Corruption Currents: Trump’s Campaign Chair on Ukraine ‘Black Ledger’.
Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency confirmed the details of a report saying that Paul Manafort, the chair of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, was listed in a “black ledger” as receiving $12.7 million in cash payments from the ousted leader’s party. Authorities haven’t determined if he received the money. Mr. Manafort denied the allegations. (AP, NY Times, Politico)
Trump Campaign Chair Named in Black Accounts Linked to Ukrainian Ex-President.
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| Paul Manafort, Trump campaign chairman, talks to reporters at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 17, 2016. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS |
Ukrainian anti-corruption officials have confirmed that Donald Trump's campaign chairman's name appears in a list of so-called black accounts made by the country's toppled president.
Paul Manafort, who is playing an important role in this year's U.S. presidential election, has denied that he received any off-the-books payments from the Ukrainian government.
Accounts of the controversial payments surfaced this weekend when The New York Timesreported that Manafort's name appears on a list of payments amounting to $12.7 million from 2007 to 2012.
A spokesman for the Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Bureau confirmed the details in the Times story.
In the period covered by the payment list, Manafort worked for former Ukrainian PresidentViktor F. Yanukovych, who was supportive of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and was ousted in 2014.
The bureau spokesman emphasized that so far it has not been confirmed whether Manafort received the cash, since the bureau has not yet been able to confirm if signatures in the recipient column are Manafort's or not. The spokesman said the Anti-Corruption Bureau is conducting an analysis of the signatures.
“We can’t say 100 percent that this is his signature. We have an analysis going on to confirm whether this is his signature or not and, if not, who this signature belongs to," the spokesman said...
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