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Crime: Russian Spy Pressured Manafort During Election to Cooperate with Putin

By Michael Alan Prestwood

Tue 22 Jan 2019
Published 7 years ago.
Updated 1 month ago.
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Crime: Russian Spy Pressured Manafort During Election to Cooperate with Putin

Apr-Aug: A Russian spy put pressure on Manafort during the 2016 election on behalf of the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

Unverified: Reported. Not really in dispute, but we still need to confirm because there’s a chance Russia is messing with this story. On Dec 29, 2018 Victor Boyarkin told Time, “He owed us a lot of money, and he was offering ways to pay it back.”

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Michael Alan Prestwood
Author & Natural Philosopher
Prestwood writes on science-first philosophy, with particular attention to the convergence of disciplines. Drawing on his TST Framework, his work emphasizes rational inquiry grounded in empirical observation while engaging questions at the edges of established knowledge. With TouchstoneTruth positioned as a living touchstone, this work aims to contribute reliable, evolving analysis in an emerging AI era where the credibility of information is increasingly contested.
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