4 5 1 4 1 2 1 . Victor Pinchuk, a Ukrainian ukrainian foreign relations magnate, has sought closer ties for Ukraine to the West. 150,000 to the Trump Foundation in 2015 in exchange for a brief appearance by Mr. Trump via video at a conference in Ukraine.

WASHINGTON — The special counsel is investigating a payment made to President Trump’s foundation by a Ukrainian steel magnate for a talk during the campaign, according to three people briefed on the matter, as part of a broader examination of streams of foreign money to Mr. Investigators subpoenaed the Trump Organization this year for an array of records about business with foreign nationals. Cohen, the president’s personal lawyer whose office and hotel room were raided on Monday in an apparently unrelated case, solicited the donation. The subpoena is among signs in recent months that the special counsel, Robert S.

Mueller III, is interested in interactions that Mr. Trump or his associates had with countries beyond Russia, though it is not clear what other payments he is scrutinizing. Mueller also ordered the Trump Organization to turn over documents, emails and other communications about several Russians, including some whose names have not been publicly tied to Mr. Trump, according to the three people, who would not be named discussing the ongoing investigation. The identities of the Russians were unclear. Owens, a former head of the Internal Revenue Service division that oversees tax-exempt organizations.