New docs suggest Trump campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, laundered nearly $1m from pro-Russia party

[kpete]

New documents suggest Trump campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, laundered nearly $1m from pro-Russia party in Ukraine.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/new-documents-say-trump-aide-hid-payments-from-pro-moscow-ukraine-party/2017/03/21/92ec85f2-0e11-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html?utm_term=.53f0c5891963


Paul Manafort, former campaign chairman for Donald Trump's successful 2016 presidential run, is under new scrutiny for his activities while working for a Russian-backed ex-president of Ukraine, as Trump faces renewed questions about ties between his campaign and the Kremlin.

In documents released by Serhiy Leshchenko, a journalist and lawmaker, Manafort is alleged to have laundered $750,000, via a Belize-based company, in October 2009. That would have pre-dated Manafort's work for the Trump campaign.


"I have found during this investigation that (Manafort) used offshore jurisdictions and falsified invoices to get money from the corrupt Ukrainian leader," Leshchenko said during a news conference in Kiev on Tuesday, according to The Washington Post.

In August, when Manafort was the chairman of then-GOP nominee Trump's campaign, Ukrainian anti-corruption officials revealed the discovery of a so-called "black ledger" that included Manafort as the recipient of 22 payments totalling $12.7 million in under-the-table cash payments between 2007 and 2012.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-03-21/lawmaker-paul-manafort-laundered-750-000-from-ukraine-in-2009

[gopiscrap]

1. the sleeze in this admin is so profound

and systemic

[Angry Dragon]

2. scum have to stick together

[Glitterati]

3. They need to flip Manafort and get him in witness protection

Cause he's a dead man walking.