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Did I miss discussion of this?
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/paul-manafort-blackmail-russia-trump-235275
Politico has a story about Paul Manafort's daughter receiving texts from a Ukrainian politician/journalist saying he, the Ukrainian, had info about Manafort, Trump, and meetings with a Ukrainian minister of coal.
Are you surprised that it's being denied or not commented upon?
The story was on DKos. It hasn't gotten nearly the play I'd like. Of course, not about emails. (Snark.)
salin
(48,955 posts)and don't come out and say he was blackmailed - but rather he may have been subject to being blackmailed (what ever that means.)
I haven't seem any team Trump response.
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)was the response. In the linked story it says Manafort says the texts occurred but the events didn't. Apparently the texts have no time/date stamp.
salin
(48,955 posts)imo for one of two reasons.
1) A story leaked that a ledger had been found for a Foundation in Ukraine that was actual a large slush fund to bribe (lawmakers? not sure who the targets were), and his name was on it for receiving several million dollars. He denied it. Around that time he left the campaign.
or
2) This. He was approached for blackmail (or was blackmailed?)
Or perhaps story 1 was what was threatened to be disclosed and the fact that it was (during the campaign) let to his departure, but suggests he didn't give into the blackmail.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html?_r=0
Manafort named in Ukrainian probe into millions in secret cash
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/15/politics/clinton-slams-trump-over-manafort-report/
salin
(48,955 posts)I posted before reading your post. Remembered the general story, not the specifics. Time to reacquaint myself with the story.
triron
(22,020 posts)Something revealing likely to come out when they prosecute him for treason?
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)triron
(22,020 posts)jmg257
(11,996 posts)Manafort consuted for his campaign and got him elected...it was his job under Blackstone. {ETA: so did Mark Penn (Clinton) and Tad Devine (Bernie Sanders)}. Now payments for services are another issue, but not totally sure why, other than that administration was very corrupt, and the payments themselves are suspect...
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html?_r=3
IS it a big deal trump met with Tulub in 2012? Tulub (another low life - now a wanted man) was Ukraine's Energy/Coal Ministers or some such. Trump was, besides a Manafort client, a business man.
07/02/2012
http://eic.in.ua/en/serhiy-tulub-spoke-on-brown-cola-production?page=4