NYT: Manafort Likely Still on Payroll of Putin-Backed Ukrainian Leaders

From The New York Times:

It is not clear that Mr. Manafort’s work in Ukraine ended with his work with Mr. Trump’s campaign. A communications aide for Mr. Lyovochkin, who financed Mr. Manafort’s work, declined to say whether he was still on retainer or how much he had been paid.

Mr. Manafort has not registered as a lobbyist representing Ukraine, which would require disclosing his earnings, though at least one company he subcontracted, the public relations firm Edelman, did in 2008. It received a retainer of $35,000 a month to promote Mr. Yanukovych’s efforts as prime minister “toward making Ukraine a more democratic country.”

(my bold)

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h/t Politico reporter Shane Goldmacher, who tweeted this:

No denial here Manafort, unpaid by Trump, is on payroll of Putin-backed Ukrainian leaders https://t.co/2y37SiOewApic.twitter.com/E4eWFLyHvR

This sure would explain why the Trump campaign is so cozy with Putin’s agenda. It would be hard to dream up a more un-American scheme than this. Maybe time for a Manafort resignation...