Special counsel investigates Victor Pinchuk’s $150,000 gift to Trump Foundation
In September 2015, the Ukrainian billionaire and art philanthropist Victor Pinchuk donated $150,000 to the Donald J. Trump Foundation while the US president was campaigning for the Republican nomination. The New York Times reports that special counsel Robert Mueller is now investigating the payment, which the president’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, facilitated in exchange for a 20-minute talk delivered by Trump via video at a conference in Ukraine.
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