BBC - Ukraine Secret Service Stopped Manafort Investigation After Trump's "Win" (but FBI has files)

[kpete]

Not on line yet but the BBC has shown a report from Ukraine on its 10pm main late evening news on BBC One. The Ukrainian secret intelligence services were investigating Manafort but this was stopped after the November US elections. The Ukrainian government had supported Clinton so the halt was called in order to maintain good diplomatic relations. Their files show much more than is already known about Manafort’s dealings with the previous pro-Russian regime. It appears that as well as the sums mentioned in the ledger already released, there are three other ledgers that show payments to him. These could total well over $100 million.

Despite Ukraine suspending its own investigations, their files have been passed to the FBI so it looks like there may be a lot more “there” there.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/30/1711131/-BBC-Ukraine-Secret-Service-Stopped-Manafort-Investigation-After-Trump-s-Win-but-FBI-has-files

[sunonmars]

1. knew it, Mueller has always had the info.....

[moondust]

2. Is Manafort's lawyer confused?

In his "ridiculous" press statement he claimed Manafort was trying to help Ukraine get closer to the U.S. and Europe:

"There is no evidence that Mr. Manafort or the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government," said Downing, adding that the goal of Manafort's work on behalf of a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine was to "further democracy and help Ukraine come closer to the United States and Europe."

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/30/manafort-ordered-to-house-arrest-as-lawyer-calls-charges-ridiculous.html

The opposite is true. Manafort was working for Viktor Yanukovych who was Putin's corrupt boy who fled Ukraine for Russia because of Euromaidan.

Yanukovych rejected a pending EU association agreement, choosing instead to pursue a Russian loan bailout and closer ties with Russia. This led to popular protests and the occupation of Kiev's Independence Square, a series of events dubbed the "Euromaidan" by young pro-European Union Ukrainians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych