From the first Morning Jolt of the week:Does It Matter if Ukraine’s Pro-Russian Party Gave Manafort Secret Cash?Documentation is nice, but it doesn’t really surprise anyone; Paul Manafort worked for a Ukrainian political party friendly to Russia for a long time.Handwritten ledgers show $12.7 million in undisclosed cash payments designated for Mr. Manafort from Mr. Yanukovych’s pro-Russian political party from 2007 to 2012, according to Ukraine’s newly formed National Anti-Corruption Bureau. Investigators assert that the disbursements were part of an illegal off-the-books system whose recipients also included election officials…Anti-corruption officials there say the payments earmarked for Mr. Manafort, previously unreported, …read more
Source: National Review
