Donald Trump wasn’t the only presidential candidate whose campaign was boosted by officials of a former Soviet bloc country.
Ukrainian government officials tried to help Hillary Clinton and undermine Trump by publicly questioning his fitness for office. They also disseminated documents implicating a top Trump aide in corruption and suggested they were investigating the matter, only to back away after the election. And they helped Clinton’s allies research damaging information on Trump and his advisers, a Politico investigation found.
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, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation.
The article goes on to show how Ukrops activists and diplomats can't even get their story straight. Some disavow any interference, others brag about how they got Manafort out.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ukraine-sabotage-trump-backfire-233446
The article goes on to show how Ukrops activists and diplomats can't even get their story straight. Some disavow any interference, others brag about how they got Manafort out.