Paul Manafort is having a terrible day.

[applegrove]

by Eric Kleefeld at the New Republic

https://newrepublic.com/minutes/136118/paul-manafort-terrible-day

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Paul Manafort is having a terrible day.Not only was Manafort effectively dumped as Trump’s campaign manager (he still technically holds the title of campaign chairman), but two separate new articles have added more insight into Manafort’s shady ties to Russian interests. All of this comes on top of Sunday’s story that Manafort was allegedly slated for undisclosed cash payments of $12.7 million from Ukraine’s defunct Party of Regions, the pro-Russian party of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
The Associated Press reports that during Manafort’s work for Yanukovych, he and his business associate Rick Gates conspired to funnel money from Ukraine to U.S. lobbyists through a nonprofit organization linked to Party of Regions. They allegedly did so in a way that would evade the stringent reporting requirements of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

The money totaled $2.2 million, and was split roughly evenly between Democratic firm the Podesta Group—headed up by Tony Podesta, brother of Hillary Clinton adviser John Podesta—and Republican firm Mercury LLC, headed by former congressman Vin Weber. Among the nonprofit’s lobbying activities was an attempt to stop U.S. pressure on Ukraine to release Yanukovych’s then-imprisoned political rival, Yulia Tymoshenko.

The Times of London, meanwhile, reports that Ukrainian authorities now say Manafort was directly involved in the disruption of NATO exercises in Crimea. The region was later annexed by Russia.


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[LiberalFighter]

1. He needs to be prosecuted and locked up.

[apnu]

3. That would make his day awesome...

... for us, not Manafort.

[Fritz Walter]

14. Yeah, let me know

When you have photos/video of him doing the perp-walk.
Orange jumpsuit would be icing on the cake.

[msongs]

2. maybe Trump is a russian agent. he certainly is not a good judge of character nt

[Hekate]

6. The Trojan Horse didn't have to be smart to do its job; just hollow & full of infiltrators.

[keithbvadu2]

12. Siberian Candidate

[Pluvious]

16. Trump truly is Agent Orange !

[jberryhill]

4. "Republican Firm" Mercury LLC?

Mercury LLC has worked for, among other things, Uganda's notably homophobic president Museveni.

The primary contact for the Museveni work is this guy:

http://www.mercuryllc.com/experts/erick-mullen/

Worked for several senior policymakers in the U.S. Congress, beginning with then-Congressman Leon Panetta, followed by Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Congressman John D. Dingell, and Senator Chuck Schumer

Consultant to Bill Bradley’s presidential campaign and Hillary Clinton’s first campaign for the Senate

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And he had a very interesting wedding:

http://freebeacon.com/democracy-alliance/kelly-craighead-president-of-the-democracy-alliance/

Craighead has no need for anonymity. She served as a top aide to former First Lady Hillary Clinton and later worked for her U.S. Senate campaign. The Secretary of State even presided over her wedding to Erick Mullen, a top aide to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.).

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Those are some fascinating Republicans.

[Mike Nelson]

5. I am...

...about as sad as I could be for Paul and his $12+ million payments.

[hibbing]

7. I'm sure Faux has contacted his agent n/t

[Politicub]

8. This reads like all he had was a sad

It's a bigger deal than the headline makes it out to be.

[Sancho]

9. If the repubs need something to investigate, why not publish Manafort's emails?

[Angry Dragon]

10. off to Gitmo with him as long as the republicans want it to stay open

[Hekate]

11. Not terrible enough

[keithbvadu2]

13. Don't worry for Putin

Putin still has Trump in place.

[Fritz Walter]

15. As someone here once pointed out to me

"Boo Hoo!" is not hyphenated.
However, "Boo-fucking-hoo!" is.

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