President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign chair was pressured by a Russian oligarch over his debts, Time magazine reported Saturday.
Former Russian intelligence officer Victor Boyarkin "was a key link" between Manafort and Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin.
The report followed a "months-long investigation" by Time.
"He owed us a lot of money,” Boyarkin says. “And he was offering ways to pay it back.”
Boyarkin says he was approached by special counsel Robert Mueller.
“I told them to go dig a ditch,” Boyarkin said.
The connection could "mark some of the clearest evidence of the leverage that powerful Russians had over Trump’s campaign chairman.
The commander-in-chief also said he was waiting for Democrats to make him an offer for taxpayers to pay for his border wall -- which he'd promised Mexico would fund.
"I am in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come on over and make a deal on Border Security," Trump said. "From what I hear, they are spending so much time on Presidential Harassment that they have little time left for things like stopping crime and our military!"
