New documents show Trump aide laundered payments from party with Moscow ties, lawmaker alleges

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New documents show Trump aide laundered payments from party with Moscow ties, lawmaker alleges

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Source: Washington Post

A Ukrainian lawmaker released new financial documents Tuesday allegedly showing that a former campaign chairman for President Trump laundered payments from the party of a disgraced ex-leader of Ukraine using offshore accounts in Belize and Kyrgyzstan.

The new documents may revive questions about the ties between the Trump aide, Paul Manafort, and the party of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, who has been in hiding in Russia since being overthrown by pro-Western protesters in 2014. He is wanted in Ukraine on corruption charges.

Manafort, who worked for Yanukovych’s Party of Regions for nearly a decade, resigned from Trump’s campaign in August after his name surfaced in connection with secret payments totaling $12.7 million by Yanukovych’s party. Manafort has denied receiving those, listed in the party’s “black ledger.”

The latest documents were released just hours after the House Intelligence Committee questioned FBI Director James B. Comey about possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Moscow. The hearing that also touched on Manafort’s work for Yanukovych’s party in Ukraine.

Read more: 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=.597c3bdb13b9

[Sleepr2]

Allegedly, may have ,   

[Highmark]

8 minutes ago, Sleepr2 said:

Allegedly, may have ,   

Since when did that matter to the "news" media.   All news media is a joke just to what extent.  

[Sleepr2]

17 minutes ago, Highmark said:

Since when did that matter to the "news" media.   All news media is a joke just to what extent.  

It was apparently Tom Foley (D) House Speaker who said: "The seriousness of the charge mandates that we investigate this." "Even though there is no evidence," he said, "the seriousness of the charge is what matters."

[Highmark]

Just now, Sleepr2 said:

It was apparently Tom Foley (D) House Speaker who said: "The seriousness of the charge mandates that we investigate this." "Even though there is no evidence," he said, "the seriousness of the charge is what matters."

Charges against Hillary were not filed because they said there was no "intent."   Forget the mountains of evidence she didn't mean it.  

[JEFF]

Desperation.... It's getting deep.

[Highmark]

3 minutes ago, JEFF said:

Desperation.... It's getting deep.

Anyone who thinks the deep state doesn't exist is fucking blind.   A govt this size will do anything to protect itself.  

The 2 worst things to ever happen to this country was the Great Depression and WWII.  It put us on a path to a monolithic govt like nothing else.

Edited March 21, 2017 by Highmark

[JEFF]

5 minutes ago, Highmark said:

Anyone who thinks the deep state doesn't exist is fucking blind.   A govt this size will do anything to protect itself.  

The 2 worst things to ever happen to this country was the Great Depression and WWII.  It put us on a path to a monolithic govt like nothing else.

A government this size can not sustain itself. Darker days are ahead of us for sure.

[Highmark]

Just now, JEFF said:

A government this size can not sustain itself. Darker days are ahead of us for sure.

Considering its a proven fact that a very high % of Washington career bureaucrats are liberal its laughable to think the same does not occur within our intelligence community.   

Gallup: Washington, D.C., Is Most Liberal Place In USA

By Terence P. Jeffrey | January 31, 2014 | 11:42 AM EST

 

(CNSNews.com) -- The percentage of people living in Washington, D.C., who call themselves liberals is far greater than the national percentage, and significantly greater than the percentage in any of the fifty states, according to polling data released today by Gallup.

Nationally, 23 percent of American adults call themselves liberals, according to Gallup, and 38 percent call themselves conservatives.

But in Washington, D.C., 38.1 percent call themselves liberals--65.6 percent more than in the nation as a whole.

After D.C., Vermont is the most liberal jurisdiction, with 32.4 percent of people there calling themselves liberals.

The prevalence of liberals in Washington, D.C., according to Gallup's numbers, is 17.6 percent greater than second-place Vermont.

In 2013, Gallup asked 18,871 people 18 years or older living in the District of Columbia and the 50 states this question: "How would you describe your political views: very conservative, conservative, moderate, liberal or very liberal?"

Nationally, Gallup learned, conservatives continued to far outnumber liberals, although there has been a slight closing of the gap in the last few years.

In 2010 and 2011, 40 percent said they were conservative, 35 percent said they were moderate, and 21 percent said they were liberal. In 2012, 39 percent said they were conservative, 35 percent said they were moderate, and 22 percent said they were conservative. In 2013, 38 percent said they were conservative, 34 said they were moderate, and 23 percent said they were liberal.

The mix of political views varied by state, according to Gallup's polling. In Wyoming, the most conservative state, a majority of the people (51.4 percent) described themselves as conservative. Yet, while 24 states had 40 percent or more their people describe themselves as conservatives, not one state approached the 38.1 percent liberal population that has gathered in Washington, D.C., the nation's capital.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/gallup-washington-dc-most-liberal-place-usa