{"id":27892,"date":"2016-08-20T03:57:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T03:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/trump-campaign-chief-resigns-amid-pro-russia\/"},"modified":"2016-08-20T03:57:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T03:57:28","slug":"trump-campaign-chief-resigns-amid-pro-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/trump-campaign-chief-resigns-amid-pro-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump campaign chief resigns amid pro-Russia scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Chairman of Republican candidate’s presidential bid is probed by Ukraine over millions allegedly paid for lobbying.}<\/p>\n

Paul Manafort, the chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign who has been linked to a pro-Russia lobbying scandal, has resigned.<\/p>\n

“This morning Paul Manafort offered, and I accepted, his resignation from the campaign,” Trump said on Friday. <\/p>\n

“I am very appreciative for his great work in helping to get us where we are today, and in particular his work guiding us through the delegate and convention process. Paul is a true professional and I wish him the greatest success,” Trump said.<\/p>\n

Manafort has drawn fire for millions of dollars in undisclosed payments he allegedly received for lobbying efforts on behalf of a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party. <\/p>\n

His resignation comes amid a broader campaign staff shake-up that earlier this week saw Trump bring Stephen Bannon, a conservative media firebrand, onboard as a top campaign executive. Bannon’s role had left Manafort’s position unclear.<\/p>\n

Trump’s statement on Manafort did not mention the broader campaign shake-up or the Ukrainian lobbying controversy.<\/p>\n

Ukraine accusations<\/p>\n

Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities said on Friday they were investigating Manafort over allegations related to his work on behalf of a pro-Russian political party.<\/p>\n

Manafort “is among those names on the list of the so-called ‘black ledger’ of the Party of Regions”, the Ukrainian National Anti-Corruption Bureau said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The documents allegedly show funds allocated to Manafort totalling more than $12.7m between November 2007 and October 2012. But the agency emphasised that it had not determined whether Manafort had actually received that money.<\/p>\n

Manafort’s work in Ukraine had been known, a New York Times article this month had exposed the extent of his involvement and fuelled questions about the Trump campaign’s possible pro-Russian sympathies.<\/p>\n

Manafort, in a statement earlier this week, has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

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