Why his Campaign Chairman, Paul Manafort, was meeting with Russian assets (while working for the campaign) and booking a payment of $2.4M (and a $1.5M loan forgiven) after agreeing to carve up Ukraine just the way Russia wanted?
After all, you guys are totally convinced that Trump is passionate about ending corruption in the Ukraine.
Ms. Laporta testified that in August 2016, just a week before Mr. Manafort left Mr. Trump’s campaign amid controversy over his activities in Ukraine, she assured a potential lender that a $1.5 million loan to Mr. Manafort’s firm had been forgiven.
She also sent letters to banks noting that Mr. Manafort anticipated a $2.4 million payment by November 2016 for work in Ukraine. In fact, his Ukraine work for Mr. Yanukovych — whom prosecutors called Mr. Manafort’s “golden goose” — had ended at least a year earlier.
After all, you guys are totally convinced that Trump is passionate about ending corruption in the Ukraine.