Trump aides in plot for Ukraine
A WEEK before Michael T Flynn resigned as national security adviser, a sealed proposal was hand-delivered to his office, outlining a way for President Donald Trump to lift sanctions against Russia.
Flynn is gone, having been caught lying about his own discussion of sanctions with the Russian ambassador. But the proposal, a peace plan for Ukraine and Russia, remains, along with those pushing it: Michael D Cohen, the president’s personal lawyer, who delivered the document; Felix H Sater, a business associate who helped Trump scout deals in Russia; and a Ukrainian lawmaker trying to rise in a political o p p o s i t i o n mov e ment shaped in part by Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort.
At a time when Trump’s ties to Russia, and the people connected to him, are under CONTINUED
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