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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: edpc on December 29, 2018, 08:25:02 pm

Title: Exclusive: Russian Ex-Spy Pressured Manafort Over Debts to an Oligarch
Post by: edpc on December 29, 2018, 08:25:02 pm
When the U.S. government put out its latest sanctions list on Dec. 19, the man named at the top did not seem especially important. Described in the document as a former Russian intelligence officer, he was accused of handling money and negotiations on behalf of a powerful Russian oligarch. The document did not mention that the man, Victor Boyarkin, had links to the 2016 campaign of President Donald Trump.

A months-long investigation by TIME, however, found that Boyarkin, a former arms dealer with a high forehead and a very low profile, was a key link between a senior member of the Trump campaign and a powerful ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

http://time.com/5490169/paul-manafort-victor-boyarkin-debts/ (http://time.com/5490169/paul-manafort-victor-boyarkin-debts/)