Posted on 03/21/2017 12:09:41 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
KIEV, Ukraine — After his name surfaced last August in a secret ledger listing millions of dollars in payments from a pro-Russian party in Ukraine, Paul Manafort not only lost his job running Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign but also assumed center stage in a bizarre internecine struggle among Ukrainian political forces.
On Monday, the intrigue took another turn, when a member of Parliament in Ukraine released documents that he said showed that Mr. Manafort took steps to hide the payments, which were tied to Mr. Manafort’s work for former President Viktor F. Yanukovych. The documents included an invoice that appeared to show $750,000 funneled through an offshore account and disguised as payment for computers.
Mr. Manafort, who denied the latest allegations, has asserted that the ledger is a forgery and that the member of Parliament, Serhiy A. Leshchenko, was involved in a scheme to blackmail him. Mr. Leshchenko insists that a letter appearing to show him threatening Mr. Manafort with the release of damaging information was itself a fake, and he denies any involvement in blackmail.
The latest development unfolded against the backdrop of a congressional hearing on Monday in which the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, was asked about Mr. Manafort’s work in Ukraine. Mr. Comey declined to talk specifically about Mr. Manafort or any other individuals under scrutiny in the bureau’s investigation of ties between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence.
Mr. Manafort worked for more than a decade for Russian-leaning political organizations in Ukraine before taking the helm of the Trump campaign over the summer. But he was pushed out after anticorruption authorities in Ukraine disclosed that Mr. Manafort may have been paid $12.7 million from an illegal slush fund maintained by his client, the Party of Regions.
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Manafort was always bad news and Trump was smart to jettison him as prudently as he did.
That said, I wouldn’t believe the accuracy or objectivity of the NY Times.
...and Donald J. Trump did not take a penny from Paul Manafort...
...when Paul Manafort was working for the Urkraine he did so as a private citizen in his own business...Donald J. Trump was a businessman living at Trump Tower in New York City running his own business...
...Paul Manafort used to live at Trump Tower, don’t know if he still does...
...and I can see where this is going, pile on the mediacrats and lets impeach President Trump...
...if you want a civil war, try it...
Who cares about Russian connections?
Especially so, considering almost every business in the country deals with RED CHINA in some way or another.
This Russian Boogieman thing is retarded.
And Podesta’s brother was paid how much for working for Russia?
The problem is this country is filled with narcissists with attention span of a fly. I saw a young girl stopped a traffic light taking selfies. I told my wife one day the cops are going to pull a cell from the wreckage of a fatal car crash and the last picture on the phone will be of the driver with an “Oh, shit!” look of fear on his or her face.
These people are getting more and more brave. I don’t think they’re afraid of a civil war anymore. The only way that would strike fear in their hearts is if Savage, Limbaugh, Trump, Cruz et all called for one IF Trump is impeached.
I am of the mind that John McCain is involved with a great deal of the turmoil in the world, and is probably more invested in taking down President Trump than anyone would have imagined 60 days ago.
Mr. niteowl77
Zzzzz. The NY SLIMES really needs to get a life.
Can we suggest that charges against Manafort are politically motivated?
Let’s assume it’s all true.
So what?
This was all part of the deep state effort to prevent Trump from winning the election and helping Hillary.
So, this Ukraine thing... John McCain and Lindsey Graham were very involved over there themselves. Maybe a Congressional investigation of their highly suspicious activities is in order.
How much was senator soetoro paid to campaign for his cousin Rails Odinga during the 2006 presidential election in kenya?
I love Chalupas.
Both Manafort and Tad Devine consulted for Victor Yanukovych. Devine was Bernie Sanders adviser.
Manafort is attacked but not a peep about Devine. Why is that?
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/tad-devine-inside-bernie-sanders-campaign-220357
Chalupa worked in the Clinton White House and for Clinton’s 2016 campaign. She also organized anti-Manafort protests in his hometown, New Britain, Connecticut.
Alexandra, like her daughters, are Ukrainian activists
If he was trying to launder a fee, he should have given a speech.
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