The short-hand version of this story ? Russia helped Trump, but Ukraine helped Clinton! ? suffers badly from a collapse of scale.
Hannity?s argument stems from a January Politico article by Ken Vogel and David Stern, titled, ?Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire.?
It centers on a woman named Alexandra Chalupa, who worked as a consultant for the Democratic Party throughout the 2016 cycle through her firm, Chalupa & Associates. Her role with the party was outreach to ethnic communities, but, a Ukrainian American herself, Chalupa had been researching Paul Manafort?s work in that country even before he was tapped to serve as Donald Trump?s campaign chairman in March of last year. Chalupa, Politico said, ?occasionally shared her findings with officials from the DNC and [Hillary] Clinton?s campaign? ? though the timing on this sharing isn?t clear.
When Manafort began his work with Trump, Vogel and Stern write, Chalupa ?found herself in high demand.? The day after he was selected, Chalupa briefed the party?s communications staff on Manafort?s background.
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