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Just How Far Back Does The Trump-Ukraine Pressure Campaign Go?

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA - JUNE 20, 2017: Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (L) and US President Donald Trump during a meeting. Mykola Lazarenko/Press Office of the President of Ukraine/TASS (Photo by Mykola Lazarenk... WASHINGTON, D.C., USA - JUNE 20, 2017: Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (L) and US President Donald Trump during a meeting. Mykola Lazarenko/Press Office of the President of Ukraine/TASS (Photo by Mykola LazarenkoTASS via Getty Images) MORE LESS

December 10, 2019 12:51 p.m.

Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky stands to benefit quite a bit from the Trump administration.

I published a story on Monday showing why Kolomoisky might be personally interested in helping out with Giuliani’s search for dirt, and how the oligarch appears to have put himself in a position to do so.

But Kolomoisky’s involvement raises key indications that the pressure campaign began far earlier than has been reported.

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