Sounds like this Manafort guy might be fucked. 17 million over 2-3 years? wholly shit.
Paul John Manafort Jr. (born April 1, 1949) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and political consultant. He served as campaign manager for the
presidential campaign of Donald Trump in 2016. He was previously an adviser to the U.S. presidential campaigns of Republicans
Gerald Ford,
Ronald Reagan,
George H. W. Bush, and
Bob Dole. In 1980 Manafort co-founded the Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm Black, Manafort & Stone, along with principals
Charles R. Black Jr., and
Roger J. Stone.
[1][2][3] In 1984 it was renamed
Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly (BMSK) & associates, after
Peter G. Kelly was recruited.
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Manafort often lobbied on behalf of controversial foreign leaders such as
Ukrainian president
Viktor Yanukovych;
Ferdinand Marcos, former dictator of the
Philippines;
Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of the former
Democratic Republic of the Congo; and
Angolan guerrilla leader
Jonas Savimbi.
[5][6][7] Lobbying to serve the interests of foreign governments requires registration with the
Justice Department under the
Foreign Agents Registration Act(FARA); however, as of June 2, 2017, Manafort had not registered.
[8][9][10] On June 27 he retroactively registered as a
foreign agent.
[11]
Manafort is under investigation by multiple federal agencies. The
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reportedly had an active criminal investigation on him since 2014 regarding business dealings while he was lobbying for Ukraine. He is also a person of interest in an FBI
counterintelligence probe looking into possible
collusionbetween the
Russian government and associates of Trump to influence the
2016 presidential election. Several Senate committees are also looking into Manafort's activities.
Course, liberals figure oh look, Trump must be guilty just cuz. Apparently Reagan, Ford, Bush and Dole are Russians spies as well.