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sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 06:43 PM Jul 2017

NYT: Manafort was in debt to pro-Russia interests by as much as $17 million.

Theres your motive right there....

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/paul-manafort-russia-trump.html?_r=0

Financial records filed last year in the secretive tax haven of Cyprus, where Paul J. Manafort kept bank accounts during his years working in Ukraine and investing with a Russian oligarch, indicate that he had been in debt to pro-Russia interests by as much as $17 million before he joined Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign in March 2016.

The money appears to have been owed by shell companies connected to Mr. Manafort’s business activities in Ukraine when he worked as a consultant to the pro-Russia Party of Regions. The Cyprus documents obtained by The New York Times include audited financial statements for the companies, which were part of a complex web of more than a dozen entities that transferred millions of dollars among them in the form of loans, payments and fees.

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He's Putins bitch basically - owned by Russia.

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NYT: Manafort was in debt to pro-Russia interests by as much as $17 million. (Original Post) sunonmars Jul 2017 OP
Cyprus again by the way.......all laundering was through Cyprus where Russia owned banks. sunonmars Jul 2017 #1
Coincidence i think not. sunonmars Jul 2017 #2
He didn't even turn a profit? Generic Brad Jul 2017 #3
Thats what spies do, get you into debt so you are in hock to them forever. sunonmars Jul 2017 #4
Manafort 17 mil out - and then mysteriously 17 mil in.....hmm sunonmars Jul 2017 #5
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