But her most important role to date appears to be her investigation into Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager, and his ties with Russia — which she conducted with the help of Ukrainian officials.
The investigation provoked a firestorm in 2017 and prominent Republicans such as Sen. Chuck Grassley publicly accused Chalupa of working with Ukraine, the DNC and the Clinton campaign to undermine Trump’s candidacy.
Chalupa denied the claims, telling CNN she was a “part-time consultant” during the 2016 US election and that DNC officials never asked her to “go to the Ukrainian Embassy to collect information.”