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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/paul-manafort-blackmail-russia-trump-235275A purported cyber hack of the daughter of political consultant Paul Manafort suggests that he was the victim of a blackmail attempt while he was serving as Donald Trumps presidential campaign chairman last summer.
The undated communications, which are allegedly from the iPhone of Manaforts daughter, include a text that appears to come from a Ukrainian parliamentarian named Serhiy Leshchenko, seeking to reach her father, in which he claims to have politically damaging information about both Manafort and Trump.
Attached to the text is a note to Paul Manafort referring to bulletproof evidence related to Manaforts financial arrangement with Ukraines former president, the pro-Russian strongman Viktor Yanukovych, as well as an alleged 2012 meeting between Trump and a close Yanukovych associate named Serhiy Tulub.
Considering all the facts and evidence that are in my possession, and before possible decision whether to pass this to [the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine] or FBI I would like to get your opinion on this and maybe your way to work things out that will persuade me to do otherwise, reads the note. It is signed Sergii an alternative transliteration of Leshchenkos given name and it urges Manafort to respond to an email address that reporters have used to reach Leshchenko.
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In a Tuesday interview, Manafort denied brokering a 2012 meeting between Trump and Tulub, also pointing out that he wasnt working for Trump at the time.
However, Manafort did confirm the authenticity of the texts hacked from his daughters phone. And he added that, before the texts were sent to his daughter, he had received similar texts to his own phone number from the same address appearing to be affiliated with Leshchenko.
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annabanana
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TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)Orrex
(63,260 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)That's when he stepped down as Trump's campaign chairman.
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,031 posts)by Russian hookers, I'd hate to imagine
what they've got on a character like Manafort.
Ilsa
(61,710 posts)Is Leshchenko still alive, or has Putin had him murdered yet? Now that this is out there, I suspect he's going into hiding.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)jmg257
(11,996 posts)The measure was taken by the Interior Ministry, he said.
Cherkasys online news service Procherk reported earlier, citing the acting director of the Cherkasy regions Department for the Fight against Organized Crime, Serhiy Denysenko, that Tulub had been declared international wanted, and this issue was currently being handled by Interpol.
mahatmakanejeeves
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UCmeNdc
(9,601 posts)There has to be a Special prosecutor with subpoena powers appointed to investigate Trump's administration Russian Spy contacts.