Former President Donald Trump is expected to bring Paul Manafort, 74, back into the fold, as a campaign adviser later this year.
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Manafort was Trump's campaign chairman in 2016 but left in August before the general election after his ties to Russian-backed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych exposed Trump's pro-Russian vulnerabilities.
He was later charged with tax evasion, bank fraud and hiding foreign bank accounts over money he raised working for Yanukovych, which he and his deputy Rick Gates tried to hide from authorities.
Manafort was sentenced to seven years in prison, but was put on house arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic, and then pardoned by Trump in December 2020.
Mind you, this is the same crook who passed information on the TOFF's first campaign to the Russians. Which suggests that Cadet Bone Spurs is just fine with having a Russian spy high up in his campaign to destroy America.
The timing is a little odd. The same day Fergus' lawyers say he doesn't have the money for his appeal bond, the guy whose main skill was extracting money from Russian oligarchs to further Putin's agenda shows back up in his campaign.
ReplyDelete-Doug in Sugar Pine