Manafort named in (new) Ukrainian probe into millions in secret cash

[63splitwindow]

source: CNN

" (CNN) Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has been named in an investigation by Ukrainian authorities looking at whether he and others received millions in illegal payments from Ukraine's former pro-Russian ruling party, according to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau.

The probe is part of a wider investigation by the bureau into allegations of corruption and influence peddling against ex-president Viktor Yanukovich's administration, for whom Manafort worked as a political consultant, before the leader's violent ouster in 2014.
The investigation is looking into "shadow accounting" and potentially illegal payments made by Yanukovich to Manafort and other Ukrainian election officials, according to Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption.

The announcement of the investigation follows a report published late Sunday by The New York Times, which first revealed that Ukrainian investigators had found Manafort's name included in an off-the-books, handwritten ledger detailing a series of secret payments -- among them, a $12.7 million payout to Manafort.
...
..."

more at: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/15/politics/clinton-slams-trump-over-manafort-report/index.html

[napkinz]

1. ...

[Kingofalldems]

2. Trump and his trolls will now try diversion.

Trying to get us off the topic.

[63splitwindow]

3. Will Putin now invade Ukraine to protect Manafort and others?

Is Russia getting ready for general war with Ukraine?

" Russia’s FSB, formerly the KGB, has accused Ukraine of two armed incursions into the Crimean Peninsula over the last few days. The Russian security agency says one Russian soldier and another FSB employee were killed. One supposed Ukrainian commando was arrested and a variety of light weapons were reportedly seized.

President Vladimir Putin vowed “further security measures” in response to Ukraine’s “stupid and criminal” acts. Large amounts of Russian armor, military vehicles and troops were reported being seen moving from the Crimean crossing with Russia in the east, headed to the Ukrainian border area.

“Russian accusations against Ukraine of terrorism in occupied Crimea sound as preposterous and cynical as the statements of the Russian leadership about the absence of Russian troops in the Donbass [region of rebel-held eastern Ukraine],” Petro Poroshenko said. “These fantasies are only a pretext for making more military threats against Ukraine,” reports the BBC.
...
..."

[napkinz]

4. ...