Ukraine’s anti-corruption body has released entries from once-secret accounting documents that purport to show payments from a pro-Russian political party earmarked for Donald Trump’s campaign chairman.
The Associated Press reported earlier this week that Paul Manafort helped Ukraine’s Party of Regions secretly route at least $2.2 million to two Washington lobbying firms. Mr. Manafort told Yahoo News that AP’s account was wrong.
The documents now released show Mr. Manafort’s name listed as a recipient of funds totaling $12.7 million in 22 line-item entries. Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau said, however, that it cannot prove that Mr. Manafort actually received the money because other people including a prominent Party of the Regions deputy signed for him in those entries.
