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| | {{quotebox-float|“In an interview this month, at the DNC this past election cycle centered on mobilizing ethnic communities — including Ukrainian-Americans — she said that, when Trump’s unlikely presidential campaign. '''Chalupa told ''Politico'' she had developed a network of sources in [[Kiev]] and Washington, including investigative journalists, government officials and private intelligence operatives. While her consulting work began surging in late 2015''', she began focusing more on the research, and expanded it to include Trump’s ties to Russia, as well.”<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ukraine-sabotage-trump-backfire-233446</ref>}} | | {{quotebox-float|“In an interview this month, at the DNC this past election cycle centered on mobilizing ethnic communities — including Ukrainian-Americans — she said that, when Trump’s unlikely presidential campaign. '''Chalupa told ''Politico'' she had developed a network of sources in [[Kiev]] and Washington, including investigative journalists, government officials and private intelligence operatives. While her consulting work began surging in late 2015''', she began focusing more on the research, and expanded it to include Trump’s ties to Russia, as well.”<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ukraine-sabotage-trump-backfire-233446</ref>}} |
| | :*According to the ''Politico'' article, Alexandra Chalupa was meeting with the Ukrainian embassy in June of 2016 to discuss getting more help sticking it to candidate Trump. At the same time she was meeting, the embassy had a reception that highlighted female Ukrainian leaders. Four Verkhovna Rada [parliament] deputies there for the event included: Viktoriia Y. Ptashnyk, Anna A. Romanova, Alyona I. Shkrum, and Taras T. Pastukh. | | :*According to the ''Politico'' article, Alexandra Chalupa was meeting with the Ukrainian embassy in June of 2016 to discuss getting more help sticking it to candidate Trump. At the same time she was meeting, the embassy had a reception that highlighted female Ukrainian leaders. Four Verkhovna Rada [parliament] deputies there for the event included: Viktoriia Y. Ptashnyk, Anna A. Romanova, Alyona I. Shkrum, and Taras T. Pastukh. |
| − | ::*George Eliason reports:<ref>[https://www.mintpressnews.com/beyond-the-dnc-leaks-hacks-and-treason/247674/ George Eliason: Beyond the DNC - Leaks, Hacks, and Treason]/</ref> | + | ::*[[George Eliason]] reports:<ref>[https://www.mintpressnews.com/beyond-the-dnc-leaks-hacks-and-treason/247674/ George Eliason: Beyond the DNC - Leaks, Hacks, and Treason]/</ref> |
| | :::*According to CNN [7/12/17], DNC sources said Chalupa told DNC operatives the Ukrainian government would be willing to deliver damaging information against Trump’s campaign. Later, Chalupa would lead the charge to try to unseat president-elect Trump starting on Nov 10, 2016. | | :::*According to CNN [7/12/17], DNC sources said Chalupa told DNC operatives the Ukrainian government would be willing to deliver damaging information against Trump’s campaign. Later, Chalupa would lead the charge to try to unseat president-elect Trump starting on Nov 10, 2016. |
| | :::*Accompanying them Kristina Dobrovolska who was a U.S. Embassy-assigned government liaison and translator who escorted the delegates from Kyiv during their visits to Albany and Washington. | | :::*Accompanying them Kristina Dobrovolska who was a U.S. Embassy-assigned government liaison and translator who escorted the delegates from Kyiv during their visits to Albany and Washington. |