Ukraine Also Sought to Interfere With US Election -- On Hillary's Side

I don't think this is going to get quite as much play as the Trump/Russia story.

Politico:

Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire

Kiev officials are scrambling to make amends with the president-elect after quietly working to boost Clinton.

By KENNETH P. VOGEL and DAVID STERN 01/11/17 05:05 AM EST

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 Ukrainian efforts had an impact in the race, helping to force Manafort's resignation and advancing the narrative that Trump's campaign was deeply connected to Ukraine's foe to the east, Russia.

Welp, that really hurts the media's Narrative. I can't imagine them writing this story without attempting to make some distinction from the Russia/Trump story, in order to say "But Trump's still worse, see?"

But they were far less concerted or centrally directed than Russia's alleged hacking and dissemination of Democratic emails.

And there you go.

posted by Ace at 03:53 PM

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