A mysterious payment to Paul Manafort's lawyer reveals a hidden chapter of Trump's 2016...

[DonViejo]

A mysterious payment to Paul Manafort’s lawyer reveals a hidden chapter of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign

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Christina Wilkie
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Recent court filings are shedding new light on a mysterious $125,000 payment to lawyers for Paul Manafort, paid by a firm that has not been identified until now.

The firm is called Multi Media Services Corporation, and its silent owner is Tony Fabrizio, a longtime Manafort associate and the chief pollster on Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

The route this money traveled, from its origin as a donation made to a pro-Trump political group, to its final destination in the bank account of Manafort’s attorney, offers a window into relationships Manafort built over decades.

WASHINGTON — Recent court filings from special counsel Robert Mueller shed new light on a mysterious payment to lawyers for Paul Manafort, the onetime chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

The payment, for $125,000, was made in June 2017, halfway through Trump’s first year in office. But it wasn’t disclosed publicly until late last year, when prosecutors accused Manafort in court filings of repeatedly lying to them about where the money actually came from. Manafort was convicted in 2018 of tax evasion and bank fraud, and sentenced in Virginia on Thursday to 47 months in prison. He faces another sentencing next week in Washington, D.C.

In the world of presidential campaign fundraising, where millions of dollars are often raised and spent in a matter of weeks, $125,000 can seem like a drop in the bucket.

But the route this money traveled, from its origin as a donation made to a pro-Trump political group, to its final destination in the bank account of Manafort’s attorney, offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of relationships Manafort built over 40 years in Republican politics.

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[Perseus]

1. Maybe we will find a mysterious payment to the judge as well?

I would not doubt that. Judge Ellis should be under investigation.

[usaf-vet]

4. Ditto!!

[2naSalit]

6. I suspect that he already is...

and I wouldn't be surprised if Barr is too.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Remember, when one such payment is caught, it is only the tip of the iceberg. Must be other payments

[DirtEdonE]

3. I'm thinking along the same lines as you and Perseus

How much money was laundered through this firm and this type of arrangement with other firms? They already mention a number of $19 million in the article to this firm alone! Some two-bit shell company set up by manafort and his criminal network companions for just such activities. Like paying off anyone who needs to be paid off. Federal judges included.

http://www.multi-media-services.com/

[DemocracyMouse]

5. Judge Ellis did an unethical act in plain sight by cutting Manafort's sentence by 75% or so

He's doing a Trump and must be in up to his biased eyeballs.

[Sneederbunk]

8. Especially when there was no genuine cooperation or remorse by Manafort.

[DirtEdonE]

12. Former U.S. Attorney Jill Wine-Banks was on

I think it was Lawerence's show, saying exactly that - guilty defendants who show no cooperation, no remorse are supposed to face much harsher penalties on that basis alone!

This really is the breakdown of the judicial system. I refuse to call it a justice system any longer.

[DirtEdonE]

11. Yep, at this point anyone who still cooperates with trump has been compromised. nt

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Thanks for posting DonViejo...this post with the cnbc article re the dirty money involved ...

with election campaigns is a stark reminder of why we don't want dirty or dark money in our elections. All this is, is just another way to launder dirty or dark money when our elections should be wide open and transparent. Apparently this whole crowd associated w/ Manifort and/or rump viewed this whole campaign financing process as a means to enrich themselves without (I'm guessing) paying income taxes and obtaining legal bribes.

[MelissaB]

9. K&R!

[Delmette2.0]

10. Don't forget Manafort pushed Pence into the V.P.

[triron]

13. knr