Thread by @RepAndyBiggsAZ

Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election (against @realDonaldTrump) is FAR from a fictional narrative.

Here's the @politico headline from January 11, 2017 on this issue ⬇️

@realDonaldTrump @politico From this @politico article:

➡️ "Ukrainian government officials tried to help Hillary Clinton and undermine Trump by publicly questioning his fitness for office."

@realDonaldTrump @politico ➡️ "They (Ukraine government officials) also disseminated documents implicating a top Trump aide in corruption and suggested they were investigating the matter, only to back away after the election."

@realDonaldTrump @politico ➡️ "And they (Ukrainian government officials) helped Clinton’s allies research damaging information on Trump and his advisers"

@realDonaldTrump @politico ➡️ "The Ukrainian efforts had an impact in the race, helping to force Manafort’s resignation and advancing the narrative that Trump’s campaign was deeply connected to Ukraine’s foe to the east, Russia."

@realDonaldTrump @politico ➡️ "Yet Politico’s investigation found evidence of Ukrainian government involvement in the race that appears to strain diplomatic protocol dictating that governments refrain from engaging in one another’s elections."

@realDonaldTrump @politico ➡️ "The newspaper noted that Trump’s candidacy had spurred 'Kiev’s wider political leadership to do something they would never have attempted before: intervene, however indirectly, in a U.S. election,'"

@realDonaldTrump @politico ➡️ "...and the story quoted Leshchenko asserting that the majority of Ukraine’s politicians are 'on Hillary Clinton’s side.'"

@realDonaldTrump @politico ➡️ "Beyond any efforts to sabotage Trump, Ukrainian officials didn’t exactly extend a hand of friendship to the GOP nominee during the campaign."