Paul Manafort, who was central to Trump’s coordination with Russia in 2016, could be brought back to the campaign by the fall.
The Washington Post reported:
Former President Donald Trump is expected to enlist Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager he pardoned, as a campaign adviser later this year, according to four people familiar with the talks.
Job discussions have largely centered on the 2024 Republican convention in Milwaukee in July and could include Manafort in a fundraising role for the presumptive Republican nominee’s campaign, according to these people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe deliberations private. While no formal decision has been made, the four people described the hiring as expected and said Trump is determined to bring Manafort back into the fold.
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Manafort’s ties to Russia and the fact that he shared sensitive campaign data with the Russians led a Senate committee to consider him a counterintelligence threat to the country, but Manafort served a prison sentence for Trump and kept mum closed, so Trump sees him as the type of person he wants to bring back.
Trump is desperate for money, so here comes Paul Manafort and Russia
Trump is desperate for cash. His campaign fundraising is struggling, the Republican Party is nearly broke and the former president has made it clear he is open for business. He needs money to pay the court judgments and his ever-increasing legal fees.
It couldn’t be more obvious if Trump wore a sign around his neck that says Putin: Deposit Funds Here.
Trump needs Russian money and election interference to have any chance of defeating President Biden. Donald Trump has no new strategies or ideas. He is trying to carry the 2016 agenda into 2024, and Russia’s help through Paul Manafort is critical to that effort.
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