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, had a long career of work for leading Republicans, including presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. But by the time he became Donald Trump's campaign chairman in 2016, Manafort was best known for his work on behalf of foreign political leaders, including several with distinctly autocrati

se, 2016), http‘Wfreedomhouse otglreport/heedom•world/free- dom•vmrl47I116t 3. See, among others, Steve Rosenberg, 'Russian Media's Love Affair with Trump:British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), November 2, 20161 4. Javier Corrales, "Autocratic Legalism in Venezuela,' Journal of Democracy 26, na 2 (Ap

yed a clear preference for Republi- can candidate Donald Trump and disdain for Clinton.3) For Putin, the

ce the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Donald Trump's favor? The answer to that question may never be

Ukraine's sup- posed lack of respect for minority rights, a problem that Moscow had not raised during the administra- tions of Viktor Yanukovych or Leonid Kuchma. Neither Ukrainians nor informed observers in the outside world believed that Ukraine was faced with a civil war. This was entirely a creation of

's story for huge sums of money. After the trial, Donald Washington, Desiree's father, publicly acknowledg

ed in what prosecutors believed was a modern-day, real-life variation on murder in the Cathedral. My client was the former President of the Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma. Ukrainian prosecutors were investigating him for ordering the murder of a journalist who was critical of the government. The journalist was murdered

n Ukraine's sup- posed lack of respect for minority rights, a problem that Moscow had not raised during the administra- tions of Viktor Yanukovych or Leonid Kuchma. Neither Ukrainians nor informed observers in the outside world believed that Ukraine was faced with a civil war. This was entirely a creation of Mos

reedom House Chapter 6 Flacks and Friends Did the Russian government attempt to surrepti- tiously influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Donald Trump's favor? The answer to that question may never be definitively known. There is, neverthe- less, a critical mass of evidence that Kremlin-allied forces

t-truth era,” in which lies and distortions carry as much weight as facts. Clearly, at least some of this hand-wring- ing was a partisan reaction to Trumps victory. But it followed an election in which the winning candidate falsely claimed, among other things, that the balloting was rigged against him, t