Fiona Hill: (01:05:04)
Ukrainian government, again, they wouldn't have done very well at the [inaudible 00:32:11], I'm picking up the issue I pointed out at the beginning of today, they bet on the wrong horse.
Fiona Hill: (01:05:15)
They bet on Hillary Clinton winning the election. And so they were trying to carry favor with the Clinton campaign, it's quite evident here. And he relates to some extent, individuals and some Ukrainian officials like Mr. Avakov, the Interior Minister and a number of other people that he names here and that have been named at various points.
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So this is during the presidential campaign when President Trump was then the nominee for the Republican Party. And this is Ambassador Charlie who was then, still the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States being critical of President Trump, who was then the nominee for the Republican Party for making comments about Ukraine, Crimea and Russia.
.............many countries, including Ukraine, bet on the wrong horse. They believe that Secretary Clinton, former Senator Clinton, former First Lady Clinton was going to win. Many said some pretty disparaging and hurtful things about President Trump, and I can’t blame him for feeling aggrieved about them.
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It was also reported on my the news outlets Bloomberg, Financial Times, Politico and the Washington Examiner
