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janhoglund…Manafort’s role went well beyond shaping the candidate’s campaign message. …Manafort was at the center of the alleged “extensive conspiracy” between Trump’s campaign team and Moscow. —Luke Harding, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#russia</a>

janhoglundBetween 2007 and 2012 Manafort had allegedly received $12.7 million in cash. Apparently these were secret payments from a political slush fund [in Ukraine]. —Luke Harding, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/yanukovych" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yanukovych</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a>

janhoglundBy May [2016] Manafort had become Trump’s campaign manager and strategist-in-chief… …it was inevitable that Manafort’s Moscow-Kiev links would come under scrutiny. Investigative journalists began sniffing around. —Luke Harding, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a>

janhoglund[Manafort’s]…strategy was to try to persuade skeptics that Trump wasn’t the man he seemed. …the real Trump was measured, rational, and statesmanlike. … The problem was that Trump seemed unaware of his impending metamorphosis. —Luke Harding, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a>

janhoglund…on March 29 [2016], Trump unveiled his new convention manager, stating that Manafort was “volunteering” his insight and expertise. The candidate called Manafort a “great asset”… Manafort said he was “honored” to serve “Mr. Trump’s campaign.” He added: “I am confident that he [Trump] will be the next president of the United States.” —Luke Harding, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a>

janhoglundYanukovych moved quickly to consolidate all instruments of power: the courts, parliament, the prosecutor’s office. Plus the media and TV. The claim that Yanukovych was a reformed character was unfounded. In power, he was behaving—as Manafort must have known he would—as a classic bully and thug. —Luke Harding, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/yanukovych" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yanukovych</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukraine</a>

janhoglundWithin a few months it became clear that Yanukovych was hell-bent on reversing the modest democratic gains of the Orange Revolution. His goal was simple: to destroy the opposition. This meant destroying…the independence of Ukraine’s institutions. —Luke Harding, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/yanukovych" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yanukovych</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukraine</a>

janhoglund…Manafort signed a $10 million annual contract with Deripaska. In return, the American proposed a wide-ranging political plan to undermine Putin’s opponents in Europe and the United States and in former Soviet republics. —Luke Harding, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/deripaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deripaska</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#putin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a>

janhoglundManafort began working for Oleg Deripaska, a billionaire Russian oligarch… Deripaska’s alleged ties to the mafia meant that for some years he was unable to get an American visa. … Like all superrich Russians Deripaska perfectly understood Putin’s requirements. When called upon, you did what the president commanded. —Luke Harding, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/deripaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deripaska</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#putin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a>

janhoglundWhat was a veteran Republican fixer doing in this murky post-Soviet corner, dominated as it was by oligarchs and others whose sources of wealth were never very transparent? The answer, it appeared, was money. Lots of it. —Luke Harding, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/paulmanafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paulmanafort</a>

janhoglundOver the next few years it turned out that [Paul] Manafort’s version of history was more than wrong. It went beyond spin or political PR. Everything he told me was a lie. —Luke Harding, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/paulmanafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paulmanafort</a>

janhoglundAfter the mass killing, Yanukovych was abandoned by the parliamentary deputies who had supported him and the policemen who had protected him. He fled his garish residence, leaving behind a trove of documents—including records of large cash payments to his advisor Paul Manafort, who two years later surfaced as the campaign manager of Donald Trump. —Timothy Snyder, The Road To Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#putin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/yanukovych" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yanukovych</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a>

Pekka KallioniemiAfter this, <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Yanukovych" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Yanukovych</a> retreated from the spotlight for a while, but eventually made a political comeback. With support from <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> associates like Paul <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manafort</a>, he rebranded himself as a “moderate”, and, in 2010, narrowly won the presidency in a relatively fair <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#election</a>.5/22

Wendy SiegelmanGood example of how to cover the news accurately, by Casey Michel:Paul Manafort Is Back to Wreck the WorldTrump’s one-time aide-de-camp and bagman for corrupt foreign regimes is returning to his old stomping grounds, rolling back precious progress against a world of kleptocrats."Instead of the broken, chastened man Manafort once claimed to be, he’s cannonballed back into the world of cementing authoritarian forces around the globe."<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PaulManafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PaulManafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manafort</a><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/190164/paul-manafort-trump-foreign-agents" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newrepublic.com/article/190164/paul-manafort-trump-foreign-agents</a>

Wendy SiegelmanPardoned by Trump, Manafort Is Back and Looking for Foreign WorkManafort is looking to advise campaigns for opposition and far-right political factions in Latin America and EuropeManafort's team includes Trump's '24 campaign mgr Chris LaCivita and pollster Tony Fabrizio, Texan John Harkrider and digital advertising strategist Vincent Harris, who worked briefly for Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign.Manafort has also engaged with interests in Ukraine. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PaulManafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PaulManafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manafort</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/us/politics/trump-manafort.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/us/politics/trump-manafort.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

Wendy SiegelmanThe SEC has charged people/entities tied to Trump 2016 campaign mgr Paul Manafort (recently at UAE crypto event where Erik Trump spoke)SEC charged Frederick Tayton Dencer, son Luke, Standard Holdings, Standard Huaxia Ltd. - with Fraud for misappropriating investor funds<a href="https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26192" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26192</a>In May the Washington Post reported Manafort was involved in a Chinese media deal approved by Chinese govt involving the Dencers and Standard Huaxia<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PaulManafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PaulManafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manafort</a><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/paul-manafort-pardon-donald-trump-china/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/paul-manafort-pardon-donald-trump-china/</a>

LaffyVia <a href="https://mastodon.social/@emptywheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@emptywheel</a>: As I said, I asked myself about 5 times when reading the Doppelganger materials if Paul Manafort was back in the business of sharing campaign strategy with Russian spies. Alex Finley:You know what would really help Russians do such demographic targeting? Internal polling information. Maybe like the kind <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> campaign chairman Paul <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manafort</a> provided to his Russian intel buddy Konstantin Kilimnik back in 2015. Right Emptywheel? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a>

Bandersnatch<a href="https://mastodon.social/@rodhilton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rodhilton</a> I'd bet dollars to donuts that the Secret Service has orders to not allow <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> to leave the county.Paul <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manafort</a> thought he was going to escape to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ruzzia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ruzzia</a> too. He lost his passports instead.

GailWaldby@bsky.socialFrom Russia With No Love: Meet the Russian operatives helping MAGA <a href="https://thedemlabs.org/2024/07/21/russian-operatives-helping-maga/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thedemlabs.org/2024/07/21/russian-operatives-helping-maga/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manafort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#putin</a>

Democracy LabsFrom Russia With No Love: Meet the Russian operatives helping MAGA <a href="https://thedemlabs.org/2024/07/21/russian-operatives-helping-maga/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thedemlabs.org/2024/07/21/russian-operatives-helping-maga/</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/manafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manafort</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#russia</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#putin</a>

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