It should be considered a direct affront to the Trump Administration that Serhiy Leshchenko is now serving as Advisor of President Zelensky’s chief of staff.
Leshchenko, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, was a common thread in Democrat opposition research efforts into former Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort.
Leshchenko, along with Artem Sytnyk, the director of Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), was responsible for publicly disclosing the contents of the Ukrainian “black ledger,” which implicated Manafort, to the media.
NABU worked directly with the Obama WH in January 2016 and has an FBI office on-site.
A story unto itself.
Although the media swooned over the ledger (Manafort was removed from the Trump Campaign and later ended up being charged by Mueller), the ledger itself appears to have been a giant fabrication.
Leshchenko also served as a source for various individuals who were attacking Trump, including journalist Michael Isikoff and DNC operative Alexandra Chalupa.
In addition, Nellie Ohr testified that Leshchenko served as a direct source of information for herself and Fusion GPS.
Interesting as Nellie Ohr sent an email to her husband Bruce Ohr (and three other DOJ officials) on May 30, 2016 with the earliest known reference to the Black Ledger.
Regardless, the idea that Leshchenko is a top advisor to Andriy Yermak and Zelensky gives some obvious insight into Zelensky's recent meeting with President Trump.
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