September 1, 2018
DONALD'S A RUSSIAN AGENT; THEY SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE INAUGURATION:
Former Manafort associate reveals illegal foreign payment to Trump's inauguration: Patten also pleaded guilty to failing to register as a foreign agent. (KYLE CHENEY and JOSH MEYER 08/31/2018, Politico)
W. Samuel Patten, an associate of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, admitted on Friday that he paid $50,000 for tickets to President Donald Trump's inauguration for a pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarch he was representing and another Russian individual.The disclosure, included as part of a plea agreement Patten entered into with prosecutors, appears to be the first official confirmation that money from pro-Russian interests was funneled to the Trump inaugural committee in order to help foreigners gain access to events connected to Trump's January 2017 swearing-in ceremony.
Posted by Orrin Judd at September 1, 2018 4:15 AM