Pressure from Kiev and Washington is mounting on President Trump’s former campaign manager after a Ukrainian lawmaker released documents Tuesday he says prove Paul Manafort tried to hide payments received from Ukraine’s ousted former president through an offshore shell company. Manafort, who worked as a political strategist for Yanukovych, was Trump’s campaign manager until August. The FBI said in August it was investigating possible U.S. ties to corruption allegations against Yanukovych, including Manafort’s consulting work. The new documents released Tuesday by Ukrainian lawmaker Sergei Leshchenko appear to show an invoice for $750,000 from Manafort’s Alexandria, Va.-based consulting firm, Davis Manafort, addressed to Neocom Systems Ltd., a company registered in Belize. He said the documents were found in January in Manafort’s former office in central Kiev by the new tenant, an IT company.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 21, 2017 19:41 UTC