Clinton campaign says Trump should disclose whether Manafort has Russian ties

Clinton campaign says Trump should disclose whether Manafort has Russian ties

BY JONATHAN LEMIRE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, PBS

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/clinton-campaign-trump-aides/

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“Given the pro-Putin policy stances adopted by Donald Trump and the recent Russian government hacking and disclosure of Democratic Party records,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said in statement, “Donald Trump has a responsibility to disclose campaign chair Paul Manafort’s and all other campaign employees’ and advisers’ ties to Russian or pro-Kremlin entities, including whether any of Trump’s employees or advisers are currently representing and or being paid by them.”

Manafort, who has had several international clients including Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, denied any wrongdoing.

“The simplest answer is the truth: I am a campaign professional,” said Manafort in a statement released Monday. “I have never received a single ‘off-the-books cash payment’ as falsely reported by The New York Times, nor have I ever done work for the governments of Ukraine or Russia.”

He added that his five-year stint as doing work as a political consultant in the Ukraine ended after that country’s elections in 2014.


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