The fun begun has.
can’t see any articles that focus on what should now be a Trump offensive, so will post it here:
25 Apr: The Hill: How the Obama White House engaged Ukraine to give Russia collusion narrative an early boost
By John Solomon
As Donald Trump began his meteoric rise to the presidency, the Obama White House summoned Ukrainian authorities to Washington to coordinate ongoing anti-corruption efforts inside Russia’s most critical neighbor.
The January 2016 gathering, confirmed by multiple participants and contemporaneous memos, brought some of Ukraine’s top corruption prosecutors and investigators face to face with members of President Obama’s National Security Council (NSC), the FBI, State Department and Department of Justice (DOJ).
The agenda suggested the purpose was training and coordination. But Ukrainian participants said it didn’t take long — during the meetings and afterwards — to realize the Americans’ objectives included two politically hot investigations: one that touched Vice President Joe Biden’s family, and one that involved a lobbying firm linked closely to then-candidate Trump...
That makes the January 2016 meeting one of the earliest documented efforts to build the now-debunked Trump-Russia collusion narrative and one of the first to involve the Obama administration’s intervention.
Spokespersons for the NSC, DOJ, and FBI declined comment. A representative for former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice did not return emails seeking comment...
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/440730-how-the-obama-white-house-engaged-ukraine-to-give-russia-collusion
TWEET: John Solomon:
Did Obama White House push Ukraine to find dirt on Manafort? New evidence suggests yes. Will be talking to @seanhannity on @FoxNews about this shortly.
25 Apr 2019
https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1121563707614605313
Tammy Bruce is sitting in for Sean today.