Mannafort 'assoc' indicted--funneled Ukranian oligarch money to Trump inaug comte

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Manafort associate funneled money to Trump’s inauguration committee through shady foreign bank account: prosecutors

BRAD REED
31 AUG 2018 AT 13:55 ET

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Federal prosecutors on Friday alleged that Samuel Patten, a business associate of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, used a shady foreign bank account to funnel money to President Donald Trump’s inauguration committee on behalf of a Kremlin-linked Ukrainian oligarch.

CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz, reporting on Patten’s arraignment hearing, writes on Twitter that
prosecutors say Samuel Patten sought tickets to Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on behalf of a prominent Ukrainian oligarch. Patten acted as a “straw purchaser,” funneling the Ukrainian’s money secretly to the inauguration committee through a Cypriot bank account.

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Prosecutors on Friday charged Patten with allegedly failing to register as a foreign agent despite doing lobbying work on behalf of a Kremlin-friendly Ukrainian political party....


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/man...t-prosecutors/

 

[S.J.]

Ooh, better start impeachment proceedings right away. We've got him this time for sure.

 

[miketx]

alleged that

 

[DGS49]

So what? Seriously.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

So it had nothing to do with the election1

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

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