manafort has repeatedly denied any ties between russia and the trump campaign. are there any ties between mr. trump, you, or your campaign and putin and his regime? no, there are not. that s absurd. you know, there s no basis to it. so to be clear mr. trump has no financial relationships with any russian oligarchs? that s what he said. that s what i said. that s obviously what our position is. manafort already faces two separate criminal trials later this year, and his circumstances could be a preview of where michael cohen ends up. i say this because to date, cohen and manafort are the only two members of trump world to be raided by the fbi. and while cohen has yet to be charged, reports suggest that like manafort, he could be on the hook for possible financial crimes. but their connections do not end there. according to the infamous steele dossier, which remains largely unconfirmed t. was cohen who took over secret communications with russia after a kremlin insider high
dossier, which remains largely unconfirmed t. was cohen who took over secret communications with russia after a kremlin insider highlighted the importance of donald trump s lawyer michael cohen in the ongoing secret liaison relationship. cohen s role had grown. prior to that, manafort had led for the trump side. again, none of that has been confirmed but it is reason to believe that while cohen is being examined by prosecutors in manhattan on a variety of things, he may still be a subject of mueller s russia probe. cohen has popped up over and over again. he was the point man on efforts to build a trump tower moscow. he spearheaded other projects in other soviet union countries. he has personal and professional ties to russian organized crime in new york that go back