Ex-Spy Pressured Manafort Over Debts to an Oligarch
Ex-Spy Pressured Manafort Over Debts to an Oligarch
https://politicalwire.com/2018/12/29/ex-spy-pressured-manafort-over-debts-to-an-oligarch/
December 29, 2018 at 9:59 am EST By Taegan Goddard 48 Comments
"SNIP....
Time: When the U.S. government put out its latest sanctions list on Dec. 19, the man named at the top did not seem especially important. Described in the document as a former Russian intelligence officer, he was accused of handling money and negotiations on behalf of a powerful Russian oligarch. The document did not mention that the man, Victor Boyarkin, had links to the 2016 campaign of President Donald Trump.
A months-long investigation by TIme, however, found that Boyarkin
was a key link between a senior member of the Trump campaign and a powerful ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Boyarkin told Time this fall that he was in touch with Trumps then-campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, in the heat of the presidential race on behalf of the Russian oligarch.
Said Boyarkin: He owed us a lot of money. And he was offering ways to pay it back.
....SNIP"