Prosecutors at the FBI and the Justice Department are investigating the work of Paul Manafort’s firm as part of a probe into possible U.S. ties to alleged corruption of the former pro-Russian president of Ukraine, according to a new report.
The wide-ranging investigation, detailed by CNN, is looking into whether U.S. companies and the financial system were employed to assist in the supposed corruption carried out by the party of former president Viktor Yanukovych. Manafort, who resigned Friday as chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, is not the main focus of the probe, law enforcement officials said.
Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images
However, …read more
Source: The Blaze
