Manafort indictment reveals secret payoffs from RNC and Trump's election campaign?

Question

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article181706066.html

"Bade LLC, listed in the indictment among 17 domestic entities that Manafort and Gates are alleged to have used to hide foreign earnings, particularly from Ukraine, was paid a total of $70,000 in three payments by the Republican National Committee in September 2016, October 2016 and January 2017."
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"Bade LLC was not only active at the upper end of that time frame, but played a direct role in the 2016 elections.
“It’s obvious that if they got the campaign money, they had something to do with the campaign,” said Jack Blum, an attorney specializing in international tax and financial secrecy laws.
Manafort, who became the Trump campaign chair in May 2016, received only about $3,000 in payments from the Trump campaign, all reimbursements for travel or meeting-related expenses. He left the campaign that August, after questions emerged about his work in Ukraine.
But Gates continued to work for the RNC through the election, with the last of the payments to Bade coming after Election Day
The payments to Bade LLC were party coordinated expenditures, which are a subset of party spending done in conjunction with candidates.
“It’s presumed that they’re coordinating with the candidate,” Noti said.

Hmmm. Wasn't this what Republicans alleged happened with the Podesta Group?

Answer 1

Never heard of this.

Ukraine is not Russia, it's a different country, with a different language, like an apple and oranges.

Answer 2

Trump right now: http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nothing_to_see_here_naked_gun.gif

Answer 3

Manafort had 3 passports- I don't even know how that's possible!

Answer 4

Yep. And this is what happens when they elect a big fat swamp monster to drain the swamp. I have to admit this about Trump: if his job was to find crooks and criminals to fill government positions he did a great job. Now Mueller has to drain the swamp on the taxpayer's dime.

Answer 5

Yes the secret playoff is Bill vs. Hilary. He had to support her only because she would have revealed his dealings in her book...