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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>

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>

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]].

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]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/05/world/europe/ukraine-prosecutor-trump.html</ref>  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]].

Emails in 2016 between Steele and Bruce Ohr suggest Christopher Steele was deeply concerned about the legal status of the Putin-linked oligarch [[Oleg Deripaska]], and was advocating on Deripaska's behalf.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/09/christopher-steele-deripaska-bruce-ohr/</ref>  The emails show Steele and Ohr were in frequent contact, that they intermingled talk about Steele's research and Deripaska's affairs, and that Glenn Simpson, head of the dirt-digging group Fusion GPS that hired Steele, was also part of the ongoing conversation.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/emails-show-2016-links-among-steele-ohr-simpson-with-russian-oligarch-in-background?platform=hootsuite</ref>

Emails in 2016 between Steele and Bruce Ohr suggest Christopher Steele was deeply concerned about the legal status of the Putin-linked oligarch [[Oleg Deripaska]], and was advocating on Deripaska's behalf.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/09/christopher-steele-deripaska-bruce-ohr/</ref>  The emails show Steele and Ohr were in frequent contact, that they intermingled talk about Steele's research and Deripaska's affairs, and that Glenn Simpson, head of the dirt-digging group Fusion GPS that hired Steele, was also part of the ongoing conversation.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/emails-show-2016-links-among-steele-ohr-simpson-with-russian-oligarch-in-background?platform=hootsuite</ref>