Section: The Daily Beast (USA)
Ukrainian Officials Meddled in 2016 Election by Leaking Secret Manafort Ledger, Court Says
BloombergTwo Ukrainian officials at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source: The Daily...
Inside the Mind of Manafort’s Courtroom Artist, Dana Verkouteren
Dana Verkouteren/APAn expensive suit. A silky tie. A fresh shave and perfectly coiffed hair. That used to be Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager of President Donald Trump who is now one of two former Trump associates expected to be the subjects of new disclosures from the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller coming Friday. Manafort,...
The Ukraine War in the Time of Trump
Photo Illustration by The Daily BeastKIEV — It was just four years ago that tens of thousands abandoned their homes to gather on Kiev’s Maidan Square to fight for a better life, closer to Europe. For many, it was a battleground for the future of liberal democracy. Walking through the Square today, everywhere you look there are pictures and...
When Mueller Worked With Manafort’s Dictator Client
Photo Illustration by The Daily BeastAlmost exactly five years ago, Bob Mueller met Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, then a client of Paul Manafort. At the time, the meeting drew little attention—just at The Daily Beast. …read more Source: The Daily...
The Allegedly Murderous Oligarch, the Duped CIA Chief, and the Trumpkin
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily BeastOn Sept. 25, 2017, a windowless room in the basement of the Capitol Building became the site of one of Washington’s more mysterious recent events. On hand: an investor who was once unsuccessfully sued for allegedly helping murder his own boss, a former congressman from the Florida panhandle,...
‘Astonishing’ Facebook Intervention Could Have Compromised Cambridge Analytica Evidence, Says U.K.
Facebook has been plunged into crisis over the allegations that Cambridge Analytica misused data from more than 50 million people to help elect Donald Trump. Nearly $40 billion was wiped off Facebook’s market value Monday, an emergency at The Daily Beast. …read more Source: The Daily...
Rebekah Mercer Standing By Cambridge Analytica After Blackmail Scandal
Patrick McMullanBillionaire heiress Rebekah Mercer is standing by embattled data firm Cambridge Analytica––at least for now. A person close to Mercer, who sits on the firm’s board, told The Daily Beast she has no immediate plans to leave her post there, despite a bombshell report alleging the company at The Daily Beast. …read more...
Ex-Trump Consultant and Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix Offered to Blackmail Politicians With Prostitutes
GettyLONDON—Executives from at The Daily Beast. …read more Source: The Daily...
Trump Administration Imposes Sweeping New Sanctions Against Russia over Election Meddling
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKIThe Treasury Department on Thursday announced that it would roll out sweeping new sanctions against Russia and Kremlin-aligned entities over Moscow’s election-meddling, including an infamous online troll farm and 13 other Russians targeted separately by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. “The administration is confronting and...
Dodgy ‘Hackers’ Target Bellingcat Investigators Who Call BS on Moscow
“Personal data of veterans Ukrainian ATO,” one of the tweets, before linking to a cache of allegedly hacked data, published Thursday reads. at The Daily Beast. …read more Source: The Daily...
