Testifying before impeachment investigators earlier this year, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent was asked about the various Ukraine-focused narratives in conservative media this spring. Driven heavily by then-Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko (apparently eager to preserve his power), one focused on undermining civil anti-corruption organizations like Ukraine’s Anticorruption Action Center, or AntAC. AntAC, the argument went, was affiliated with liberal donor George Soros — a guilt-by-association charge requiring no further explanation in conservative circles.
Washington Post: Giuliani’s Ukraine efforts are a formalization of the rumor-to-Trump pipeline
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 27, 2018, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani attends the game between the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros in the Bronx borough of New York City.
