Ukraine Efforts To Support Hillary Clinton During The U.S. Presidential Election By Sabotaging Donald Trump Is Backfiring

Politico: Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire

Kiev officials are scrambling to make amends with the president-elect after quietly working to boost Clinton.

Donald Trump wasn’t the only presidential candidate whose campaign was boosted by officials of a former Soviet bloc country.

Ukrainian government officials tried to help Hillary Clinton and undermine Trump by publicly questioning his fitness for office. They also disseminated documents implicating a top Trump aide in corruption and suggested they were investigating the matter, only to back away after the election. And they helped Clinton’s allies research damaging information on Trump and his advisers, a Politico investigation found.

A Ukrainian-American operative who was consulting for the Democratic National Committee met with top officials in the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington in an effort to expose ties between Trump, top campaign aide Paul Manafort and Russia, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation.

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WNU Editor: Russian officials made it no secret during the U.S. Presidential campaign that they would prefer a Donald Trump Presidential victory rather than a Hillary Clinton .... and in Ukraine .... the officials there made it no secret that they would prefer a Hillary Clinton victory over a Donald Trump one. Even Russian officials noticed this Ukraine involvement .... and made a protest .... Russia accuses Ukraine of sabotaging Trump (Politico). And while the Ukraine government is trying to make amends .... Ukraine hires lobby firm ahead of Trump inauguration (The Hill) .... their influence on the White House will not be the same that they enjoyed under President Obama.

Update: To take the focus away from reports that Russia meddled in the U.S. Presidential campaign .... Russian media is now reporting Ukraine's involvement in the U.S. Presidential campaign, and how it has backfired .... Ukraine's Efforts to Support Clinton, Sabotage Trump Backfire (Sputnik).