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In reply to the discussion: Umm, was Turley in on the con? [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)28. If you read the column, he was talking about Ukrainian allies of Putin
Manafort was connected to Ukrainian politician Serhiy Lyovochkin and oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, among others, and received at least $60 million for his work. While some of these individuals favored Russia, their main interest was to maintain power and profits in Ukraine.
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The special counsel recently persuaded a federal judge to toss out the cooperating witness agreement with Manafort because he allegedly lied about meeting and sharing polling data with Ukrainian oligarch Konstantin Kilimnik, who has reported ties to Russian intelligence.
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Manafort worked primarily for the interests of notorious former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who was responsible for corruption, alleged murders of protesters, and arrests of opponents. Before Yanukovych fled to Russia, he accumulated a reported estimated net worth of $12 billion. His flight was why Manafort became desperate for money and reached out to Trump for the campaign job. Manafort associate Rick Gates, now a cooperating federal witness, told friends that in every Ukrainian ministry, Manafort has a guy and referred to his work as a shadow government.
One of the most interesting disclosures from the Flynn investigation was a meeting in New York with Ukrainian politician Andrey Artemenko, Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, and Trump business associate Felix Sater. Shortly before Flynn resigned, these figures were working on a deal in which sanctions against Russia would be lifted in exchange for Russia leasing Crimea for 100 years while recognizing Ukrainian sovereignty over that region. Cohen is tied to Ukraine in other ways. He was introduced to Trump by his father in law, Fima Shusterman, a naturalized American citizen from Ukraine. Cohen also ran a taxi medallion business with his business partner, the taxi king Simon Garber, who was born in Ukraine.
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The special counsel recently persuaded a federal judge to toss out the cooperating witness agreement with Manafort because he allegedly lied about meeting and sharing polling data with Ukrainian oligarch Konstantin Kilimnik, who has reported ties to Russian intelligence.
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Manafort worked primarily for the interests of notorious former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who was responsible for corruption, alleged murders of protesters, and arrests of opponents. Before Yanukovych fled to Russia, he accumulated a reported estimated net worth of $12 billion. His flight was why Manafort became desperate for money and reached out to Trump for the campaign job. Manafort associate Rick Gates, now a cooperating federal witness, told friends that in every Ukrainian ministry, Manafort has a guy and referred to his work as a shadow government.
One of the most interesting disclosures from the Flynn investigation was a meeting in New York with Ukrainian politician Andrey Artemenko, Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, and Trump business associate Felix Sater. Shortly before Flynn resigned, these figures were working on a deal in which sanctions against Russia would be lifted in exchange for Russia leasing Crimea for 100 years while recognizing Ukrainian sovereignty over that region. Cohen is tied to Ukraine in other ways. He was introduced to Trump by his father in law, Fima Shusterman, a naturalized American citizen from Ukraine. Cohen also ran a taxi medallion business with his business partner, the taxi king Simon Garber, who was born in Ukraine.
It looks like Turley was trying to muddy the waters by calling it 'Ukrainian', though he admits inside the article that it was people allied to Putin's regime, not the Ukrainian government in 2016.
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Where do they find these people? Was there a casting call for conspiracy theory law professors?
FM123
Dec 2019
#2
I hope someone on the committee brings this up! Incredible how many shoes just keep dropping.n/t
MerryBlooms
Dec 2019
#3
Definately drank the Kool Aid. It's Orwellian to watch. Civil War with no bullets, yet...
Evolve Dammit
Dec 2019
#14
He is supporting the administration because he knows that is a tactic to delay things
Perseus
Dec 2019
#22
Just a koolaid drinker. He in 1998 said Bill Clinton should be held "SCRUPULOUSLY" close to the law.
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2019
#24
His nonstop smug look belies any objective interest in directly confronting the truth.
JudyM
Dec 2019
#26
If you read the column, he was talking about Ukrainian allies of Putin
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2019
#28