A Lot Of Trump's Ukraine Conspiracy Theories Come From One Right-Wing Columnist

John Solomon in 2008, when he was executive editor of the conservative Washington Times. Gerald Martineau/The Washington Post via Getty Images Many of the allegations and fuzzy “facts” that President Donald Trump and his allies have cited to defend pressuring Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden gained traction in the press thanks to one journalist: John Solomon, whose stories and columns in The Hill have made him a Fox News regular. The draft of his story ― titled “US Embassy pressed Ukraine to drop probe of George Soros group during 2016 election” ― was shown to Lev Parnas, an Ukrainian American associate of Rudy Giuliani’s who was arrested Thursday on charges of campaign finance violation, as well as frequent Fox News guests Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing. Solomon did initially contact Kaleniuk in October 2018, many months before publishing his column in The Hill, saying he was “working on a story for publication Monday about the DOJ’s Kleptocracy Project and its success in Ukraine.” He asked for comment on a number of questions, including about connections between AntAC, Soros’ foundation and the FBI. — Donald J. Trump June 7, 2019 After Solomon was on Hannity’s program in March, Trump tweeted, “John Solomon: As Russia Collusion fades, Ukrainian plot to help Clinton emerges.” He was quoting the headline of Solomon’s March 20 column, which was based on an interview with Lutsenko.