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On the recordJune 3, 2019
What defines a traitor to America's liberty? The Justice Department defines a traitor as a person, who owing allegiance to the United States, adheres to their enemies. President Trump's 2016 campaign manager, Paul Manafort, fits that definition: a traitor. Manafort proudly sought out multimillions of dollars from the enemies of liberty to promote the pro-Russian anti-democratic ruler of Ukraine--President Viktor Yanukovych. Yanukovych took his direct orders from Russian dictator Vladimir Putin who personally directed Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. When Ukrainian people rose up to take back their nation, Yanukovych, after killing his own countrymen, fled back to his master in Russia to hide out, looting countless millions that he stole from the Ukrainian people. The real question for America is how could a U.S. citizen sell out liberty for dirty money from such dictators for whom liberty means nothing. Mr. Manafort, Trump's campaign manager, is no stranger to criminal enterprise. Just weeks ago, news broke out that Manafort got millions upon millions of dollars, auctioning off high-level Trump administration positions to a Chicago banker named Stephen Calk. Madam Speaker, it is a fair question to ask: At what exact point in his sordid career did Manafort become a traitor to liberty? And, more importantly, who else is riding his traitorous coattails? ____________________
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

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