Mr. Zelensky met with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in December. American influence would be most useful for these peace negotiations and anticorruption efforts. High-level American pressure could provide the guidance the Zelensky administration needs to continue to govern well, free of oligarchic influence. It is a dizzying array of falsehoods meant to confuse Congress and the American people, and everyone involved knows it. In recently released text messages, Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal attorney and kingpin of Ukraine conspiracy theories, even admitted his fantasy about Ukrainian election interference is baseless.

Source: New York Times January 30, 2020 10:01 UTC