"Report: Trump Chairman Manafort Helped Pro-Russian Party Route $2.2 Million to US Lobbyists"
"Perhaps this sheds some light on why Donald Trump would so drastically shake up his campaign staff just 82 days before the general election.
According to a report out this morning by the AP, Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort helped pro-Russian effort in Ukraine secretly route $2.2 million to lobbying firms in Washington. The payments were made in 2012, “in a way that effectively obscured the foreign political party’s efforts to influence U.S. policy.”
The Associated Press’ Jeff Horwitz told MSNBC’s Morning Joe, “Manafort and his team simultaneously were guiding lobbying efforts in the United States, trying to get decisions changed by the US government on behalf of pro-Russian Ukrainian political parties....."
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http://www.mediaite.com/online/report-trump-campaign-chairman-manafort-helped-pro-russian-party-route-2-2-million-to-us-lobbyists/