Paul Manafort Shares Trump Campaign Data with Russian Agent Konstantin Kilimnik

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Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort shares internal polling data with Russian intelligence agent Konstantin Kilimnik for Ukrainian oligarchs when Trump clinches nomination. U.S. Treasury confirmed in 2021 that Kilimnik provided the Russian Intelligence Services with sensitive information on campaign polling and strategy, establishing a direct link between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence.

Sources & Citations

[1] Manafort shared Trump campaign polling data with Russian associate · Jan 8, 2019 Tier 2

[2] Senate Report Volume 5 - Manafort and Kilimnik · Aug 18, 2020 Tier 1

[3] U.S. Treasury Provides Missing Link: Manafort's Partner Gave Campaign Polling Data to Kremlin · Apr 15, 2021 Tier 1

[4] Paul Manafort Briefed Russian Intelligence Member on 'Battleground States' That Nearly All Voted for Trump · Mar 1, 2019 Tier 2

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The Cascade Ledger. “Paul Manafort Shares Trump Campaign Data with Russian Agent Konstantin Kilimnik.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, May 1, 2016. https://capturecascade.org/event/2016-05-01--manafort-shares-data-russian-kilimnik/