American and Ukrainian officials are pushing to question President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort in separate investigations related to his work for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine once headed by that country’s disgraced former president Viktor Yanukovych. Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) told POLITICO that Manafort “would certainly be at the top of my list to testify” before the House Intelligence Committee’s ongoing investigation into Russian meddling into the 2016 presidential election. The panel held its first public hearing Monday, featuring hours of testimony from FBI director James Comey, who publicly acknowledged for the first time that his …read more
Source: POLITICO – U.S. Edition
