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Paul Manafort Former Trump Campaign Manager had business dealing with Yanukovych (ousted Ukraine PM)
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a Ukrainian politician who served as the fourth President of Ukraine from February 2010 until his removal from power in February 2014. He is currently in exile in Russia and wanted by Ukraine for high treason.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych
Manafort was "ousted" from Trumps campaign because of his dealing with Yanukovych.
Also Bernie Sanders Campaign manager, Tad Devine, the chief strategist for Bernie Sanders' 2016 who also worked for Yanukovych.
Internationally, Devine has worked as a strategist and media consultant for the winning campaigns of Colombian President Andres Pastrana in 1998, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in 1999, Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo in 2001, Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in 2002, Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in 1997, 2002 and 2007, Honduran President Mel Zelaya in 2005, and Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich and the Party of Regions in 2006. He worked again with Yanukovich in 2009 and 2010 for his successful Presidential bid. He served as a strategist and media consultant for Ashraf Ghani's 2009 presidential campaign in Afghanistan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tad_Devine
Do you think there could be anything to this? I just think that every single angle needs to be looked at here. We were so totally fucked by the Russians, nothing can be overlooked.