In 2008, Manafort was working with Ukrainian gas tycoon Dmytro Firtash on a transaction to purchase the Drake Hotel project site.

Firtash also tied to Semyon Mogilevich - considered a “boss of bosses”

From Nov '18:https://t.co/AGCIc83pFy

— Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) June 26, 2019