Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Paul Manafort received $17 million from pro-Russia party in Ukraine

According to The New York Times, Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, received $17 million dollars from a pro-Russia party in Ukraine over a two-year period, meaning he worked for a foreign power. From the NYT article:

Paul Manafort, who was forced out as President Trump’s campaign chairman last summer after five months of infighting and criticism about his business dealings with pro-Russian interests, disclosed Tuesday that his consulting firm had received more than $17 million over two years from a Ukrainian political party with links to the Kremlin.

The filing serves as a retroactive admission that Mr. Manafort performed work in the United States on behalf of a foreign power — Ukraine’s Party of Regions — without disclosing it at the time, as required by law. The Party of Regions is the political base of former President Viktor F. Yanukovych, who fled to Russia during a popular uprising in 2014.

And yet, Donald Trump insists there was no collusion between his campaign and Russia. Right...


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