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Mitchell, Williams Have No Idea DNC Solicited Info From Ukraine to Help Clinton

http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2017/07/12/mitchell-williams-have-no-idea-dnc-solicited-info-ukraine-help

On MSNBC Wednesday morning, two of MSNBC's most prominent anchors admitted they had no idea what Trump was referring to, when he tweeted out that the Clinton campaign also sought out information from foreign government officials to help boost her campaign, during the 2016 election. After reading the tweet, Brian Williams asked Andrea Mitchell if she knew what he was talking about. "I'm hoping you can help me decipher this," he asked. "It's hard to figure out what this is about," Andrea Mitchell quizzically responded.

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Trump's tweet was referring to a seven-month old report from Politico, which found that Ukrainian officials worked with the DNC to help do opposition research on Trump in order to help Clinton's campaign. This research was also leaked to several American journalists, according to the report.

Politico found that a veteran DNC operative, Alexandra Chalupa, sought out information to damage the Trump campaign after media reports speculated Paul Manafort had ties to Russia. She sought out help to do this from the Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. and one of his top aides, "with the DNC's encouragement," Politico reported.

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