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After being accused of receiving payment from the Ukrainian government, the chairperson of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign claims he never received any off-the-books payment for political work from Ukraine. The campaign chair, Paul Manafort, made a statement after reports that his name is engraved in a “black ledger” used for recording off-the-books payments, surfaced. The off-the-books payment was allegedly made by the political party of Viktor Yanukovych.

The newspaper report claims that the ledger showed $12.7 million cash payments to Manafort. The ledger is presently being scrutinized by Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau. Manafort said that the mere suggestion that he accepted payments is unfounded, nonsensical, and silly.

He added that any political payments directed to him were for his entire political team and not just him.

Manafort’s consulting work in Ukraine has already been under a microscope, following Trump’s comments about President Vladimir Putin, being an ally of Yanukovych.

Trump aired his suspicion last month when he said he would deliberate on recognizing Russia’s appropriation of Crimea. Russia previously invaded the Ukrainian territory after Yanukovych was ousted during a revolt. Hillary Clinton’s campaign dug deep into the story to demand more information about Trump’s staff.

Clinton’s campaign office insists that Donald Trump has an obligation to disclose information about his campaign chair Paul Manafort’s and every other campaign employee and adviser. He must explain their ties to Russian or pro-Kremlin entities.

Manafort has been accused of having a long working relationship with obnoxious governments overseas.

Manafort’s former lobbying firm named, Black, Manafort, Stone, and Kelly was cited in a 1992 report. Manafort has a long standing and stable relationship with Trump. He lobbied for the GOP nominee on real estate and gambling issues. In his statement, Manafort insists he Isn’t personally involved with the government of Russia or Ukraine.