Secret Ledger in Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald Trump’s Campaign Chief

[yortsed snacilbuper]

Handwritten ledgers show $12.7 million in undisclosed cash payments designated for Mr. Manafort from Mr. Yanukovych’s pro-Russian political party from 2007 to 2012, according to Ukraine’s newly formed National Anti-Corruption Bureau. Investigators assert that the disbursements were part of an illegal off-the-books system whose recipients also included election officials.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/secret-ledger-in-ukraine-lists-cash-for-donald-trump%E2%80%99s-campaign-chief/ar-BBvCJjt?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp#image=2

[truthisfreedom]

1. Ahh, such nice news for a discussion around the water cooler on Monday morning.

I love Mondays now!

[louis c]

2. I was just reading this

and was going to post it. You beat me to it. good job. This is going to be big tomorrow.

Marcos, Yanuchovych, Putin, Trump. I guess Manafort's job is to make authoritarian dictators seem palatable.

[Old and In the Way]

3. Hmmmmm....the Russianconne tion gets a little more interesting.

Maybe we neeed to seeManafort's tax returns as well.

[VMA131Marine]

4. Looks like another bad week for the Trump campaign.

[blogslut]

5. Golly, I wonder how Cheeto Jesus will react?

He was slamming the NYT on the tweetbox all weekend. There was talk of his campaign pulling their credentials again. And now his old campaign manager Corey Lewandowski gleefully tweets a link to this story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html

What will happen? Will Donald continue to claim "the press" corrupt and defend Manafort? Will he fire Manafort and take Lewandowski back? Will he profess he had no idea Manafort was a Russian tool? Tomorrow is going to be an interesting day.

[SCantiGOP]

7. Best thing he could do

Is start drinking- Russian vodka will take re edge off.

[Koinos]

8. Rule #1 for political candidates:

Don't attack the New York Times and other major print media.

Unlike TV, they do real investigative reporting.

[SCantiGOP]

11. They also say

You don't ever want to argue with somebody who buys ink by the barrel.

[StrictlyRockers]

15. When all else fails, attack the messenger.

Who cares if it is the New York Times, the paper of record. If you've got nothing left...attack the source!

I feel like they've got nothing left...if they ever had anything to start with.

[Koinos]

6. Tax evasion will be the least of Manafort's problems.

When will a ledger with cash payments to Trump show up?

[SCantiGOP]

9. He IS too smart for that

Like a mob boss - you never touch the dirty money; you have people for that.

[Thinkingabout]

10. Manafort was very concerned today when Tapper was asking about Trumps tax return

And diverted to the Clinton Foundation and pay to play, now we are going to see who pays to play. The Trump campaign and their Russian connections. Emails hacked by the Russians, too much togetherness.

[TygrBright]

12. I'm SHOCKED!! Sho.... oh, never mind... n/t

[Stryst]

13. Currently doing some research myself

But does anyone know off the top of their head if Manafort has made any large campaign contributions, or funds any pro Trump PACs?

[HurricaneWarning]

14. Well there's this:

http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/that-time-paul-manafort-was-sued-by-fmr-ukrainian-prime-minister-for-scheming-and-money-laundering/

http://freebeacon.com/issues/lawsuit-trump-aide-ukraine/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/27/paul-manafort-donald-trump-campaign-past-clients

Maybe you'll find something here.

[SunSeeker]

16. K & R for exposure.