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05-03-2018, 07:51 AM
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Ukraine Stopped Helping Mueller Probe After Trump Administration Gave It Weapons to Fight Russia

By Cristina Maza On 5/2/18

Ukraine’s government stopped cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation after it secured deadly weapons from the Trump administration, according to reports.
President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been ensnared in the ongoing investigation (https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/30/heres-what-the-charges-against-manafort-and-gates-mean.html) into whether the Trump campaign collaborated with Russians to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Manafort has been accused of money laundering and failing to accurately register as a foreign agent, among other charges. At the heart of the matter is Manafort’s work with pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine.
In addition to the Mueller probe, anti-corruption investigators in Kiev had been looking into suspicious payments Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych (https://www.rferl.org/a/manafort-indictment-ukraine-renewed-focus/28824594.html)—a pro-Russian figure who was driven out of the country by pro-Western protesters in 2014—had made to Manafort and a U.S. law firm. Several anti-corruption activists and journalists in Ukraine said they suspected Yanukovych had used stolen taxpayer money to pay Manafort (https://www.rferl.org/a/manafort-indictment-ukraine-renewed-focus/28824594.html).
But Ukraine’s chief prosecutor has now halted the investigation, ostensibly to remain on Trump’s good side.

http://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-stopped-helping-mueller-probe-after-trump-administration-gave-it-908322