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→Ukrainian collusion: 2016-2019
Ukrainian and Democratic operatives also huddled with American journalists to spread damaging information on Trump and his advisers – including allegations of illicit Russian-tied payments that, though later proved false, forced the resignation of his campaign manager Paul Manafort. The embassy actually weighed a plan to get Congress to investigate Manafort and Trump and stage hearings in the run-up to the election. As it worked behind the scenes to undermine Trump, Ukraine also attacked him publicly. Ukraine's ambassador took the extraordinary step of attacking Trump in an Op-Ed article published in ''[[The Hill]]'', an influential U.S. Capitol newspaper, while other top Ukrainian officials slammed the GOP candidate on [[social media]].
Ukrainian and Democratic operatives also huddled with American journalists to spread damaging information on Trump and his advisers – including allegations of illicit Russian-tied payments that, though later proved false, forced the resignation of his campaign manager Paul Manafort. The embassy actually weighed a plan to get Congress to investigate Manafort and Trump and stage hearings in the run-up to the election. As it worked behind the scenes to undermine Trump, Ukraine also attacked him publicly. Ukraine's ambassador took the extraordinary step of attacking Trump in an Op-Ed article published in ''[[The Hill]]'', an influential U.S. Capitol newspaper, while other top Ukrainian officials slammed the GOP candidate on [[social media]].
The Ukrainian mischief is part of Special Counsel [[John Durham]]’s broader Trump-Russia inquiry, as of 2022 a full-blown [[criminal]] investigation with [[grand jury]] indictments – into efforts to falsely target Trump as a [[Kremlin]] conspirator in 2016 and beyond.
The Ukrainian mischief is part of Special Counsel [[John Durham]]’s broader Trump-Russia inquiry, as of 2022 a full-blown [[criminal]] investigation with [[grand jury]] indictments – into efforts to falsely target Trump as a [[Kremlin]] conspirator in 2016 and beyond.