President Barack Obama meets with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Oval Office, Oct. 8, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.
Politico: Manafort’s pro-Ukraine lobbying campaign reached Obama, Biden
Paul Manafort’s pro-Ukraine campaign reached the top of the White House, with one of the members of his lobbying effort meeting President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in 2013, according to new court documents released Friday.
A member of the so-called Hapsburg Group, which comprised former European politicians Manafort convened as part of his lobbying effort in support of Ukraine’s then-President Viktor Yanukovych, came with a foreign prime minister on May 16, 2013, to meet with Obama and Biden, “as well as senior United States officials in the executive and legislative branches,” according to the court documents.
Read more ....
WNU Editor: To those who are focused on Russian influence and collusion via through Paul Manafort on the Trump administration, be careful what you ask for.
Related Posts :
Picture Of The Day
Marine Fire
Marine Corps Sgt. Milton Grant fires a weapon during a tail gunnery exercise over the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 15, 2019.
WNU Editor… Read More...
World News Briefs -- January 20, 2020 (Evening Edition)
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to give a speech at the American Farm Bureau Federation's Annual Convention and Trade Show in Austin, Tex… Read More...
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 20, 2020
George Obulutsa, Reuters: World's richest 2,000 people hold more than poorest 4.6 billion combined: Oxfam
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The world’s… Read More...
Turkey Is Offering $2,000 Salaries And Turkish Nationality For Syrians To Fight In Libya
Arif Hudaverdi Yaman / Anadolu Agency
Asia Times: Syrians enlist in Libya war day after Berlin talks
Fighters offered $2,000 salaries and… Read More...
US Army Is Thinking About The Threat Of Nuclear War Again
Gen. James McConville, then the Army's vice chief of staff, with 1st Armored Division soldiers at Fort Bliss, Texas, July 22. US Army/Spc. … Read More...
