Paul Manafort owed millions of dollars to pro-Russia interests before he became President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman last year, the New York Times reported late Wednesday.
According to the New York Times report, which cited financial records filed in Cyprus in 2016, Manafort — who kept bank accounts in the low tax jurisdiction — owed as much as $17 million to pro-Russia interests.
Shell companies connected to Manafort’s work for the now-defunct pro-Russian Party of Regions owed the money, according to the report.
A spokesman for Manafort did not dispute the possibility that the debts existed, but told the New York Times the …read more
Source: TPM
