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Manafort tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying
« on: August 17, 2016, 12:46:35 pm »
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Donald Trump's campaign chairman helped a pro-Russian governing party in Ukraine secretly route at least $2.2 million in payments to two prominent Washington lobbying firms in 2012, and did so in a way that effectively obscured the foreign political party's efforts to influence U.S. policy.

The revelation, provided to The Associated Press by people directly knowledgeable about the effort, comes at a time when Trump has faced criticism for his friendly overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin. It also casts new light on the business practices of campaign chairman Paul Manafort.....

http://bigstory.ap.org/c01989a47ee5421593ba1b301ec07813?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP#



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Re: Manafort tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2016, 12:48:08 pm »
Did this skirt the requirement that lobbyists for foreign interests register as such?

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Re: Manafort tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2016, 12:50:27 pm »


"Just the best". At what, he never told anyone...
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Re: Manafort tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2016, 12:50:47 pm »
Did this skirt the requirement that lobbyists for foreign interests register as such?