June 3, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 92 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                          A TRAITOR TO LIBERTY

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, 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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