A document found in a safe in Kiev (the Capital of the Ukraine) has exposed that Manafort had tried to mask payments sent to him from Yanukovych’s party.
The American FBI announced to the House Intelligence Committee that it is officially investigating whether there was a connection between Trump’s campaign team and Russia.
Apparently, there is a six-page document which has Manafort’s signature. This document is a contract and invoice for assorted computer equipment. The payment for such ‘equipments’ was $750,000.
Manafort, as any born Trumpie, denies it. He says he doesn’t recognize the document and that the signature was not his.
But, there is a real connection between this Trumpie and Russia.
The document mentioned has the date October 14, 2009. This is when Manafort worked for Yanukovych as a political consultant in Kiev.
The date and the sum of $750,000 match details in an off-the-books ledger, reported on by the New York Times. This ledger contains the secret payments which were made by Yanukovych’s party which are being investigated.
Manafort’s name appears twenty two times as the recipient of payments which added together equal $12.7 million dollars.
A spokesman for Manafort, denied all the allegations.
When the ledger appeared in the middle of Trump’s campaign for President, Manafort denied all allegations of corruption. He claimed he never received any cash payments off the book and that his work in Ukraine was perfectly legal.
The FBI is investigating this ‘consulting work’ Manafort did in the Ukraine.
The contract and invoice seem to be between the Ukrainian office of Davis-Manafort ( a company Manafort partly owns) and something called Neocom Systems Ltd.
Neocoms’s address as 1 Mapp St Belize City. This address is used by a number of offshore companies, including many named in the infamous Panama Papers.
Neocom was dissolved in 2014 and was no longer a legal entity in Belize. It was a shady ‘off-shore’ company with no details.
Interestingly, Neocom has bank accounts in Kyrgyzstan and Germany.
Deniers of Russian involvement in the Trump campaign are falling silent.