新的外国游说披露报告显示，前特朗普政府官员凯莉安妮·康威(Kellyanne Conway)已注册为代表乌克兰亿万富翁维克托·平丘克(Victor Pinchuk)基金会的外国代理人。
2015年，这位乌克兰钢铁大王向前总统唐纳德·特朗普的慈善组织捐赠了15万美元，以预订当时的总统候选人在基辅的一次会议上发言。
据报道，这笔捐款后来被特别顾问罗伯特·穆勒的团队调查，与他们对特朗普及其竞选团队涉嫌参与俄罗斯干预2016年美国总统大选的调查有关。据纽约时报报道。穆勒的最终报告没有具体提到这笔捐赠。
康威代表维克多·平丘克基金会(Victor Pinchuk Foundation)的英国办事处，该基金会在披露文件中被描述为“一家在英国注册的私营、无党派、慈善有限公司，主要致力于促进乌克兰或与乌克兰有关的艺术、科学、慈善、仁慈和慈善目的。”
根据披露的内容，康威被雇来在与乌克兰有关的各种问题上影响美国的“政治领导人”、“立法者、专家和舆论制造者”，包括“尽最大努力说服”他们“参加9月13日至14日在基辅举行的年度雅尔塔欧洲战略会议，”披露文件称。
雅尔塔欧洲战略(Yalta European Strategy)的年度聚会，也被称为YES，是特朗普在2015年实际参加的同一场会议，据称是为了换取平丘克的捐款。
根据披露文件，康威作为平丘克基金会代理人的角色还包括让美国政治领导人和专家“解释乌克兰对基于规则的秩序和保护民主原则的重要性”，并帮助“提高美国决策者对乌克兰人争取自由和俄罗斯非法侵略战争的认识”。
根据披露文件，她还负责协助组织美国政治领导人与乌克兰士兵和退伍军人之间的会议，并让平丘克了解这一过程和取得的成就。
根据他们的服务协议，康威将在整个合同期内每月获得5万美元的服务，合同期从2024年7月25日至11月14日，并可选择延期。
ABC新闻联系了康威。
据《纽约时报》报道，向特朗普基金会捐赠的15万美元是特朗普和他的同事在2016年大选前几年收到的许多外国付款之一，这些付款已被特别顾问的团队审查过。
2018年，特朗普组织移交了与平丘克15万美元捐款有关的文件，此前调查人员传唤了特朗普家族企业，要求其提供一系列与外国人做生意的记录。
2019年，特朗普的前私人律师迈克尔·科恩在众议院监督委员会作证说，15万美元的捐款是为了代替特朗普在会议上的发言。
2015年9月，特朗普在基辅的YES聚会上进行了20分钟的虚拟亮相，当时的总统候选人称赞了平丘克，说:“维克多是一个非常非常特别的人。一个特殊的企业家。”
在2015年“是”集会的虚拟言论中，特朗普还抨击时任总统巴拉克·奥巴马(Barack Obama)在支持乌克兰方面做得不够，他说，“我们与乌克兰的部分问题是，[弗拉基米尔·普京(Vladimir Putin)不尊重我们的总统。普京不尊重我们的总统。”
平丘克对特朗普的慈善团体的捐款在2016年被披露为该慈善团体年度税务记录的一部分。维克多·平丘克基金会办公室当时告诉美国广播公司新闻，这笔捐款是为了支持其说服西方政府在俄罗斯入侵面前帮助保护乌克兰领土完整的努力。
“维克多·平丘克基金会与当选总统特朗普以及其他世界领导人接触的唯一原因是促进乌克兰与西方之间加强和持久的关系，”平丘克基金会的一名女发言人说在2016年11月回复问题的电子邮件中说.
“平丘克先生几年前在纽约见过特朗普先生，这就是邀请特朗普先生在是的会议上发言的原因，”这位女发言人当时说。
平丘克也是克林顿基金会的一名慷慨捐助者，多年来为该组织捐赠了数千万美元，据报道，他还将自己的私人飞机借给了克林顿夫妇。
Former Trump administration official Kellyanne Conway registers as lobbyist for Ukrainian billionaire with past ties to Trump Former Trump administration official Kellyanne Conway has registered as a foreign agent representing Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk's foundation, new foreign lobbying disclosure reports show.
In 2015, the Ukrainian steel magnate donated $150,000 to former President Donald Trump's charitable organization to book the then-presidential candidate to speak at a conference in Kyiv.
The donation was later reportedly investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller's team in connection with their probe into Trump's and his campaign's alleged role in Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election,according to The New York Times. Mueller's final report did not specifically address this donation.
Conway is representing the U.K. office of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, which the disclosure filings describe as a "registered, private, nonpartisan, philanthropic company limited by guarantee in the United Kingdom primarily focused on advancing artistic, scientific, charitable, benevolent, and philanthropic purposes in Ukraine or related to Ukraine."
According to the disclosure, Conway has been hired to influence American "political leaders," "lawmakers, experts and opinion makers" on a variety of issues related to Ukraine, including "making best efforts to convince" them to "attend the annual Yalta European Strategy meeting in Kiev on September 13 - 14," the disclosure filing states.
Yalta European Strategy's annual gathering, also known as YES, is the same conference that Trump virtually attended in 2015 allegedly in exchange for Pinchuk's donation.
Conway's role as an agent for Pinchuk's foundation also includes engaging U.S. political leaders and experts to "explain the importance of Ukraine to the rules-based order and the protection of democratic principles," and contributing to "raising awareness among US decision makers of Ukrainians' fight for freedom and the Russian illegal war of aggression," according to the disclosure filing.
She is also tasked with assisting with organizing meetings between U.S. political leaders and Ukrainian soldiers and veterans, and to keep Pinchuk informed of the process and achievements, per the disclosure filing.
Conway is set to be paid $50,000 a month for her services throughout the contract, which runs from July 25 through Nov. 14, 2024, with an option to extend it, according to their service agreement.
ABC News has reached out to Conway.
The $150,000 donation to Trump's foundation was one of many foreign payments Trump and his associates had received in the years leading up to the 2016 election that had been scrutinized by the special counsel's team, according to the New York Times.
In 2018, the Trump Organization turned over documents related to the $150,000 donation from Pinchuk, after investigators subpoenaed the Trump family business for an array of records about business with foreign nationals.
In 2019, Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen testified before the House Oversight Committee that the $150,000 donation was in lieu of Trump's speaking engagement at the conference.
Trump ended up making a 20-minute virtual appearance at the YES gathering in Kyiv in September 2015, where the then-presidential candidate praised Pinchuk, saying, "Victor is a very, very special man. A special entrepreneur."
During his virtual remarks at the 2015 YES gathering, Trump also attacked then-President Barack Obama for not doing enough to support Ukraine, saying, "Part of the problem we have with the Ukraine is that [Vladimir] Putin does not respect our president whatsoever. Putin does not respect our president."
Pinchuk's contribution to Trump's charity group was disclosed in 2016 as a part of the charity group's annual tax record. The Victor Pinchuk Foundation offices told ABC News at the time that the contribution was made to bolster its efforts to persuade Western governments to help protect the territorial integrity of Ukraine in the face of Russian incursions.
"The sole reason the Victor Pinchuk Foundation has reached out to President-elect Trump -- as well as other world leaders -- has been to promote strengthened and enduring ties between Ukraine and the West," a spokeswoman for the Pinchuk foundationsaid in an emailed response to questions in November 2016.
"Mr Pinchuk had met Mr Trump some years ago in New York, this is how the invitation for Mr Trump to speak at the YES meeting came about," the spokeswoman said at the time.
Pinchuk has also been a prolific donor to the Clinton Foundation, giving tens of millions of dollars to the group over the years, as well as reportedly lending his private plane to the Clintons.
