On Aug. 14, 2016, ''[[The New York Times]]'' broke their blockbuster story alleging that payments to [[Paul Manafort]] had been uncovered from the Party of Regions “black box”—the 400-page handwritten ledger released by Leshchenko.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html</ref> The article proved to be a fatal blow for Manafort, who resigned from the Trump campaign just days later. | On Aug. 14, 2016, ''[[The New York Times]]'' broke their blockbuster story alleging that payments to [[Paul Manafort]] had been uncovered from the Party of Regions “black box”—the 400-page handwritten ledger released by Leshchenko.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html</ref> The article proved to be a fatal blow for Manafort, who resigned from the Trump campaign just days later. |