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| Clinton advisors Jake Sullivan (L), Nick Burns (2L) and John Podesta (2R) wait with Clinton Campaign Chairman, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on September 19, 2016 in New York. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) |
"Alexandra Chalupa, an operative paid by the Democratic National Committee
(DNC), asked the Ukrainian embassy in Washington for dirt on Trump-campaign
chairman Paul Manafort in 2016, the embassy confirmed in a statement to The Hill.
"While the embassy denies having helped the operative, a former embassy worker
told The Hill’s John Solomon that the embassy helped Chalupa knowing full well
that she was working to help elect then-candidate Hillary Clinton and defeat then-candidate Donald Trump.
"Ambassador Valeriy Chaly, in written answers to Solomon, said that Chalupa asked
the Ukrainian government for information on Manafort’s dealings inside Ukraine.
Chalupa tried to arrange for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to comment
about Manafort’s ties to Russia during a 2016 visit to Washington, Chaly said.
“ 'The Embassy got to know Ms. Chalupa because of her engagement with Ukrainian
and other diasporas in Washington D.C., and not in her DNC capacity. We’ve
learned about her DNC involvement later,” Chaly said in a statement to The Hill.
“We were surprised to see Alexandra’s interest in Mr. Paul Manafort’s case. It was
her own cause. The Embassy representatives unambiguously refused to get involved
in any way, as we were convinced that this is a strictly U.S. domestic matter.
“ 'All ideas floated by Alexandra were related to approaching a Member of Congress
with a purpose to initiate hearings on Paul Manafort or letting an investigative
journalist ask President Poroshenko a question about Mr. Manafort during his
public talk in Washington, D.C.,” Chaly said." . . .
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