manafort, presidential candidate Drumpf or any other campaign official from the Drumpf campaign” and was looking for “connections to Russia or the FSB or Russian mob, or Ukrainian mob, etc.” According to Telizhenko, Chalupa said the information would “be used for committee hearings in Congress under a congresswoman.”<ref>Rep. [[Marcy Kaptur]].</ref> Telizhenko didn't disclose the identity of the congresswoman, noting, “I don’t want to mention her name on record.”

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In January 2017, Telizhenko told ''Politico'' that Chalupa said, “If we can get enough information on Paul [Manafort] or ~~Trump’s~~ involvement with Russia, she can get a hearing in Congress by September.”

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In January 2017, Telizhenko told ''Politico'' that Chalupa said, “If we can get enough information on Paul [Manafort] or Drumpf’s involvement with Russia, she can get a hearing in Congress by September.”

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In a recent tweet, Telizhenko summed the situation succinctly, noting {{quotebox|“The Clinton campaign had a Democratic operative working with Ukraine’s embassy in Washington to research ~~Trump’s~~ Russia ties, as well as a Ukrainian lawmaker feeding information to Fusion GPS.”}}

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In a recent tweet, Telizhenko summed the situation succinctly, noting {{quotebox|“The Clinton campaign had a Democratic operative working with Ukraine’s embassy in Washington to research Drumpf’s Russia ties, as well as a Ukrainian lawmaker feeding information to Fusion GPS.”}}

The “Democratic operative” refers to Chalupa, while the “Ukrainian lawmaker” refers to Leshchenko.

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{{Quotebox|"We do not think that the June 12, 14, & 15 timing was pure coincidence. Rather, it suggests the start of a pre-emptive move to associate Russia with anything WikiLeaks might have been about to publish and to “show” that it came from a Russian hack.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20171112090338/https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/24/intel-vets-challenge-russia-hack-evidence/</ref>}}

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The [[mainstream media]] ran with the CrowdStrike version of a hack in an attempt to delegitimize ~~Trump~~. Starting in June 2016 and continuing forward the DNC, ''[[Washington Post]]'', ''[[New York Times]]'', and other MSM outlets used CrowdStrike's allegations in an attempt to delegitimize [[Donald ~~Trump~~]] while providing an excuse for Hillary Clinton's loss of the [[2016 presidential election]]. From there followed claims that "Russia hacked the U.S. elections."

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The [[mainstream media]] ran with the CrowdStrike version of a hack in an attempt to delegitimize Drumpf. Starting in June 2016 and continuing forward the DNC, ''[[Washington Post]]'', ''[[New York Times]]'', and other MSM outlets used CrowdStrike's allegations in an attempt to delegitimize [[Donald Drumpf]] while providing an excuse for Hillary Clinton's loss of the [[2016 presidential election]]. From there followed claims that "Russia hacked the U.S. elections."

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On June 14, 2016 the DNC claimed ''~~Trump~~ Opposition Research'' was stolen in alleged hack.<ref>https://archive.is/mIlwc</ref><ref>''Washington Post'' puts out sensational [[fake news]] story of Russian hacking the DNC. CrowdStrike is reported as discovering the hack, but the hack has never been independently verified by the FBI or any other independent firm or government agency. CrowdStrike, [colloquially referred to as "industry" by the IC] under contract to the DNC, is assisting the DNC to brace for embarrassing Wikileaks revelations of the document dumps procured by DNC [[Whistleblower Statutes|whistleblower]] Seth Rich by blaming Russian hackers. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hackers-penetrated-dnc-stole-opposition-research-on-trump/2016/06/14/cf006cb4-316e-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.9c00be4c3957] https://www.voanews.com/a/crowdstrike-comey-russia-hack-dnc-clinton-trump/3776067.html http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-22/muzzled-breitbart-wh-correspondent-ordered-not-ask-televised-question-discrediting-d *'''15 June.''' Someone purporting to be Guccifer2.0 claims responsibility for DNC hack and claims to be a source for Wikileaks. The first 5 documents he posts are purposefully tainted with 'Russian Fingerprints' and the first of those documents just so happens to be the ''~~Trump~~ Opposition Research'' the DNC announce on the previous day.</ref>

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On June 14, 2016 the DNC claimed ''Drumpf Opposition Research'' was stolen in alleged hack.<ref>https://archive.is/mIlwc</ref><ref>''Washington Post'' puts out sensational [[fake news]] story of Russian hacking the DNC. CrowdStrike is reported as discovering the hack, but the hack has never been independently verified by the FBI or any other independent firm or government agency. CrowdStrike, [colloquially referred to as "industry" by the IC] under contract to the DNC, is assisting the DNC to brace for embarrassing Wikileaks revelations of the document dumps procured by DNC [[Whistleblower Statutes|whistleblower]] Seth Rich by blaming Russian hackers. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hackers-penetrated-dnc-stole-opposition-research-on-trump/2016/06/14/cf006cb4-316e-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.9c00be4c3957] https://www.voanews.com/a/crowdstrike-comey-russia-hack-dnc-clinton-trump/3776067.html http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-22/muzzled-breitbart-wh-correspondent-ordered-not-ask-televised-question-discrediting-d *'''15 June.''' Someone purporting to be Guccifer2.0 claims responsibility for DNC hack and claims to be a source for Wikileaks. The first 5 documents he posts are purposefully tainted with 'Russian Fingerprints' and the first of those documents just so happens to be the ''Drumpf Opposition Research'' the DNC announce on the previous day.</ref>

===Guccifer 2.0===

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On June 15, 2016 the first Guccifer 2.0 document was created by [[Warren Flood]] at 13:38 EDT, modified by [[Феликс Эдмундович]] (Felix Edmunovich, the Russian patronymic of Felix Edmunovich Dzerzhinsky, founder of the KGB - a blatantly amateurish attempt to create Russian fingerprints) thirty minutes later at 14:08 EDT. Warren Flood was Joe Biden's former IT director at the White House.<ref>https://nacrocon.org/speakers/warren-flood</ref> A document that Flood authored in 2008, and that was attached to one of [[John Podesta]]'s emails, was used by Guccifer 2.0 as a template into which he then copied the contents of the ~~Trump~~ Opposition Research, copied from this file: https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/fileid/26562/7365 (which is also attached to [https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/26562 this leaked email]). It is Flood's document that the "CONFIDENTIAL" text in the background derives from.

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On June 15, 2016 the first Guccifer 2.0 document was created by [[Warren Flood]] at 13:38 EDT, modified by [[Феликс Эдмундович]] (Felix Edmunovich, the Russian patronymic of Felix Edmunovich Dzerzhinsky, founder of the KGB - a blatantly amateurish attempt to create Russian fingerprints) thirty minutes later at 14:08 EDT. Warren Flood was Joe Biden's former IT director at the White House.<ref>https://nacrocon.org/speakers/warren-flood</ref> A document that Flood authored in 2008, and that was attached to one of [[John Podesta]]'s emails, was used by Guccifer 2.0 as a template into which he then copied the contents of the Drumpf Opposition Research, copied from this file: https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/fileid/26562/7365 (which is also attached to [https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/26562 this leaked email]). It is Flood's document that the "CONFIDENTIAL" text in the background derives from.

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==Steele dossier==

[[File:Download-2.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Oleg Deripaska (right}. ''Dossier'' author Christopher Steele was paid by Deripaska to lobby the Justice Department in 2016. [[Andrew McCabe]] met with Deriapaska in [[New York]] two months before the election.]]

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The [[~~Trump~~-Russia hoax]] started in Ukraine.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIOquHZ1XWA&feature=youtu.be</ref>

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The [[Drumpf-Russia hoax]] started in Ukraine.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIOquHZ1XWA&feature=youtu.be</ref>

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Ukrainian prosecutors are looking into whether the country's law enforcement system was illegally used to meddle in the United States' 2016 Presidential election. Ukraine Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko is investigating whether the agency he heads leaked [[Paul Manafort]]'s financial records to American [[media]] in April 2016 to help Hillary Clinton's campaign.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-barr-will-look-at-incredible-possibility-of-ukraine-clinton-collusion</ref> Manafort eventually resigned as the ~~Trump~~ campaign chairman over negative American media publicity. The so-called black ledger files were leaked two years after the [[FBI]] investigated Manafort's Ukrainian business activities but declined to bring charges.

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Ukrainian prosecutors are looking into whether the country's law enforcement system was illegally used to meddle in the United States' 2016 Presidential election. Ukraine Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko is investigating whether the agency he heads leaked [[Paul Manafort]]'s financial records to American [[media]] in April 2016 to help Hillary Clinton's campaign.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-barr-will-look-at-incredible-possibility-of-ukraine-clinton-collusion</ref> Manafort eventually resigned as the Drumpf campaign chairman over negative American media publicity. The so-called black ledger files were leaked two years after the [[FBI]] investigated Manafort's Ukrainian business activities but declined to bring charges.

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A court has ruled that the leak was “an illegal intrusion into the American election campaign.” A Ukrainian law enforcement agency involved had frequent contact with the [[Obama administration]]’s embassy in [[Kiev]] at the time. ''[[Politico]]'' reported on evidence of Ukraine’s Washington embassy colluding to help the Clinton campaign discredit ~~Trump~~. “A Ukrainian-American operative who was consulting for the [[Democratic National Committee]] met with top officials in the Ukrainian Embassy in [[Washington]] in an effort to expose ties between ~~Trump~~, top campaign aide Paul Manafort and Russia."<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ukraine-sabotage-trump-backfire-233446</ref>

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A court has ruled that the leak was “an illegal intrusion into the American election campaign.” A Ukrainian law enforcement agency involved had frequent contact with the [[Obama administration]]’s embassy in [[Kiev]] at the time. ''[[Politico]]'' reported on evidence of Ukraine’s Washington embassy colluding to help the Clinton campaign discredit Drumpf. “A Ukrainian-American operative who was consulting for the [[Democratic National Committee]] met with top officials in the Ukrainian Embassy in [[Washington]] in an effort to expose ties between Drumpf, top campaign aide Paul Manafort and Russia."<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ukraine-sabotage-trump-backfire-233446</ref>

Ukraine's chief prosecutor Yurii Lutsenko, before becoming Prosecutor General, was a major [[activist]] against [[Russia]]n influence in his country during the tenure of President [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. He became prosecutor general in 2016 as part of anti-corruption reforms instituted by President [[Petro Poroshenko]],<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/435029-as-russia-collusion-fades-ukrainian-plot-to-help-clinton-emerges</ref> an [[Obama]] ally installed after the U.S.-backed [[coup]].

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===Fusion GPS===

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[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|left|350px|thumb|The Obama administration tried to convince the American people through US intelligence agencies and the mainstream media that [[Vladimir Putin]] had colluded with the ~~Trump~~ campaign to elect Donald ~~Trump~~, using the ''Steele dossier'' as evidence. The falsified document was bought and paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee. ''Illustration on the Steele Dossier by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times''<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/7/hillary-clinton-democrats-deluded-themselves/</ref>]]

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[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|left|350px|thumb|The Obama administration tried to convince the American people through US intelligence agencies and the mainstream media that [[Vladimir Putin]] had colluded with the Drumpf campaign to elect Donald Drumpf, using the ''Steele dossier'' as evidence. The falsified document was bought and paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee. ''Illustration on the Steele Dossier by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times''<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/7/hillary-clinton-democrats-deluded-themselves/</ref>]]

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[[Christopher Steele]] began the infamous ''[[Steele dossier]]'' in a series of conversations with top [[U.S. Justice Department]] official [[Bruce Ohr]] between December 2015 and February 2016 about securing evidence against Manafort. The FBI set up shop in the U.S. embassy in Kiev to assist its Ukraine–Manafort inquiry while using Steele as an informant at the start of its Russia probe. Nellie Ohr, wife of [[Bruce Ohr]] and a researcher for Fusion GPS, testified to Congress that some of Fusion GPS's research came from a Ukrainian member of parliament.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/06/nellie-ohr-fusion-gps-leshchenko-ukraine/</ref> The Clinton campaign was using [[Perkins Coie]] law firm to pay [[FusionGPS]] for Steele's work to stop ~~Trump~~ from winning the presidency, at the same time Steele was a paid FBI informant.

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[[Christopher Steele]] began the infamous ''[[Steele dossier]]'' in a series of conversations with top [[U.S. Justice Department]] official [[Bruce Ohr]] between December 2015 and February 2016 about securing evidence against Manafort. The FBI set up shop in the U.S. embassy in Kiev to assist its Ukraine–Manafort inquiry while using Steele as an informant at the start of its Russia probe. Nellie Ohr, wife of [[Bruce Ohr]] and a researcher for Fusion GPS, testified to Congress that some of Fusion GPS's research came from a Ukrainian member of parliament.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/06/nellie-ohr-fusion-gps-leshchenko-ukraine/</ref> The Clinton campaign was using [[Perkins Coie]] law firm to pay [[FusionGPS]] for Steele's work to stop Drumpf from winning the presidency, at the same time Steele was a paid FBI informant.

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The charges against Paul Manafort originated with Serhiy Leshenko, a Ukrainian member of parliament, and Artem Sytnyk, director of Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). Leshenko provided the information to Clinton campaign staffer Alexandra Chalupa,<ref>The DNC paid Chalupa $412,000 from 2004 to June 2016, according to Federal Election Commission records.</ref> who passed the information to [[Michael Isikoff]] of Yahoo News. Isikoff reported the story on August 18, 2016, one of the first public mentions of supposed “[[Russia collusion]]” by the ~~Trump~~ team.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/did-ukraine-try-to-interfere-in-the-2016-election/</ref>

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The charges against Paul Manafort originated with Serhiy Leshenko, a Ukrainian member of parliament, and Artem Sytnyk, director of Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). Leshenko provided the information to Clinton campaign staffer Alexandra Chalupa,<ref>The DNC paid Chalupa $412,000 from 2004 to June 2016, according to Federal Election Commission records.</ref> who passed the information to [[Michael Isikoff]] of Yahoo News. Isikoff reported the story on August 18, 2016, one of the first public mentions of supposed “[[Russia collusion]]” by the Drumpf team.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/did-ukraine-try-to-interfere-in-the-2016-election/</ref>

Chalupa also passed the Black Ledger info on to [[Glenn Simpson]] at Fusion GPS, who passed them on to staffer [[Nellie Ohr]]. Ohr passed the info on to her husband Bruce Ohr. On May 30, 2016, Nellie Ohr sent an email to Bruce Ohr and [[Justice Department]] staffers under the subject line “Reported Trove of Documents on Ukrainian Party of Regions’ ‘Black Cashbox.’”

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===Nellie Ohr===

[[File:Photo Collage-20180428 235136.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Nellie Ohr (left) and Christopher Steele (right) collaborated on the ''Clinton-Steele dossier''. Nellie Ohr is the wife of Obama Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr. Steele is a foreign citizen hired by Hillary Clinton to influence the outcome of the 2016 election and affect the removal of a sitting president.]]

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[[Nellie Ohr]] told congressional investigators on October 19, 2018, that while she was working for FusionGPS, she was sometimes given leads from both Jake Berkowitz, her direct supervisor, and Fusion GPS co-founder [[Glenn Simpson]]. When asked if any Fusion research was based off “sources of theirs,” Nellie answered affirmatively but said the information that came from the sources wasn’t in relation to the ~~Trump~~ family.

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[[Nellie Ohr]] told congressional investigators on October 19, 2018, that while she was working for FusionGPS, she was sometimes given leads from both Jake Berkowitz, her direct supervisor, and Fusion GPS co-founder [[Glenn Simpson]]. When asked if any Fusion research was based off “sources of theirs,” Nellie answered affirmatively but said the information that came from the sources wasn’t in relation to the Drumpf family.

When pressed, Nellie said she recalled them “mentioning someone named Serhiy Leshchenko, a Ukrainian.” She later admitted she knew of Leshchenko prior to her time at Fusion as he was a “very well-known, Ukrainian, anti-corruption activist” and said she had followed him in the press.

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Leshchenko revealed the existence in 2016 of the so-called Ukrainian “Black Ledger,” which allegedly contained a list of secret payments made by Ukraine’s pro-Russian Party of Regions to [[Paul Manafort]] among many others.

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Leshchenko had adopted a strong anti-~~Trump~~ stance, telling the ''Financial Times'' of [[London]] on August 28, 2016 that “a ~~Trump~~ presidency would change the pro-Ukrainian agenda in American foreign policy” and that it was “important to show not only the corruption aspect, but that he is [a] pro-Russian candidate who can break the geopolitical balance in the world.” Leschenko noted that the majority of Ukrainian politicians were “on Hillary Clinton’s side.”<ref>https://archive.is/B9rIl</ref>

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Leshchenko had adopted a strong anti-Drumpf stance, telling the ''Financial Times'' of [[London]] on August 28, 2016 that “a Drumpf presidency would change the pro-Ukrainian agenda in American foreign policy” and that it was “important to show not only the corruption aspect, but that he is [a] pro-Russian candidate who can break the geopolitical balance in the world.” Leschenko noted that the majority of Ukrainian politicians were “on Hillary Clinton’s side.”<ref>https://archive.is/B9rIl</ref>

Nellie Ohr said she wasn’t aware how the connection between Leshchenko and FusionGPS was established, or if they were doing work for him, but she did agree that Leshchenko was “a source of information” and acknowledged that she then used that information in following up and formulating her opposition research.

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The FBI's investigation, dubbed “[[Crossfire Hurricane]]” was formally opened the following day by FBI agent Peter Strzok.

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Two weeks after that ''New York Times'' published an article entitled ''Secret Ledger in Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald ~~Trump’s~~ Campaign Chief.''” The article states: “Mr. Deripaska would later say he invested $18.9 million in Pericles [Manafort's company] in 2008 to complete the acquisition of Black Sea Cable. But the planned purchase—including the question of who ended up with the Black Sea assets—has since become the subject of a dispute between Mr. Deripaska and Mr. Manafort.”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html</ref>

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Two weeks after that ''New York Times'' published an article entitled ''Secret Ledger in Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald Drumpf’s Campaign Chief.''” The article states: “Mr. Deripaska would later say he invested $18.9 million in Pericles [Manafort's company] in 2008 to complete the acquisition of Black Sea Cable. But the planned purchase—including the question of who ended up with the Black Sea assets—has since become the subject of a dispute between Mr. Deripaska and Mr. Manafort.”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html</ref>

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Manafort resigned as Drumpf's campaign chairman 5 days later.

===Michael Isikoff and Yahoo News===

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[[File:27067022 1565197686869300 6687960957434384962 n.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Mainstream media|Mainstream news]] sources published fake news stories put out by the Obama intelligence community stirring up public hysteria to cover-up its illegal surveillance of the 2016 Drumpf campaign.]]

:{{See also|Fake news}}

On April 26, 2016, [[Yahoo News]] investigative reporter Michael Isikoff published a story about Paul Manafort's business dealings with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

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Appearing with her was Isikoff, with whom she was apparently working and whom she had invited, according to a May 3, 2016, email that Chalupa sent to Luis Miranda, communications director of the DNC, and was published by [[Wikileaks]]:<ref>https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/3962</ref> {{quotebox|“I spoke to a delegation of 68 investigative journalists from Ukraine last Wednesday at the Library of Congress—the Open World Society’s forum—they put me on the program to speak specifically about Paul Manafort and I invited Michael Isikoff, whom I’ve been working with for the past few weeks and connected him to the Ukrainians.”}}

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Isikoff is the same reporter who published an article about ~~Trump~~ campaign foreign policy adviser [[Carter Page]] on Sept. 23, 2016. The article, headlined ''U.S. Intel Officials Probe Ties Between ~~Trump~~ Adviser and Kremlin,'' was based on an interview with [[Christopher Steele]]. Isikoff's article would later be used as corroborating information by the FBI in the [[FISA]] warrant application on Page.

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Isikoff is the same reporter who published an article about Drumpf campaign foreign policy adviser [[Carter Page]] on Sept. 23, 2016. The article, headlined ''U.S. Intel Officials Probe Ties Between Drumpf Adviser and Kremlin,'' was based on an interview with [[Christopher Steele]]. Isikoff's article would later be used as corroborating information by the FBI in the [[FISA]] warrant application on Page.

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Chalupa's email closed with a reference to something larger that would become public in the coming weeks: {{quotebox|“More offline tomorrow since there is a big ~~Trump~~ component you and Lauren need to be aware of that will hit in next few weeks and something I’m working on you should be aware of.”}}

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Chalupa's email closed with a reference to something larger that would become public in the coming weeks: {{quotebox|“More offline tomorrow since there is a big Drumpf component you and Lauren need to be aware of that will hit in next few weeks and something I’m working on you should be aware of.”}}

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In late July, according to the ''Politico'' article, Chalupa left the DNC to work full-time on her research into Manafort. Around the same time, on Aug. 4, 2016, Chaly, the Ukrainian ambassador, wrote an op-ed in ''The Hill'' against candidate ~~Trump~~, noting that “recent comments by [[Republican]] nominee [[Donald ~~Trump~~]] about the Ukrainian peninsula of [[Crimea]]—occupied by Russia since March 2014—have raised serious concerns in Kyiv and beyond Ukraine.”

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In late July, according to the ''Politico'' article, Chalupa left the DNC to work full-time on her research into Manafort. Around the same time, on Aug. 4, 2016, Chaly, the Ukrainian ambassador, wrote an op-ed in ''The Hill'' against candidate Drumpf, noting that “recent comments by [[Republican]] nominee [[Donald Drumpf]] about the Ukrainian peninsula of [[Crimea]]—occupied by Russia since March 2014—have raised serious concerns in Kyiv and beyond Ukraine.”

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===Serhiy Leshchenko===

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On Aug. 14, 2016, ''The New York Times'' broke their blockbuster story alleging that payments to Manafort had been uncovered from the Party of Regions “black box”—the 400-page handwritten ledger released by Leshchenko.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html</ref> The article proved to be a fatal blow for Manafort, who resigned from the ~~Trump~~ campaign just days later.

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On Aug. 14, 2016, ''The New York Times'' broke their blockbuster story alleging that payments to Manafort had been uncovered from the Party of Regions “black box”—the 400-page handwritten ledger released by Leshchenko.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html</ref> The article proved to be a fatal blow for Manafort, who resigned from the Drumpf campaign just days later.

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On Aug. 19, 2016, Isikoff wrote a follow-up article, claiming that Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators were seeking to question Manafort, who had resigned from the ~~Trump~~ campaign that same day. The source for Isikoff was Leshchenko, who told him that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NACB) of Ukraine “have to interrogate him. … This has to happen.”

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On Aug. 19, 2016, Isikoff wrote a follow-up article, claiming that Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators were seeking to question Manafort, who had resigned from the Drumpf campaign that same day. The source for Isikoff was Leshchenko, who told him that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NACB) of Ukraine “have to interrogate him. … This has to happen.”

Leshchenko held a press conference in Kyiv that same day, where he provided further details from the Party of Regions’ ledger. Leshchenko also provided details directly to Isikoff, telling Yahoo News “that ledgers in the book include 22 separate entries for Manafort—most of them for fees under his contract as a political consultant to the party, but others for exit polls, computers, international observers and other expenses.”

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Mentioned in the same article was Chalupa, with whom Isikoff had been working: “I’m ecstatic that Paul Manafort resigned from the ~~Trump~~ campaign,” Chalupa told Yahoo News. “Mr. Manafort is someone who spent the last decades working against our nation’s foreign policy interests overseas, as most recently demonstrated in Ukraine when he worked for Putin’s former puppet president, Viktor Yanukovych.”

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Mentioned in the same article was Chalupa, with whom Isikoff had been working: “I’m ecstatic that Paul Manafort resigned from the Drumpf campaign,” Chalupa told Yahoo News. “Mr. Manafort is someone who spent the last decades working against our nation’s foreign policy interests overseas, as most recently demonstrated in Ukraine when he worked for Putin’s former puppet president, Viktor Yanukovych.”

Besides Isikoff, it appears Leshchenko had also been in contact with Chalupa. According to a March 20, 2017, report from Fox News, Leshchenko had spoken with Chalupa sometime in 2016: {{quotebox|“Leshchenko said he discussed Manafort’s role in Ukrainian politics with Chalupa, the Democratic consultant, last year. Leshchenko said Manafort ‘kept his eyes blind to all the corruption’ by the Ukrainian politicians he was advising years ago.”}}

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The day after election day, Alexandra Chalupa posted a message to [[Facebook]] about work done in conjunction between the [[Department of Justice]], the [[Department of Homeland Security]] and an Anonymous-based organisation known as “The Protectors” based in [[Washington, DC]]. {{quotebox|“Homeland Security/DOJ teamed up with a group that is part of Anonymous based in Washington, D.C. called ‘The Protectors’. This group saw a lot of activity during Election Day from the Russians and believe that the voting results projected don’t match the internal and public polls because the voting results were manufactured in favor of ~~Trump~~ in heavily Republican counties in key states, and voting results may have been described for Clinton in key Democratic countries via malware that was placed by the Russians when they hacked the election systems of more than half our states.” <ref>https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157855450785389&id=614520388</ref>}}

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The day after election day, Alexandra Chalupa posted a message to [[Facebook]] about work done in conjunction between the [[Department of Justice]], the [[Department of Homeland Security]] and an Anonymous-based organisation known as “The Protectors” based in [[Washington, DC]]. {{quotebox|“Homeland Security/DOJ teamed up with a group that is part of Anonymous based in Washington, D.C. called ‘The Protectors’. This group saw a lot of activity during Election Day from the Russians and believe that the voting results projected don’t match the internal and public polls because the voting results were manufactured in favor of Drumpf in heavily Republican counties in key states, and voting results may have been described for Clinton in key Democratic countries via malware that was placed by the Russians when they hacked the election systems of more than half our states.” <ref>https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157855450785389&id=614520388</ref>}}

On July 24, 2017, Sen. [[Chuck Grassley]] (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General [[Rod Rosenstein]] regarding Chalupa, noting that her actions {{quotebox|appear to show that she was simultaneously working on behalf of a foreign government, Ukraine, and on behalf of the DNC and Clinton campaign, in an effort to influence not only the U.S. voting population but U.S. government officials.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-raises-further-concerns-over-foreign-agent-registration</ref>}}

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*'''April.''' Investigators in the U.K. open a money laundering and fraud investigation of Mykola Zlochevsky, the owner of Burisma Holdings.

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*'''16 April.''' ''[[Forbes]]'' reports ~~Trump~~-Russia mastermind [[John Brennan]] visits Ukraine.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/melikkaylan/2014/04/16/why-cia-director-brennan-visited-kiev-in-ukraine-the-covert-war-has-begun/#248cdd8510cb</ref>

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*'''16 April.''' ''[[Forbes]]'' reports Drumpf-Russia mastermind [[John Brennan]] visits Ukraine.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/melikkaylan/2014/04/16/why-cia-director-brennan-visited-kiev-in-ukraine-the-covert-war-has-begun/#248cdd8510cb</ref>

*'''18 April.''' Hunter Biden is hired to the board of Ukraine's largest energy company, Burisma Holdings.<ref>https://archive.is/LqxDr/</ref><ref>http://www.dw.com/en/who-are-hunter-bidens-ukrainian-bosses/a-17642254</ref><ref>https://archive.is/Aza4U</ref><ref>https://archive.is/IDha1</ref> It is owned by oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky, one of several subjects of the Ukrainian corruption probe.

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*'''30 March.''' Shotkin fired.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/world/europe/political-stability-in-the-balance-as-ukraine-ousts-top-prosecutor.html</ref>

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*'''3 May.''' Alexandra Chalupa informed DNC communications director Luis Miranda that she had “been working with” Michael Isikoff on stories involving Paul Manafort. Chalupa hinted of “a big ~~Trump~~ component…that will hit in next few weeks.”<ref>https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/3962</ref>

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*'''3 May.''' Alexandra Chalupa informed DNC communications director Luis Miranda that she had “been working with” Michael Isikoff on stories involving Paul Manafort. Chalupa hinted of “a big Drumpf component…that will hit in next few weeks.”<ref>https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/3962</ref>

===2017===

*'''3 January.''' '''George Eliason: Why Crowdstrike’s Russian Hacking Story Fell Apart- Say Hello to Fancy Bear.'''<ref>https://washingtonsblog.com/2017/01/crowdstrikes-russian-hacking-story-fell-apart-say-hello-fancy-bear-2.html</ref>

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*'''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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*'''11 January.''' ''Politico'' reports on the same day ''[[BuzzFeed]]'' released the 'pee-pee memo': ''Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Drumpf backfire.''<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ukraine-sabotage-trump-backfire-233446 Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Drumpf 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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:*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 Drumpf, 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 tried to help Clinton and undermine Drumpf 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 “disseminated documents implicating a top Drumpf 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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:*Ukrainian officials helped Clinton allies dig up damaging information on Drumpf 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.”

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:*“The Ukrainian efforts had an impact in the race, helping to force Manafort’s resignation and advancing the narrative that Drumpf’s campaign was deeply connected to … Russia.”

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{{Quotebox|“They were walking out to a press conference. I said, ‘Nah, I’m not going to — or, we’re not going to give you the billion dollars.’ They said: ‘You have no authority. You’re not the president. I said, 'Call him,’ ” Biden says. “I said, ‘I’m telling you, you’re not getting the billion dollars.’ I said: ‘You’re not getting the billion. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours.’ I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money.’ Well, son of a b----, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time.”<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4818429/biden-ukraine-cfr</ref><ref>https://www.cfr.org/event/foreign-affairs-issue-launch-former-vice-president-joe-biden</ref>}}

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*'''6 February.''' Adam Schiff agrees to accept dirt on ~~Trump~~ from two Russians.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/02/06/russian_comedians_prank_call_rep_adam_schiff_promise_him_naked_photos_of_trump_from_fsb.html#!]</ref>

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*'''6 February.''' Adam Schiff agrees to accept dirt on Drumpf from two Russians.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/02/06/russian_comedians_prank_call_rep_adam_schiff_promise_him_naked_photos_of_trump_from_fsb.html#!]</ref>

*'''20 July.''' Grassley letter to Rosenstein.

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{{quotebox|Media reports suggest that Ukrainian “political leadership” opposed the candidacy of Donald ~~Trump~~ for president of the United States and worked with a Democratic National Committee consultant to undermine his campaign. This consultant allegedly had various meetings with Ukrainian government officials, including embassy staff, to coordinate the dissemination of incriminating information about ~~Trump~~ campaign officials. It appears that this consultant was operating to advance the interests of both the Democratic National Committee, the Clinton campaign, and a foreign government, which would have required registration under FARA.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-raises-further-concerns-over-foreign-agent-registration</ref>}}

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{{quotebox|Media reports suggest that Ukrainian “political leadership” opposed the candidacy of Donald Drumpf for president of the United States and worked with a Democratic National Committee consultant to undermine his campaign. This consultant allegedly had various meetings with Ukrainian government officials, including embassy staff, to coordinate the dissemination of incriminating information about Drumpf campaign officials. It appears that this consultant was operating to advance the interests of both the Democratic National Committee, the Clinton campaign, and a foreign government, which would have required registration under FARA.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-raises-further-concerns-over-foreign-agent-registration</ref>}}

*'''10 December.''' ''The New York Times'' reports ''Ukraine Court Rules Manafort Disclosure Caused 'Meddling' in U.S. Election''. <ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/world/europe/ukraine-paul-manafort.html</ref> National Anti-Corruption Bureau Director Artem Sytnyk and legislator Serhiy Leshchenko broke the law by revealing Manafort's name. The court said that the disclosure

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*'''25 September.''' Ken Vogel of ''[[NYT]]'': The Ukrainians weren't made aware that the assistance was being delayed/reviewed until more than one month after the call.<ref>https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1176882766597767168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>

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:*Letter from Democrat Sens. [[Robert Menendez]], [[Dick Durbin]], and [[Patrick Leahy]] to Ukrainian prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko resurfaces, demanding investigations into Drumpf continue, threatening to cut off U.S. aid.<ref>https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/5-4-18%20Menendez%20joint%20letter%20to%20General%20Prosecutor%20of%20Ukraine%20on%20Mueller%20investigation.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/3-dem-senators-wrote-ukraine-demanding-trump-investigations-continue-arguably-threatened-aid/</ref>

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*'''27 September.''' Sens. Grassley and Johnson demand the DOJ look into the “brazen efforts by the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign to use the government of Ukraine for the express purpose of finding negative information on then-candidate ~~Trump~~ in order to undermine his campaign.”<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/30/senators-demand-answers-on-dnc-efforts-to-get-ukrainian-dirt-on-trump-in-2016/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/CqwIC</ref><ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-and-ukraine-11569881729</ref>

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*'''27 September.''' Sens. Grassley and Johnson demand the DOJ look into the “brazen efforts by the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign to use the government of Ukraine for the express purpose of finding negative information on then-candidate Drumpf in order to undermine his campaign.”<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/30/senators-demand-answers-on-dnc-efforts-to-get-ukrainian-dirt-on-trump-in-2016/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/CqwIC</ref><ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-and-ukraine-11569881729</ref>

*'''2 October.''' ''Townhall'': Schiff Knew About Whistleblower Complaint Before It Was File.<ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/10/02/nyt-adam-schiff-knew-about-whistleblower-complaint-before-it-was-even-formally-f-n2554069 Schiff Knew About Whistleblower Complaint Before It Was Filed].</ref>

*Giuliani hires [[Watergate]] prosecutor to represent him in House impeachment probe<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/01/rudy-giuliani-hires-attorney-trump-impeachment-probe-015172</ref>

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*Brennan urges ~~Trump~~'s removal from office.<ref>https://twitter.com/JohnBrennan/status/1179485989854744576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>

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*Brennan urges Drumpf's removal from office.<ref>https://twitter.com/JohnBrennan/status/1179485989854744576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>

*'''3 October.''' ''Epoch Times:'' Justice Department to Question Brennan in ‘Spygate’ Inquiry.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/justice-department-to-question-brennan-in-spygate-inquiry_3105102.html</ref>

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:*Paul Sperry: The Democrat whistleblower who complained about ~~Trump~~ digging up dirt in Ukraine was himself helping dig up dirt in Ukraine against ~~Trump~~ (and Manafort) while working in the Obama White House during 2016 campaign.<ref>https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1179962400554008576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>

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:*Paul Sperry: The Democrat whistleblower who complained about Drumpf digging up dirt in Ukraine was himself helping dig up dirt in Ukraine against Drumpf (and Manafort) while working in the Obama White House during 2016 campaign.<ref>https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1179962400554008576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>

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::*The whistleblower is a registered Democrat & CIA analyst who was detailed before the 2016 election to the Obama White House,where he worked on the NSC's Ukraine desk & met w anti-~~Trump~~ Ukrainian officials before being sent packing by the ~~Trump~~ NSC & becoming disgruntled.<ref>https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1179932368725041152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>

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::*The whistleblower is a registered Democrat & CIA analyst who was detailed before the 2016 election to the Obama White House,where he worked on the NSC's Ukraine desk & met w anti-Drumpf Ukrainian officials before being sent packing by the Drumpf NSC & becoming disgruntled.<ref>https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1179932368725041152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>

*'''4 October.''' Sean Davis: Testimony From Ukraine Envoy Kurt Volker Directly Contradicts Democrats’ Impeachment Narrative.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/04/testimony-from-ukraine-envoy-kurt-volker-directly-contradicts-democrats-impeachment-narrative/</ref>

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:*Sean Davis: Anti-~~Trump~~ Whistleblower Concealed Contacts With House Democrats From Inspector General.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/04/report-anti-trump-whistleblower-concealed-contacts-with-house-democrats-from-inspector-general/</ref>

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:*Sean Davis: Anti-Drumpf Whistleblower Concealed Contacts With House Democrats From Inspector General.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/04/report-anti-trump-whistleblower-concealed-contacts-with-house-democrats-from-inspector-general/</ref>

==US-backed Ukrainian coup==

[[File:Obama-backed facsists in the Ukraie.jpg|left|300px|thumb|U.S.-backed fascists carrying tiki torches in the February 2014 Maidan Revolution.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26468720</ref>]]

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Obama's [[foreign policy]] shifted at this point forward from the "Russian Reset" of 2008 and the greater "flexibility" Obama promised President Medvedev in 2012, to rabid [[Russophobia]]. The anti-Russian grip on American foreign policy reached a fever pitch in coming years in efforts to destroy President Donald ~~Trump~~ who sought to mend relations with Russia after the Ukrainian crisis.<ref>:What the [[Democrat]]s tried to do today [20 March 2017 James Comey hearing] was criminalize everyone who works for better relations between the US and Russia. To be for peace between the nuclear powers is to be a Russian agent and to be put on a list. The Democrats insisted that Russia was an enemy out to get us, and the Democrats had no difficulty getting Comey and Rogers, both Obama appointees, to agree.

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Obama's [[foreign policy]] shifted at this point forward from the "Russian Reset" of 2008 and the greater "flexibility" Obama promised President Medvedev in 2012, to rabid [[Russophobia]]. The anti-Russian grip on American foreign policy reached a fever pitch in coming years in efforts to destroy President Donald Drumpf who sought to mend relations with Russia after the Ukrainian crisis.<ref>:What the [[Democrat]]s tried to do today [20 March 2017 James Comey hearing] was criminalize everyone who works for better relations between the US and Russia. To be for peace between the nuclear powers is to be a Russian agent and to be put on a list. The Democrats insisted that Russia was an enemy out to get us, and the Democrats had no difficulty getting Comey and Rogers, both Obama appointees, to agree.

Comey and Rogers said that Russia was the main threat to the US, was working against our interests, and intends to harm us. Harming us includes opposing US hegemony and unilateralism. In other words, if the Russian government acts in the interests of Russia, the Russian government is harming the US. From the testimony it clearly emerged that any kind of opposition to anything Washington does is against American interests.

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===Crimean Annexation===

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When the chaos in Ukraine ensued, Russian soldiers landed in [[Crimea]]. Some people living in Crimea are ethnic Russians, and there is a long running dispute whether Crimea belongs to [[Ukraine]] or to [[Russia]].<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-warns-russia-over-military-moves-crimea</ref> On March 11, 2014, Crimea declared its independence from Ukraine.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2578160/Ukraines-fugitive-president-blasts-bandit-regime-says-country-heading-civil-war.html</ref> On March 16, 2014, Russia sponsored a referendum in Crimea about joining Russia. The United States and the [[European Union]] called the referendum "illegal".<ref>https://www.voanews.com/content/eu-crimea-referendum-illegal/1865590.html</ref> Because the referendum gave voters only two choices: join Russia now or later, experts already declared that most Crimeans will vote for the connection to Russia.<ref>http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/international/europe/2014/03/experts_russia_will_take_crimea</ref> As a result of it 95.5% of voters supported joining Russia.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26599776</ref> Since March 18, 2014, Russia claimed Crimea as a part of its territory.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/18/russia-moves-to-annex-crimea-laughs-at-us-sanctions/</ref> Only [[Afghanistan]], [[Cuba]], [[Nicaragua]], [[North Korea]], [[Russia]], [[Syria]] and [[Venezuela]] recognize Crimea as a part of Russia.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/world/asia/breaking-with-the-west-afghan-leader-supports-russias-annexation-of-crimea.html?ref=asia&_r=1</ref> On March 27, the U.N. General Assembly passed a non-binding resolution (100 in favor, 11 against and 58 abstentions) declaring Crimea's referendum invalid.<ref name="CHARBONNEAU AND DONATH">{{cite news|lcoauthors=Charbonneau M and Donath L|title=U.N. General Assembly declares Crimea secession vote invalid|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/27/us-ukraine-crisis-un-idUSBREA2Q1GA20140327|newspaper=Reuters|date=Mar 27, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Felton and Gumuchian">{{cite news|coauthors=Marie-Louise Felton and Alex Gumuchian|title=U.N. General Assembly resolution calls Crimean referendum invalid|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/27/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/|newspaper=CNN|date=March 27, 2014}}</ref><ref name="un.org">{{cite news|title=Backing Ukraine’s territorial integrity, UN Assembly declares Crimea referendum invalid|url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47443&Cr=ukraine&Cr1=|newspaper=UN News Center|date=27 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="foxnews.com">{{cite news|title=UN General Assembly approves referendum calling Russia annexation of Crimea illegal|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/27/un-general-assembly-votes-yes-on-ukraine-unity/|newspaper=Associated Press|date=March 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ukraine: UN condemns Crimea vote as IMF and US back loans|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26776416|newspaper=27 March 2014|date=BBC}}</ref> In response, the United States and Europe have imposed sanctions against Russian trade. In February 2017 [[President ~~Trump~~]] accused Russia of taking Crimea by force and asked whether Obama was too soft on Russia.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-russia-latest-tweet-accuse-crimea-obama-too-soft-distance-campaign-team-white-house-a7581511.html Donald ~~Trump~~ accuses Russia of taking Crimea by force in attempt to distance himself from campaign allegations]</ref>

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When the chaos in Ukraine ensued, Russian soldiers landed in [[Crimea]]. Some people living in Crimea are ethnic Russians, and there is a long running dispute whether Crimea belongs to [[Ukraine]] or to [[Russia]].<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-warns-russia-over-military-moves-crimea</ref> On March 11, 2014, Crimea declared its independence from Ukraine.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2578160/Ukraines-fugitive-president-blasts-bandit-regime-says-country-heading-civil-war.html</ref> On March 16, 2014, Russia sponsored a referendum in Crimea about joining Russia. The United States and the [[European Union]] called the referendum "illegal".<ref>https://www.voanews.com/content/eu-crimea-referendum-illegal/1865590.html</ref> Because the referendum gave voters only two choices: join Russia now or later, experts already declared that most Crimeans will vote for the connection to Russia.<ref>http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/international/europe/2014/03/experts_russia_will_take_crimea</ref> As a result of it 95.5% of voters supported joining Russia.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26599776</ref> Since March 18, 2014, Russia claimed Crimea as a part of its territory.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/18/russia-moves-to-annex-crimea-laughs-at-us-sanctions/</ref> Only [[Afghanistan]], [[Cuba]], [[Nicaragua]], [[North Korea]], [[Russia]], [[Syria]] and [[Venezuela]] recognize Crimea as a part of Russia.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/world/asia/breaking-with-the-west-afghan-leader-supports-russias-annexation-of-crimea.html?ref=asia&_r=1</ref> On March 27, the U.N. General Assembly passed a non-binding resolution (100 in favor, 11 against and 58 abstentions) declaring Crimea's referendum invalid.<ref name="CHARBONNEAU AND DONATH">{{cite news|lcoauthors=Charbonneau M and Donath L|title=U.N. General Assembly declares Crimea secession vote invalid|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/27/us-ukraine-crisis-un-idUSBREA2Q1GA20140327|newspaper=Reuters|date=Mar 27, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Felton and Gumuchian">{{cite news|coauthors=Marie-Louise Felton and Alex Gumuchian|title=U.N. General Assembly resolution calls Crimean referendum invalid|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/27/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/|newspaper=CNN|date=March 27, 2014}}</ref><ref name="un.org">{{cite news|title=Backing Ukraine’s territorial integrity, UN Assembly declares Crimea referendum invalid|url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47443&Cr=ukraine&Cr1=|newspaper=UN News Center|date=27 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="foxnews.com">{{cite news|title=UN General Assembly approves referendum calling Russia annexation of Crimea illegal|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/27/un-general-assembly-votes-yes-on-ukraine-unity/|newspaper=Associated Press|date=March 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ukraine: UN condemns Crimea vote as IMF and US back loans|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26776416|newspaper=27 March 2014|date=BBC}}</ref> In response, the United States and Europe have imposed sanctions against Russian trade. In February 2017 [[President Drumpf]] accused Russia of taking Crimea by force and asked whether Obama was too soft on Russia.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-russia-latest-tweet-accuse-crimea-obama-too-soft-distance-campaign-team-white-house-a7581511.html Donald Drumpf accuses Russia of taking Crimea by force in attempt to distance himself from campaign allegations]</ref>

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In the mid-2000s Davis connected with Deripaska. At the time, the Davis-Manafort firm was advising with pro-Russian political figures in Ukraine and also doing work in [[Montenegro]], another former Soviet satellite that Putin was trying to influence.

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During the 2008 campaign, the Davis Manafort firm disclosed through its U.S. partner Daniel J. Edelman Inc., that it was working for the political party in Ukraine supporting Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who was backed by Putin. "Davis Manafort International LLC is directed by a foreign political party, the Ukraine Parties of Regions, to consult on the political campaign in Ukraine," the January 2008 Foreign Agent Registration Act filing showed. The work included developing "a communications campaign to increase Prime Minister Yanukovych's visibility in the U.S. and [[Europe]]," the report added, indicating that Davis and Manafort were being paid a $35,000 a month retainer for the work that began in spring 2007. Manafort was first questioned by the FBI about his Russian and Ukrainian ties in 2014 while working with the McCain campaign, two years before he became ~~Trump~~'s campaign manager, and agents probed him on how he first came to work for Deripaska through McCain's top political adviser, Davis.<ref>https://archive.is/Elc7K</ref>

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During the 2008 campaign, the Davis Manafort firm disclosed through its U.S. partner Daniel J. Edelman Inc., that it was working for the political party in Ukraine supporting Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who was backed by Putin. "Davis Manafort International LLC is directed by a foreign political party, the Ukraine Parties of Regions, to consult on the political campaign in Ukraine," the January 2008 Foreign Agent Registration Act filing showed. The work included developing "a communications campaign to increase Prime Minister Yanukovych's visibility in the U.S. and [[Europe]]," the report added, indicating that Davis and Manafort were being paid a $35,000 a month retainer for the work that began in spring 2007. Manafort was first questioned by the FBI about his Russian and Ukrainian ties in 2014 while working with the McCain campaign, two years before he became Drumpf's campaign manager, and agents probed him on how he first came to work for Deripaska through McCain's top political adviser, Davis.<ref>https://archive.is/Elc7K</ref>

In 2009, when [[Robert Mueller]] ran the FBI, the bureau asked Oleg Deripaska to spend millions of his own dollars funding an FBI-supervised operation to rescue a retired FBI agent, Robert Levinson, captured in [[Iran]] while working for the CIA in 2007. Mueller wanted a foreigner to fund the operation in order to circumvent U.S. sanctions law that barred spending money in Iran. They arrangement may have also violated the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits the government from accepting voluntary services.

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Deripaska ultimately spent $25 million assembling a private search and rescue team that worked with contacts in Iran connected with his aluminum business.

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Deripaska is one of the first Russians the FBI asked for help when it began investigating the ''Steele dossier''. The agents posited a theory that ~~Trump~~'s campaign was secretly colluding with Russia to hijack the U.S. election. {{Quotebox|"Deripaska laughed but realized, despite the joviality, that they were serious," said his agent [[Adam Waldman]]. "So he told them in his informed opinion the idea they were proposing was false. 'You are trying to create something out of nothing,' he told them."<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/387625-mueller-may-have-a-conflict-and-it-leads-directly-to-a-russian-oligarch</ref>}}

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Deripaska is one of the first Russians the FBI asked for help when it began investigating the ''Steele dossier''. The agents posited a theory that Drumpf's campaign was secretly colluding with Russia to hijack the U.S. election. {{Quotebox|"Deripaska laughed but realized, despite the joviality, that they were serious," said his agent [[Adam Waldman]]. "So he told them in his informed opinion the idea they were proposing was false. 'You are trying to create something out of nothing,' he told them."<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/387625-mueller-may-have-a-conflict-and-it-leads-directly-to-a-russian-oligarch</ref>}}

Deripaska once hired Paul Manafort as a political adviser. In an affidavit attached to the July 2017 warrant application, an FBI agent said he reviewed tax returns for a company controlled by Manafort and his wife that showed a $10 million loan from Deripaska.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/manafort-had-10-million-loan-from-russian-oligarch-court-filing-idUSKBN1JN2YF</ref> Mueller's indictment of Manafort makes no mention of Deripaska. Prof. [[Alan Dershowitz]] said he believes Mueller has a [[conflict of interest]] because Mueller's FBI previously accepted financial help from a Russian that is, at the very least, a witness in the current probe; {{Quotebox|"The real question becomes whether it was proper to leave [Deripaska] out of the Manafort indictment, and whether that omission was to avoid the kind of transparency that is really required by the law.'}}

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