Trump Aide Failed to Disclose Lavish Gift from Ukrainian Client

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BREAKING: Trump aide Michael Caputo took a $1 contract with an opaque Ukrainian group with ties to Russian spies last year and failed to disclose a lavish painting gifted to him, likely breaking federal criminal statutes:

Trump Aide Failed to Disclose Lavish Gift from Ukrainian Client
Michael Caputo, a former senior aide to Donald Trump, failed to disclose a painting gifted to him by a Ukrainian lobbying group in 2020.
forensicnews.net
12:27 PM · Apr 9, 2021

https://forensicnews.net/trump-aide-michael-caputo-failed-to-disclose-lavish-gift-from-ukrainian-client/

Michael Caputo, a former senior aide to Donald Trump, who spent decades working in Russia and former Soviet states, failed to disclose a lavish painting gifted to him by a Ukrainian lobbying group in 2020.

The review of Caputo’s lobbying comes after a recent report from the Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on foreign interference in the 2020 U.S. election which revealed that Russian intelligence assets “helped produce” a documentary created by Caputo and aired on One America News Network (OANN) in January 2020.

The documentary, entitled, “The Ukraine Hoax: Impeachment, Biden Cash, and Mass Murder” spread numerous unfounded theories about the uprising in Ukraine in 2014 that ousted the pro-Russian President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, as well as Hunter and Joe Biden’s dealings in Ukraine.

According to ODNI, Konstantin Kilimnik and Andriy Derkach, both of whom are suspected of working for Russian intelligence, worked on the documentary.

The failure to report his gift to the Justice Department – likely worth thousands of dollars – coupled with the fact that he was paid just $1 for his lobbying efforts, has raised numerous questions about the true purpose of Caputo’s work given his concurrent work with Russian spies.

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