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==Black ledger files==

==Black ledger files==

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. 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.

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.

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>

[[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.

[[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.

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.  

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>

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.’”

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.’”