Epstein Secrets

ine also zeroed in on Ukraine's sup- posed lack of respect for minority rights, a problem that Moscow had not raised during the administra- tions of Viktor Yanukovych or Leonid Kuchma. Neither Ukrainians nor informed observers in the outside world believed that Ukraine was faced with a civil war. This was entire

publicans, including presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. But by the time he became Donald Trump's campaign chairman in 2016, Manafort was best known for his work on behalf of foreign political leaders, including several with distinctly autocratic pedigrees: Ferdinand Marcos, the

ovych, president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014, when he was forced to abandon the presidency and flee to Russia in the wake of nationwide protests. Manafort's work to dress up the images of Marcos and Mobutu stood out at a time when American consul- tants seldom represented dictators or authoritarians.

to get a contract and to get payment for the public relations advice the firm was providing to Ukraine's government, headed at the time by President Viktor Yanukovych." Hawker "said Gates — who's expected to be called as a witness at the trial later this week — repeatedly promised that money was being wired to FTI

in, 4.29M) reports Greg Craig's ongoing criminal trial "is opening a new and often entertaining window into infighting and skullduggery on the team Manafort assembled to advise Ukraine's government." British public relations adviser Jonathan Hawker "testified in federal court in Washington Tuesday that H

ganized an army of Internet trolls to try and sow discord in the US and sway the 2016 election in Trump's favor." Craig Trial Exposes Infighting On Manafort's Ukraine Team. Politico (8/20, Gerstein, 4.29M) reports Greg Craig's ongoing criminal trial "is opening a new and often entertaining window into

by the press.[55515561 One of Trump's campaign managers, Paul Manafort, worked from December 2004 to February 2010 to ..help pro-Russian politician Viktor Yanukovych win the Ukrainian presidency Other Trump associates, including former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and political consultant Roger Stone,

itical consultant Roger Stone, were connected to Russian officials. 81[559) Russian agents were overheard during the campaign saying they could use Manafort and Flynn to influence Trump.156°) Members of Trump's campaign and later his White House staff, particular l Flynn, were in contact with Russian of