Ukrainian journalist smeared by Rudy throws down the gauntlet

[lanlady]

Rudy Giuliani accused me of exposing Paul Manafort’s Ukraine deals to help U.S. Democrats. That’s a lie.

By Serhiy Leshchenko
September 21, 2019 at 4:57 p.m. EDT
Serhiy Leshchenko is a Ukrainian journalist and political activist.

On Aug. 19, 2016, I convened a news conference in Kiev at which I revealed previously secret records of payments made by the former pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych to Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. (Yanukovych fled the country in February 2014 after he was toppled by our Revolution of Dignity, a popular uprising on the streets of Kiev.) The information came from the “black ledger of the Party of Regions,” which was obtained by an anonymous source in the burned-out ruins of the headquarters of Yanukoych’s party. Yanukovych had used the ledger to keep records of his illegal transactions. At that time, although I was a member of parliament, I continued to combine that position with my journalistic work, which is allowed by the laws of Ukraine.
I will always be angry at Manafort. His work contributed greatly to Yanukovych’s election victory in 2010; Yanukovych then used his position as president to enrich himself and his inner circle. I have no doubt that Yanukovych paid Manafort for his services out of the funds he robbed from Ukrainian taxpayers.

Corruption is harmful whether it takes place America or Ukraine...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/21/why-is-rudy-giuliani-trying-drag-my-countrys-president-into-trumps-reelection-campaign/

[UTUSN]

1. K&R

[patphil]

2. Trump has a long standing history of accusing others of things that he himself is guilty of.

In this case, it's former campaign chairman Manafort who engaged in corrupt dealings in the Ukraine, therefore, in Trump world, someone close to one of Trump's political adversaries is the real corrupt person.
So, Biden's son becomes the target.
Trump does this all the time.
It obfuscates the real issue; creates a smoke screen and sows seeds of doubt in the minds of people who would vote for his adversary.
Most people can see through this by now, but there will still be some outside Trump's base who will now believe that Joe Biden is corrupt.
And that is all Trump wants.

Patrick Phillips

[Hekate]

3. I remember Rachel Maddow's reports on those ledgers: Manafort's name appeared over & over & over

She wanted to know what was that all avout. It's taken awhile, but we know more now than we did then.