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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: mystery-ak on May 17, 2019, 01:04:08 am
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Ukrainian who meddled against Trump in 2016 is now under Russia-corruption cloud
By John Solomon, opinion contributor — 05/16/19 08:00 PM EDT
What happens when the face of a country’s anti-corruption movement suddenly is investigated for the sort of bribery he once condemned?
Ukraine, a U.S. ally and neighboring foe of Russia, is soon to find out. And it’s a case with implications in the United States, where the fallout from the unproven Trump-Russia collusion scandal has engulfed several Ukrainians.
The country’s chief corruption prosecutor on Thursday opened an investigation into “suspicions†that Serhiy Leshchenko, a crusading anti-corruption member of Ukraine’s parliament and former investigative journalist, accepted bribes in 2016 from a Russian source that enabled him to buy a luxury condo far above his means.
Leshchenko previously has denied any wrongdoing. The 2016 purchase of his condo was investigated once before and he was cleared of criminality. Now, however, the allegation of foreign bribe money adds an element.
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https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/444167-ukrainian-who-meddled-against-trump-in-2016-is-now-under-russia