Manafort case is about Manafort – not Trump or the Trump campaign

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Fox News
Willis Krumholz
Aug. 15, 2018

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As for Manafort’s supposed ties to Russia, the media once again leave out a big part of the story. The usual narrative sticks closely to the words of NPR’s Ron Elving: “Manafort has been shown to have extensive entanglements with Russians,” including “debts to Oleg Deripaska, a member of Putin’s inner-circle of associates.”

It sounds pretty clear-cut, except it isn’t. Recent reporting suggests that Oleg Deripaska was possibly employing both Christopher Steele and Glenn Simpson, the two Democratic-funded operatives behind the Steele dossier alleging ties between Trump and Russia.

This narrative also forgets to mention that Manafort’s 2013 lobbying for the then-president of Ukraine, directed at both European and American politicians, included efforts to bring Ukraine closer to the European Union – and ostensibly away from Moscow – by means of an economic cooperation agreement.

The lobbying effort was unsuccessful to say the least. But interestingly enough, Manafort was working on this failed project with Democrat Tony Podesta, the brother of John Podesta, the chair of the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.

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