Wilbur Ross says reports he didn't disclose ties to Putin-linked firm are 'totally wrong'
Source: CNBC
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross reportedly failed to clearly disclose to Congress that he retained an interest in a shipping firm that has close dealings with people linked to Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
The details are contained in the "Paradise Papers," a trove of millions of leaked documents that show widespread holdings of cash in off-shore tax havens by the rich and powerful.
David Reid | Geoff Cutmore | Holly Ellyatt
Published 3 Hours Ago Updated 1 Hour Ago
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said reports that he did not disclose ties to a firm linked with Russian President Vladimir Putin are wrong.
Ross was revealed to have business links to a Russian firm with close ties to Putin during a leak of financial documents at the weekend. The ties were disclosed in the so-called "Paradise Papers," a mass of documents leaked to German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung and reported Sunday.
The millions of documents mostly originate from a Bermuda-based legal services provider that works on offshore investments. Reports on Sunday suggested that Ross did not disclose an interest in a shipping company called Navigator Holdings, a company that has a business relationship with SIBUR. Ross, however, has since denied to CNBC that he didn't disclose these holdings.
"That's totally wrong. It was disclosed on the form 278 which is the financial disclosure form, in my case, three times," Ross said.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/06/commerce-secretary-wilbur-ross-says-its-totally-wrong-that-he-did-not-disclose-ties-to-putin-linked-firm.html
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,775 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)This entire WH has more to do with Russia than the USA.
turbinetree
(24,631 posts)companies lead to Putin--------------why is that ?
Why were you in and sitting at the Board of Cyprus Bank, which was laundering money from the comrade state called Russia ?
Because of your looks---------------wrong try again..............your just like everyone else on the corrupt team, your a LIAR, and you lied to the representatives of the American People during a confirmation hearing, and you and McConnell should be IMPEACHED, its that simple
ffr
(22,644 posts)I would seem your goose is cooked old dude. Mueller is going to pull the plunger on your greedy dumb ass!
maxsolomon
(32,975 posts)He's at the nexus of this shit. Manafort is a piker comparatively.