| | Clinton donor [[Victor Pinchuk]] sent Ukrainian Member of Parliament [[Olga Bielkova]] to meet with Ciaramella. One day before Bielkova also met with infamous [[John McCain]] aide [[David Kramer]]. Kramer would go on to leak the ''Steele Dossier'' to ''[[Buzzfeed]]'' in January 2017 just before Donald Trump’s inauguration. | | Clinton donor [[Victor Pinchuk]] sent Ukrainian Member of Parliament [[Olga Bielkova]] to meet with Ciaramella. One day before Bielkova also met with infamous [[John McCain]] aide [[David Kramer]]. Kramer would go on to leak the ''Steele Dossier'' to ''[[Buzzfeed]]'' in January 2017 just before Donald Trump’s inauguration. |
| − | Federal records show that Biden’s office invited Ciaramella to an October 2016 state luncheon hosted by Biden for [[Italian]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Matteo Renzi]]. Other invited guests included CIA director John Brennan, as well as [[FBI]] director [["Jimmy the Weasel" Comey]] and [[National Intelligence Director]] [[James Clapper]]. The invitation to Ciaramella, a low-level GS-13 [[civil service system]] employee, was unusual.<ref>https://foia.state.gov/search/results.aspx?searchText=ciaramella&beginDate=&endDate=&publishedBeginDate=&publishedEndDate=&caseNumber=</ref> | + | Federal records show that Biden’s office invited Ciaramella to an October 2016 state luncheon hosted by Biden for [[Italian]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Matteo Renzi]]. Other invited guests included John Brennan, FBI director [["Jimmy the Weasel" Comey]], [[Director of National Intelligence]] [[James Clapper]], [[John Kerry]], Susan Rice, Joe Biden, [[Nancy Pelosi]], [[Valerie Jarrett]], [[Samantha Power]], and Charles Kupchan. The invitation to Ciaramella, a low-level GS-13 [[civil service system]] employee, was unusual.<ref>https://foia.state.gov/search/results.aspx?searchText=ciaramella&beginDate=&endDate=&publishedBeginDate=&publishedEndDate=&caseNumber=</ref> |