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In the aftermath of reports that Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager to President Donald Trump, received payments that can be traced back to an infamous Ukrainian “black ledger,” it also emerged on Wednesday that Manafort will register with the Department of Justice as a foreign agent.
Manafort created a shell company that eventually received $13 million in loans from Trump-connected businesses, according to a report by The New York Times. Manafort’s maneuvers came on the same day he resigned as Trump’s campaign manager due to reports about his connections to the Russian-connected former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych. …read more
Source: Salon
