Ukrainian Lawmaker Says Manafort Laundered Money

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A Ukrainian lawmaker is accusing former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of laundering money through the use of offshore accounts in Belize and Kyrgyzstan, The Washington Post reports. Serhiy Leshchenko, the lawmaker, says Manafort “used offshore jurisdictions and falsified invoices to get money from the corrupt Ukrainian leader,” referring to Ukraine’s former pro-Russia president Viktor Yanukovych. Leshchenko offered an unverified invoice from Manafort's company showing it sold $750,000 in computers to a Belize company. According to a secret ledger of payments from Yanukovych's party, Manafort was paid $750,000 at the same time. On Monday, Manafort’s connections to Yanukovych were brought up during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia’s efforts to meddle in the 2016 U.S. election. Last weekend, CNN reported that Manafort is wanted for questioning in Ukraine as part of a corruption probe of the country’s former justice minister.

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1. Former Trump aide Manafort hires crisis communications firm

Source: The Hill

Former Trump aide Manafort hires crisis communications firm

BY MEGAN R. WILSON - 03/21/17 03:35 PM EDT

Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, has hired a crisis communications firm.

The move comes as Manafort faces scrutiny over possible ties to Russia centered on his past consulting work for officials in Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's pro-Russia government.

Manafort’s new spokesman is Jason Maloni, a former senior vice president and chair of the litigation practice at Levick who formed his own firm, called JadeRoq, late last year.

“Paul retained me recently because he was getting a lot of media inquiries. Having some support in this area allows folks like you to get your answers faster and allows him to focus on other matters,” Maloni said in an email.
FBI Director James Comey on Monday confirmed publicly that law enforcement is investigating possible ties between Trump campaign officials and Russia. Manafort is widely believed to be among the targets of that investigation.

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