New revelations about the foreign financial ties of Donald Trump’s campaign chairman are threatening to steal the thunder from the Republican presidential nominee’s much-hyped foreign policy speech, adding to the turmoil that has engulfed his presidential bid.Paul Manafort on Monday blasted a New York Times report that detailed secret ledgers in Ukraine showing more than $12 million in cash earmarked for him.While it has long been known that Manafort did extensive work on behalf of Ukraine’s ruling political party in the 2000s, these specific payments had not been publicly known, and Ukrainian investigators believe the payments were part of an …read more
Source: POLITICO – U.S. Edition