NEW TODAY: Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov issues his first denial in a statement to CNN: “Mr. Akhmetov never requested nor received any polling data or any other information about the 2016 US elections from Paul Manafort or Konstantin Kilimnik."

NEW TODAY: Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov issues his first denial in a statement to CNN: “Mr. Akhmetov never requested nor received any polling data or any other information about the 2016 US elections from Paul Manafort or Konstantin Kilimnik." (h/t @nohodge)

— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) January 10, 2019