Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko states that interference in the US presidential elections was carried out from the territory of Ukraine by American citizens, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
This was reported by the press service of the GPU.
“I take the opportunity, I deny it (Ukrainian interference - Ed.), my point of view is that the interference in the American elections was from the territory of Ukraine, but by officials and citizens of the United States of America who held one or another position on our territory,” — Lutsenko said at a briefing on Tuesday in Kyiv.
According to him, such persons involved in the campaign to discredit US presidential candidate Donald Trump citizens of Ukraine, “who were favorites of the United States Embassy.”
At the same time, Lutsenko emphasized that US law enforcement should evaluate such actions.
Also today, Lutsenko accused Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, who was recalled from Kyiv a month ahead of schedule, of disinformation.
“Unfortunately, it happened that the US Ambassador, now a former ambassador, did not always convey objective information about the situation in our country, in particular, in law enforcement agencies. It seems to me that Madam Ambassador was too subjective in her attitude and division into friends and foes, embassy favorites who were always right, including Sytnyk, Leshchenko, other people, and those who were bad,” Lutsenko said at a briefing in Tuesday in Kiev, reports the press service of the GPU.
According to the Prosecutor General, he conveyed this information to the personal lawyer of US President Donald Trump, Rudolph Giuliani, during his meetings with them, and also asked to take this information into account when assessing the situation in Ukraine.
He also apologized for the assessments of Ukrainian People's Deputy Sergei Leshchenko in relation to the personal lawyer of US President Donald Trump, Rudolph Giuliani, and expects his imminent visit to Ukraine.
“I think that the statements of an individual citizen Leshchenko are his personal attitude and cannot influence our interstate relations. I would like to apologize to Mr. Giuliani for the assessments that Leshchenko makes publicly, and especially not publicly, in relation to Mr. Giuliani... I very much hope that Mr. Giuliani will soon be in Ukraine and will meet with those officials with whom he considers necessary. If necessary, then with me,” Lutsenko said at a briefing.
Sergey Leshchenko.
Let us recall that embroiled in a scandal involving falsification by the Ukrainian special services on the order of those close to the US Democratic Party from Hillary Clinton’s entourage of American politicians of the so-called “barn book of the Party of Regions,” People’s Deputy Leshchenko, in his blog on the Ukrainian Pravda website, accused Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko and Trump’s lawyer Rudolf Giuliani of lying. According to Leshchenko, the “barn book”, which allegedly records bribes to Trump’s PR man Paul Manafort, convicted in the United States, from Yanukovych’s entourage is allegedly genuine. Earlier, Lzhuliani canceled his planned visit to Kyiv to meet with Vladimir Zelensky, citing the fact that Sergei Leshchenko, an “enemy of the United States and personally of Donald Trump,” works on his team. Let us note that the unfolding scandal actually drowned any career prospects for Sergei Leshchenko under the new president.