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| − | '''Paul Manafort''' worked for pro-Russian President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] in Ukraine. On August 14 2016, the New York Times reported | + | '''Paul Manafort''' worked for pro-Russian President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] in Ukraine. On August 14 2016, the New York Times reported that Ukraine ledgers show cash listed for Manafort: |
::''"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. | ::''"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. | ||
Revision as of 03:30, 15 August 2016
Template:TOCnestleft Paul Manafort is an American political consultant, lobbyist working for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Background
Pro-Russia Connections
Paul Manafort worked for pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine. On August 14 2016, the New York Times reported that Ukraine ledgers show cash listed for Manafort:
- "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.
- In addition, criminal prosecutors are investigating a group of offshore shell companies that helped members of Mr. Yanukovych’s inner circle finance their lavish lifestyles, including a palatial presidential residence with a private zoo, golf course and tennis court. Among the hundreds of murky transactions these companies engaged in was an $18 million deal to sell Ukrainian cable television assets to a partnership put together by Mr. Manafort and a Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, a close ally of President Vladimir V. Putin."[1]