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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFormer Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort was blackmailed over Russia ties after being hacked
A new report suggests that Paul Manafort, President Donald Trumps former campaign manager, was the victim of a blackmail attempt by a Ukrainian parliament member who was aware of both Trumps and Manaforts connections to President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
Manafort has ties to Russia that include his having worked for the pro-Russian former president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, and an FBI investigation of Trumps connections to Russia may also examine Manafort. According to Politico, Manaforts daughter received a text from Serhiy Leshchenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, that threatened to expose Manaforts financial ties to Yanukyovych and an alleged meeting of Trump with Yanukyovych crony Serhiy Tulub.
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/23/former-trump-campaign-manager-paul-manafort-was-blackmailed-over-russia-ties-after-being-hacked-report/
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Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort was blackmailed over Russia ties after being hacked (Original Post)
Doodley
Feb 2017
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UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)1. Special Prosecutor
There has to be a Special prosecutor with subpoena powers appointed to investigate Trump's administration Russian Spy contacts.
barbtries
(28,787 posts)4. that's right,
but with craven republicans running the show what are the chances? we can demand and demand and demand, but these fuckers don't care. they just don't care. they're proving that evil is real.
it's so discouraging but we cannot stop resisting and making their lives miserable until they know beyond a doubt that if they have any hope of staying in office, they need to respond to the people and fulfill the oaths they took to uphold the constitution of the united states of america. they are not doing that.
Turbineguy
(37,312 posts)2. Nobody likes a blackmailer.
Unless....
cilla4progress
(24,724 posts)3. Right under our noses
And yet...