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==Ukrainian collusion==

==Ukrainian collusion==

"{{See also|Biden-Ukraine collusion scandal}}

{{See also|Biden-Ukraine collusion scandal}}

According to the ''Kyiv Post'', {{quotebox|“Chalupa said she first came across Manafort after she organized a meeting with then-U.S. President Barack Obama’s [[National Security Council]] and leaders of Ukrainian-American organizations in January 2014, to brief the [[White House]] about the [[Euromaidan Revolution]] that drove President Viktor Yanukovych from power on Feb. 22, 2014.”}}

According to the ''Kyiv Post'', {{quotebox|“Chalupa said she first came across Manafort after she organized a meeting with then-U.S. President Barack Obama’s [[National Security Council]] and leaders of Ukrainian-American organizations in January 2014, to brief the [[White House]] about the [[Euromaidan Revolution]] that drove President Viktor Yanukovych from power on Feb. 22, 2014.”}}

In January 2016, Chalupa informed an unknown senior [[DNC]] official that she believed there was a Russian connection with the Trump campaign. Notably, this theme would be picked up by the [[2016 Clinton campaign|Clinton campaign]] in the summer of 2016. Chalupa also told the official to expect Manafort’s involvement in the Trump campaign.

In January 2016, Chalupa informed an unknown senior [[DNC]] official that she believed there was a Russian connection with the Trump campaign. Notably, this theme would be picked up by the [[2016 Clinton campaign|Clinton campaign]] in the summer of 2016. Chalupa also told the official to expect Manafort’s involvement in the Trump campaign.

[[File:Chalupa and Pasternak.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Alexandra Chalupa]] and Igor Pasternak at Trump inauguration. Chalupa was paid by the DNC to find dirt on Paul Manafort from the Ukrainian government leading to resignation from the campaign; Pasternak is a Ukrainian arms merchant who manufacturers equipment in Rep. [[Adam Schiff]]'s district for sale to the Ukrainian military, and is a big donor to Rep. Adam Schiff.<br>Photo captured by [[AI]] facial recognition.]]

[[File:Chalupa and Pasternak.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Alexandra Chalupa]] and [[Igor Pasternak]] at Trump inauguration. Chalupa was paid by the DNC to find dirt on Paul Manafort from the Ukrainian government leading to resignation from the campaign; Pasternak is a Ukrainian arms merchant who manufacturers equipment in Rep. [[Adam Schiff]]'s district for sale to the Ukrainian military, and is a big donor to Rep. Adam Schiff.<br>Photo captured by [[AI]] facial recognition.]]

Chalupa’s forecast proved prescient, as Manafort reached out to the Trump campaign shortly after, on Feb. 29, 2016, through a mutual acquaintance, Thomas J. Barrack Jr. According to Manafort, he and Trump hadn’t been in communication for years until the Trump campaign responded to Manafort’s offer. On March 28, 2016, Manafort was hired by the Trump campaign. He was reportedly initially hired to lead the Trump campaign’s delegate effort, but was soon promoted, and on May 19, 2016, Manafort became Trump’s campaign chairman and chief strategist.

Chalupa’s forecast proved prescient, as Manafort reached out to the Trump campaign shortly after, on Feb. 29, 2016, through a mutual acquaintance, Thomas J. Barrack Jr. According to Manafort, he and Trump hadn’t been in communication for years until the Trump campaign responded to Manafort’s offer. On March 28, 2016, Manafort was hired by the Trump campaign. He was reportedly initially hired to lead the Trump campaign’s delegate effort, but was soon promoted, and on May 19, 2016, Manafort became Trump’s campaign chairman and chief strategist.