Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election — that’s a fact, not a conspiracy theory

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In their push for impeachment over what would otherwise have been a ridiculous issue, House Democrats, along with their friends in the national media, are about to jog the public’s memory on something most of us forgot three years ago: Ukraine directly interfered in our last presidential race for the benefit of one candidate over another. It just so happens that the candidate who benefited didn’t end up winning.

In August 2016, Ukrainian prosecutors revealed that Paul Manafort, who at the time was serving as Trump’s campaign manager, may have received millions of dollars in payments from Ukrainian companies and politicians who were believed to make up a corrupt pro-Russia network.

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