Sergii Leshchenko is a former member of Ukraine’s parliament and an investigative journalist who got ahold of what’s called the “black ledger.” It’s a handwritten manuscript detailing the corruption of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. Somehow, it was snuck out of Yanukovych’s party headquarters and sent to Leshchenko. Many Republicans say the black ledger is fake and that it was put out to link Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, to corruption in Ukraine. Leshchenko tells host Marco Werman that storyline is not even close to the truth.
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