Chuck Darwin on Nostr: Trump Considers Adding Paul Manafort —a “Grave Counterintelligence Threat” ...
Trump Considers Adding Paul Manafort
—a “Grave Counterintelligence Threat”
—to His Campaign
Paul Manafort is a disgraced political operator and lobbyist who was pushed out as Trump’s campaign manager in 2016 after allegations emerged that he had received millions of dollars in secret payments from a Russia-aligned leader of Ukraine. He was subsequently found guilty of assorted crimes, including bank fraud, tax evasion, and obstruction of justice and sentenced to more than seven years in prison
—but pardoned by Trump in the final weeks of his presidency.
And the guy Trump may put back on payroll is more than a sleazy wheeler-dealer;
he was
—and may well still be
—a national security threat. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/03/trump-considers-adding-paul-manafort-a-grave-counterintelligence-threat-to-his-campaign/
—a “Grave Counterintelligence Threat”
—to His Campaign
Paul Manafort is a disgraced political operator and lobbyist who was pushed out as Trump’s campaign manager in 2016 after allegations emerged that he had received millions of dollars in secret payments from a Russia-aligned leader of Ukraine. He was subsequently found guilty of assorted crimes, including bank fraud, tax evasion, and obstruction of justice and sentenced to more than seven years in prison
—but pardoned by Trump in the final weeks of his presidency.
And the guy Trump may put back on payroll is more than a sleazy wheeler-dealer;
he was
—and may well still be
—a national security threat. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/03/trump-considers-adding-paul-manafort-a-grave-counterintelligence-threat-to-his-campaign/