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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 07:40 PM Jun 2017

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort files as foreign agent for Ukraine work

Source: washington post




By Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman June 27 at 6:08 PM

A consulting firm led by Paul Manafort, who chaired Donald Trump’s presidential campaign for several months last year, retroactively filed forms Tuesday showing that his firm received $17.1 million over two years from a political party that dominated Ukraine before its leader fled to Russia in 2014.

Manafort disclosed the total payments his firm received between 2012 and 2014 in a Foreign Agents Registration Act filing late Tuesday that was submitted to the U.S. Justice Department. The report makes Manafort the second former senior Trump adviser to acknowledge the need to disclose work for foreign interests.

Manafort is one of a number of Trump associates whose campaign activities are being scrutinized by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as part of a probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Mueller’s team has been consolidating inquiries into matters unrelated to the election.....................

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-trump-campaign-chairman-paul-manafort-files-as-foreign-agent-for-ukraine-work/2017/06/27/8322b6ac-5b7b-11e7-9fc6-c7ef4bc58d13_story.html?utm_term=.623cd2d504ca



#dontheCon and his associates stink up he WH (even when gone, the foul smells lingers)




Then-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort listens to Ivanka Trump speak at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 21, 2016. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort files as foreign agent for Ukraine work (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2017 OP
How do these motherfuckers MontanaMama Jun 2017 #1
I agree iluvtennis Jun 2017 #12
Mulligans for the criminals, look at the Congress. DK504 Jun 2017 #19
So... 2naSalit Jun 2017 #2
Too little, too late. The crime has already been committed. Lock him up! George II Jun 2017 #3
And there's no collusion. kacekwl Jun 2017 #4
Maybe they flipped him Mr. Ected Jun 2017 #5
Yes, I think I read somewhere it's a requirement of cooperating ToxMarz Jun 2017 #13
He got away with this too long, corruption has been caught, the think they are so slick they Thinkingabout Jun 2017 #6
Didn't this come to light earlier, like about a month ago, or am I janx Jun 2017 #7
Flynn did it too marylandblue Jun 2017 #9
Thank you. I questioned my brain for a minute. janx Jun 2017 #11
Now, find the money trail. Hello, Jared -- are you there? nt NCjack Jun 2017 #8
This will make Rachel Maddow happy Gothmog Jun 2017 #10
Oh, damn. Another one? I hope the DOJ charges him with something. These guys are SO CROOKED!nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #14
Lock him up rockfordfile Jun 2017 #15
Amen! MontanaMama Jun 2017 #16
A good read from the Miami Herald rockfordfile Jun 2017 #17
On a salary of $75,000 a year, no less... Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #21
Does this mean that,,,, Cryptoad Jun 2017 #18
Not at all greymattermom Jun 2017 #20
Oh,, so u are saying Cryptoad Jun 2017 #23
So I'm sure this guy has lawyered up by now FakeNoose Jun 2017 #22
How late do you have to be before you are absent? Marcuse Jun 2017 #24

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
1. How do these motherfuckers
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 07:42 PM
Jun 2017

get a do-over on this stuff? JFC. It's like going to buy a Christmas tree permit for the tree I just cut down. WTH???

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
5. Maybe they flipped him
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 07:47 PM
Jun 2017

This is the course of action taken by Flynn and I think he's singing like a canary.

ToxMarz

(2,169 posts)
13. Yes, I think I read somewhere it's a requirement of cooperating
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 08:44 PM
Jun 2017

If that's true would suggest he's cooperating

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
6. He got away with this too long, corruption has been caught, the think they are so slick they
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 07:50 PM
Jun 2017

can do anything and get away with their corruption.

janx

(24,128 posts)
7. Didn't this come to light earlier, like about a month ago, or am I
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 07:53 PM
Jun 2017

thinking of someone else who retroactively filed as a foreign agent? I'm confused.

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
9. Flynn did it too
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 08:08 PM
Jun 2017

Under normal circumstances, it might be treated as an oversight, but with the level of scrutiny these guys are getting now, it's probably too late.

rockfordfile

(8,704 posts)
17. A good read from the Miami Herald
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 09:30 PM
Jun 2017

Russian official linked to South Florida biker club spent millions on Trump condos.

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
18. Does this mean that,,,,
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 09:31 PM
Jun 2017

I can not renew my car tags and if I were to get caught by John Law, I can go to the Court House and buy my tags without any penalty or fines???????

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
20. Not at all
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 06:36 AM
Jun 2017

but maybe your fine will be a little less if you admit that you have a car by renewing your tags late. Maybe you get to keep your car after you pay the fine. I see this a a legal move demanded in a deal negotiation.

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
23. Oh,, so u are saying
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 09:26 AM
Jun 2017

the justice Dept is telling them if you go register albeit way late, we wont bother to prosecute ur transgression ?

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
22. So I'm sure this guy has lawyered up by now
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 08:48 AM
Jun 2017

He's acting on the advice of his lawyers, I'm sure.

It doesn't mean he's not also going to jail, but maybe it will be shorter sentence now.

We'll see how this goes, but Mueller won't be fooled.

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