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==Ukraine collusion==

==Ukraine collusion==

[[File:Schiff in Ukraine.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Schiff's staff colluded with Ukrainians the week of August 23 to August 31, 2019. While in Ukraine on the taxpayer dime digging up dirt from foreigners on his enemies to influence the 2020 election, Schiff tweets on August 28 about Trump and Giuliani, kicking off [[Deep State coup 2.0]].]]

[[File:Schiff-Ukraine-600x370.png|right|300px|thumb|Invitation to a fundraiser in the home of Ukrainian arms deal Igor Pasternak for Adam Schiff.]]

{{Main article|Ukrainian collusion}}

{{Main article|Ukrainian collusion}}

===Pasternak===

===Pasternak===

In January 2016 before the presidential primaries began, [[Eric Ciaramella]] hosted Ukrainian officials at the [[White House]] to urge them to open an investigation on a political rival,<ref>""telizhenko,andriy,g,U67540,100561,VA,1/19/16 10:57,D1101,1/19/16 12:53,,01/19/2016 12:00:00 AM,1/19/16 11:00,1/19/16 23:59,,1,KH,WIN,1/19/16 10:51,KH,Ciaramella,Eric,OEOB,230A,HARTWELL,KYLE,,,04/29/2016 07:00:00 AM +0000",,,," [https://archive.org/download/WHvisitorlogs_2010-16_surname/White-House-visitor-logs6_Sorr-Zyz.csv] [https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-white-house-visitor-logs-detail-meetings-of-eric-ciaramella/ Judicial Watch: White House Visitor Logs Detail Meetings of Eric Ciaramella.]</ref>  

In January 2016 before the presidential primaries began, [[Eric Ciaramella]] hosted Ukrainian officials at the [[White House]] to urge them to open an investigation on a political rival,<ref>""telizhenko,andriy,g,U67540,100561,VA,1/19/16 10:57,D1101,1/19/16 12:53,,01/19/2016 12:00:00 AM,1/19/16 11:00,1/19/16 23:59,,1,KH,WIN,1/19/16 10:51,KH,Ciaramella,Eric,OEOB,230A,HARTWELL,KYLE,,,04/29/2016 07:00:00 AM +0000",,,," [https://archive.org/download/WHvisitorlogs_2010-16_surname/White-House-visitor-logs6_Sorr-Zyz.csv] [https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-white-house-visitor-logs-detail-meetings-of-eric-ciaramella/ Judicial Watch: White House Visitor Logs Detail Meetings of Eric Ciaramella.]</ref>  

[[Paul Manafort]], and close an investigation into [[Hunter Biden]]. The Obama FBI reopened an investigation into Manafort at the same time which it previously had closed in 2014 finding no evidence of wrongdoing.<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf FISA Abuse Report], p. 66 fn 185, pp. 291, 391-392, 398 and fn 521.</ref>  John Solomon reported,  

[[Paul Manafort]], and close an investigation into [[Hunter Biden]]. The Obama FBI reopened an investigation into Manafort at the same time which it previously had closed in 2014 finding no evidence of wrongdoing.<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf FISA Abuse Report], p. 66 fn 185, pp. 291, 391-392, 398 and fn 521.</ref>  John Solomon reported,  

{{Quotebox|''The January 2016 gathering, confirmed by multiple participants and contemporaneous memos, brought some of Ukraine’s top corruption prosecutors and investigators face to face with members of former President Obama’s National Security Council (NSC), FBI, State Department and Department of Justice (DOJ)....Ukrainian participants said it didn’t take long — during the meetings and afterward — to realize the Americans’ objectives included two politically hot investigations: one that touched Vice President Joe Biden’s family and one that involved a lobbying [Manafort's] firm linked closely to then-candidate Trump.''<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/440730-how-the-obama-white-house-engaged-ukraine-to-give-russia-collusion</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86awAp4uIw</ref>}}

{{Quotebox|''The January 2016 gathering, confirmed by multiple participants and contemporaneous memos, brought some of Ukraine’s top corruption prosecutors and investigators face to face with members of former President Obama’s National Security Council (NSC), FBI, State Department and Department of Justice (DOJ)....Ukrainian participants said it didn’t take long — during the meetings and afterward — to realize the Americans’ objectives included two politically hot investigations: one that touched Vice President Joe Biden’s family and one that involved a lobbying [Manafort's] firm linked closely to then-candidate Trump.''<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/440730-how-the-obama-white-house-engaged-ukraine-to-give-russia-collusion</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86awAp4uIw</ref>}}

When Special Counsel [[Robert Mueller]] failed to deliver any impeachable charges against President Trump in 2019, Ciaramella delivered a [[whistleblower]] complaint to Sen. [[Richard Burr]] of the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]] and Adam Schiff, marked "urgent concern" alleging collusion between President Trump and [[President Zelensky]] of Ukraine.<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.

When Special Counsel [[Robert Mueller]] failed to deliver any impeachable charges against President Trump in 2019, Ciaramella delivered a [[whistleblower]] complaint to Sen. [[Richard Burr]] of the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]] and Adam Schiff, marked "urgent concern" alleging collusion between President Trump and [[President Zelensky]] of Ukraine.<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.

 

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.

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.