#manafort — Public Fediverse posts

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When I wrote my previous post, I was mainly going by my impressions based on Carole Cadwalladr's Substack articles on Bilderberg that you had shared, especially her eulogisation of Anne Applebaum. I hadn't taken much notice of her other works, or looked for any pattern in them. However, recently, I came across this June 2022 post by Jonathan Cook, which establishes conclusively that Cadwalladr is part of what you call the "Vichy media". In addition to peddling the much-hyped but empty "Cambridge Analytica scoop" on Brexit in favour of NATO war-mongering, she has been part of the covert and overt operations to smear and character-assassinate Wikileaks in general and Julian Assange in particular. Cadwalladr was (is?) part of the "British Cluster" of the Integrity Initiative, the covert, British government-backed propaganda mill to wage online war on critics of imperialism.

Sharing just for your information.

It's interesting that even a journalist as deeply embedded in the Intelligence-Media nexus as Cadwalladr now finds herself out of a job. To me, it is yet more evidence that the imperial core now has no use for its liberal facade.

@rzeta0
You may be interested in the links I shared in this post, and in an earlier post in this thread.

@[email protected] @[email protected]

When I wrote my previous post, I was mainly going by my impressions based on Carole Cadwalladr's Substack articles on Bilderberg that you had shared, especially her eulogisation of Anne Applebaum. I hadn't taken much notice of her other works, or looked for any pattern in them. However, recently, I came across this June 2022 post by Jonathan Cook, which establishes conclusively that Cadwalladr is part of what you call the "Vichy media". In addition to peddling the much-hyped but empty "Cambridge Analytica scoop" on Brexit in favour of NATO war-mongering, she has been part of the covert and overt operations to smear and character-assassinate Wikileaks in general and Julian Assange in particular. Cadwalladr was (is?) part of the "British Cluster" of the Integrity Initiative, the covert, British government-backed propaganda mill to wage online war on critics of imperialism.

Sharing just for your information.

It's interesting that even a journalist as deeply embedded in the Intelligence-Media nexus as Cadwalladr now finds herself out of a job. To me, it is yet more evidence that the imperial core now has no use for its liberal facade.

@rzeta0
You may be interested in the links I shared in this post, and in an earlier post in this thread.

@[email protected] @[email protected]

When I wrote my previous post, I was mainly going by my impressions based on Carole Cadwalladr's Substack articles on Bilderberg that you had shared, especially her eulogisation of Anne Applebaum. I hadn't taken much notice of her other works, or looked for any pattern in them. However, recently, I came across this June 2022 post by Jonathan Cook, which establishes conclusively that Cadwalladr is part of what you call the "Vichy media". In addition to peddling the much-hyped but empty "Cambridge Analytica scoop" on Brexit in favour of NATO war-mongering, she has been part of the covert and overt operations to smear and character-assassinate Wikileaks in general and Julian Assange in particular. Cadwalladr was (is?) part of the "British Cluster" of the Integrity Initiative, the covert, British government-backed propaganda mill to wage online war on critics of imperialism.

Sharing just for your information.

It's interesting that even a journalist as deeply embedded in the Intelligence-Media nexus as Cadwalladr now finds herself out of a job. To me, it is yet more evidence that the imperial core now has no use for its liberal facade.

@rzeta0
You may be interested in the links I shared in this post, and in an earlier post in this thread.

@[email protected] @[email protected]

When I wrote my previous post, I was mainly going by my impressions based on Carole Cadwalladr's Substack articles on Bilderberg that you had shared, especially her eulogisation of Anne Applebaum. I hadn't taken much notice of her other works, or looked for any pattern in them. However, recently, I came across this June 2022 post by Jonathan Cook, which establishes conclusively that Cadwalladr is part of what you call the "Vichy media". In addition to peddling the much-hyped but empty "Cambridge Analytica scoop" on Brexit in favour of NATO war-mongering, she has been part of the covert and overt operations to smear and character-assassinate Wikileaks in general and Julian Assange in particular. Cadwalladr was (is?) part of the "British Cluster" of the Integrity Initiative, the covert, British government-backed propaganda mill to wage online war on critics of imperialism.

Sharing just for your information.

It's interesting that even a journalist as deeply embedded in the Intelligence-Media nexus as Cadwalladr now finds herself out of a job. To me, it is yet more evidence that the imperial core now has no use for its liberal facade.

@rzeta0
You may be interested in the links I shared in this post, and in an earlier post in this thread.

Les compromissions russes ont commencé il y a bien longtemps et d'abord en direction des milieux démocrates et sociaux démocrates, on se souvient assez de Gehrard Schröder, l'ancien chancelier allemand. Bill Clinton et Lord Mandelson le très proche collaborateur de Tony Blair et de Starmer apparaissent aujourd'hui dans les #EpsteinFiles révélant le Kompromat organisé par Poutine. A cette époque #Trump était démocrate. #Krasnov a viré à droite par #Manafort #Bannon suite au conflit sur l'#Ukraine

“Nigel Farage Paid by Trump Crypto Adviser Who Worked With Russia Operative Paul Manafort”

by Nafeez Ahmed in The Byline Times

“The pattern reveals how Farage has positioned himself as the British end of an American-led crypto-political network, one that sees digital money not merely as a technology, but as a key part of a new authoritarian political order”

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/nigel-farage-paid-by-trump-crypto-adviser-who-worked-with-russia-operative-paul-manafort/

#Press #UK #ReformUKLtd #Farage #Crypto #Bitcoin #Trump #Manafort #Bailey #FarRight #MAGA

“Nigel Farage Paid by Trump Crypto Adviser Who Worked With Russia Operative Paul Manafort”

by Nafeez Ahmed in The Byline Times

“The pattern reveals how Farage has positioned himself as the British end of an American-led crypto-political network, one that sees digital money not merely as a technology, but as a key part of a new authoritarian political order”

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/nigel-farage-paid-by-trump-crypto-adviser-who-worked-with-russia-operative-paul-manafort/

#Press #UK #ReformUKLtd #Farage #Crypto #Bitcoin #Trump #Manafort #Bailey #FarRight #MAGA

“Nigel Farage Paid by Trump Crypto Adviser Who Worked With Russia Operative Paul Manafort”

by Nafeez Ahmed in The Byline Times

“The pattern reveals how Farage has positioned himself as the British end of an American-led crypto-political network, one that sees digital money not merely as a technology, but as a key part of a new authoritarian political order”

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/nigel-farage-paid-by-trump-crypto-adviser-who-worked-with-russia-operative-paul-manafort/

#Press #UK #ReformUKLtd #Farage #Crypto #Bitcoin #Trump #Manafort #Bailey #FarRight #MAGA

“Nigel Farage Paid by Trump Crypto Adviser Who Worked With Russia Operative Paul Manafort”

by Nafeez Ahmed in The Byline Times

“The pattern reveals how Farage has positioned himself as the British end of an American-led crypto-political network, one that sees digital money not merely as a technology, but as a key part of a new authoritarian political order”

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/nigel-farage-paid-by-trump-crypto-adviser-who-worked-with-russia-operative-paul-manafort/

#Press #UK #ReformUKLtd #Farage #Crypto #Bitcoin #Trump #Manafort #Bailey #FarRight #MAGA

Inside Paul Manafort’s Comeback

Inside Paul Manafort’s Comeback

https://piefed.social/c/politics/p/1420689/inside-paul-manaforts-comeback

“That plan, in turn, rehashed almost entirely the plan #Russian operatives presented to Trump’s 2016 campaign manager, Paul #Manafort, in exchange for helping #Trump win the #WhiteHouse.” #Russia #Ukraine #Putin heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-8-2...

August 8, 2025 (Friday)

“That plan, in turn, rehashed almost entirely the plan #Russian operatives presented to Trump’s 2016 campaign manager, Paul #Manafort, in exchange for helping #Trump win the #WhiteHouse.” #Russia #Ukraine #Putin heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-8-2...

August 8, 2025 (Friday)

“That plan, in turn, rehashed almost entirely the plan #Russian operatives presented to Trump’s 2016 campaign manager, Paul #Manafort, in exchange for helping #Trump win the #WhiteHouse.” #Russia #Ukraine #Putin heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-8-2...

August 8, 2025 (Friday)

“That plan, in turn, rehashed almost entirely the plan #Russian operatives presented to Trump’s 2016 campaign manager, Paul #Manafort, in exchange for helping #Trump win the #WhiteHouse.” #Russia #Ukraine #Putin heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-8-2...

August 8, 2025 (Friday)

Trump campaign architects are involved in Albania’s upcoming election

Chris LaCivita (co-ran Trump 2024), pollster Tony Fabrizio, Paul Manafort are working for Sali Berisha who is challenging PM Edi Rama

Meanwhile Edi Rama's cabinet recently approved a deal with Jared Kushner for development of a $1.6 billion resort

#Albania #Trump #Manafort #LaCivita #Fabrizio #Berisha #Rama #Kushner

https://apnews.com/article/albania-election-trump-consultants-lobbying-lacivita-manafort-931d49ab52e4cb15de0cc6b5d91407b7

Trump campaign architects are involved in Albania’s upcoming election

Chris LaCivita (co-ran Trump 2024), pollster Tony Fabrizio, Paul Manafort are working for Sali Berisha who is challenging PM Edi Rama

Meanwhile Edi Rama's cabinet recently approved a deal with Jared Kushner for development of a $1.6 billion resort

#Albania #Trump #Manafort #LaCivita #Fabrizio #Berisha #Rama #Kushner

https://apnews.com/article/albania-election-trump-consultants-lobbying-lacivita-manafort-931d49ab52e4cb15de0cc6b5d91407b7

Trump campaign architects are involved in Albania’s upcoming election

Chris LaCivita (co-ran Trump 2024), pollster Tony Fabrizio, Paul Manafort are working for Sali Berisha who is challenging PM Edi Rama

Meanwhile Edi Rama's cabinet recently approved a deal with Jared Kushner for development of a $1.6 billion resort

#Albania #Trump #Manafort #LaCivita #Fabrizio #Berisha #Rama #Kushner

https://apnews.com/article/albania-election-trump-consultants-lobbying-lacivita-manafort-931d49ab52e4cb15de0cc6b5d91407b7

Trump campaign architects are involved in Albania’s upcoming election

Chris LaCivita (co-ran Trump 2024), pollster Tony Fabrizio, Paul Manafort are working for Sali Berisha who is challenging PM Edi Rama

Meanwhile Edi Rama's cabinet recently approved a deal with Jared Kushner for development of a $1.6 billion resort

#Albania #Trump #Manafort #LaCivita #Fabrizio #Berisha #Rama #Kushner

https://apnews.com/article/albania-election-trump-consultants-lobbying-lacivita-manafort-931d49ab52e4cb15de0cc6b5d91407b7

Albanian politician Sali Berisha is under US and UK travel sanctions due to allegations of corruption. His presidential campaign is getting a boost from Trump allies - including Trump 2024 campaign co-manager Chris LaCivita, Paul Manafort, Tony Fabrizio, Phil Griffin

#Albania #Trump #Manafort #SaliBerisha

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/albania-election-donald-trump-allies_n_67f94af5e4b060848e3e5f57

Albanian politician Sali Berisha is under US and UK travel sanctions due to allegations of corruption. His presidential campaign is getting a boost from Trump allies - including Trump 2024 campaign co-manager Chris LaCivita, Paul Manafort, Tony Fabrizio, Phil Griffin

#Albania #Trump #Manafort #SaliBerisha

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/albania-election-donald-trump-allies_n_67f94af5e4b060848e3e5f57

Albanian politician Sali Berisha is under US and UK travel sanctions due to allegations of corruption. His presidential campaign is getting a boost from Trump allies - including Trump 2024 campaign co-manager Chris LaCivita, Paul Manafort, Tony Fabrizio, Phil Griffin

#Albania #Trump #Manafort #SaliBerisha

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/albania-election-donald-trump-allies_n_67f94af5e4b060848e3e5f57

Albanian politician Sali Berisha is under US and UK travel sanctions due to allegations of corruption. His presidential campaign is getting a boost from Trump allies - including Trump 2024 campaign co-manager Chris LaCivita, Paul Manafort, Tony Fabrizio, Phil Griffin

#Albania #Trump #Manafort #SaliBerisha

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/albania-election-donald-trump-allies_n_67f94af5e4b060848e3e5f57

After 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
#russia #putin #yanukovych #ukraine #manafort #trump #usa

After 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
#russia #putin #yanukovych #ukraine #manafort #trump #usa

After 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
#russia #putin #yanukovych #ukraine #manafort #trump #usa

After 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
#russia #putin #yanukovych #ukraine #manafort #trump #usa

Good example of how to cover the news accurately, by Casey Michel:

Paul Manafort Is Back to Wreck the World

Trump’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."

#PaulManafort #Manafort

https://newrepublic.com/article/190164/paul-manafort-trump-foreign-agents

Good example of how to cover the news accurately, by Casey Michel:

Paul Manafort Is Back to Wreck the World

Trump’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."

#PaulManafort #Manafort

https://newrepublic.com/article/190164/paul-manafort-trump-foreign-agents

Good example of how to cover the news accurately, by Casey Michel:

Paul Manafort Is Back to Wreck the World

Trump’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."

#PaulManafort #Manafort

https://newrepublic.com/article/190164/paul-manafort-trump-foreign-agents

Good example of how to cover the news accurately, by Casey Michel:

Paul Manafort Is Back to Wreck the World

Trump’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."

#PaulManafort #Manafort

https://newrepublic.com/article/190164/paul-manafort-trump-foreign-agents

Pardoned by Trump, Manafort Is Back and Looking for Foreign Work

Manafort is looking to advise campaigns for opposition and far-right political factions in Latin America and Europe

Manafort'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.
#PaulManafort #Manafort

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/us/politics/trump-manafort.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Pardoned by Trump, Manafort Is Back and Looking for Foreign Work

Manafort is looking to advise campaigns for opposition and far-right political factions in Latin America and Europe

Manafort'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.
#PaulManafort #Manafort

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/us/politics/trump-manafort.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Pardoned by Trump, Manafort Is Back and Looking for Foreign Work

Manafort is looking to advise campaigns for opposition and far-right political factions in Latin America and Europe

Manafort'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.
#PaulManafort #Manafort

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/us/politics/trump-manafort.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Pardoned by Trump, Manafort Is Back and Looking for Foreign Work

Manafort is looking to advise campaigns for opposition and far-right political factions in Latin America and Europe

Manafort'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.
#PaulManafort #Manafort

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/us/politics/trump-manafort.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The 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

https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26192

In May the Washington Post reported Manafort was involved in a Chinese media deal approved by Chinese govt involving the Dencers and Standard Huaxia

#PaulManafort #Manafort

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/paul-manafort-pardon-donald-trump-china/

The 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

https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26192

In May the Washington Post reported Manafort was involved in a Chinese media deal approved by Chinese govt involving the Dencers and Standard Huaxia

#PaulManafort #Manafort

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/paul-manafort-pardon-donald-trump-china/

The 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

https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26192

In May the Washington Post reported Manafort was involved in a Chinese media deal approved by Chinese govt involving the Dencers and Standard Huaxia

#PaulManafort #Manafort

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/paul-manafort-pardon-donald-trump-china/

The 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

https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26192

In May the Washington Post reported Manafort was involved in a Chinese media deal approved by Chinese govt involving the Dencers and Standard Huaxia

#PaulManafort #Manafort

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/paul-manafort-pardon-donald-trump-china/

⬆️ Thread on Good Old USA #GOUSA

>> #Ukraine is the raison d'être for Russian #electionInterference in 2024

Ukraine is the reason #GOP chose #Trump in 2016.

Ukraine is the reason Trump hand-picked Paul #Manafort, who then hand-picked Mike #Pence.

Ukraine is the reason why #Trump was first impeached — He withheld military aid to Ukraine and #Zelenskyy's invitation to the White House, and spread false narratives that Ukraine, not Russia was behind 2016 #electionInterference

@KamalaHarrisWin

⬆️ Thread on Good Old USA #GOUSA

>> #Ukraine is the raison d'être for Russian #electionInterference in 2024

Ukraine is the reason #GOP chose #Trump in 2016.

Ukraine is the reason Trump hand-picked Paul #Manafort, who then hand-picked Mike #Pence.

Ukraine is the reason why #Trump was first impeached — He withheld military aid to Ukraine and #Zelenskyy's invitation to the White House, and spread false narratives that Ukraine, not Russia was behind 2016 #electionInterference

@KamalaHarrisWin

#Republicans living inside glass houses launch a contrived probe into #TimWalz's "engagement" with #China

What could be a better opening for #Walz to drag #Trump & his son-in-law #Kushner for their #Saudi ties?

What could be a better opening for #Walz to reanimate evidence #Mueller uncovered in his investigation of #Manafort, whom Trump pardoned— only to resurface in his campaign?

#HarrisWalz should intensify focus on #GOP #Russia ties

@kamalaharrisforpresidentnews

https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-launches-probe-into-governor-walzs-extensive-engagement-with-china-and-ccp-entities/

#Republicans living inside glass houses launch a contrived probe into #TimWalz's "engagement" with #China

What could be a better opening for #Walz to drag #Trump & his son-in-law #Kushner for their #Saudi ties?

What could be a better opening for #Walz to reanimate evidence #Mueller uncovered in his investigation of #Manafort, whom Trump pardoned— only to resurface in his campaign?

#HarrisWalz should intensify focus on #GOP #Russia ties

@kamalaharrisforpresidentnews

https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-launches-probe-into-governor-walzs-extensive-engagement-with-china-and-ccp-entities/

From Russia With No Love: Meet the Russian operatives helping MAGA
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/07/21/russian-operatives-helping-maga/
#manafort #russia #putin

From Russia With No Love: Meet the Russian operatives helping MAGA
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/07/21/russian-operatives-helping-maga/
#manafort #russia #putin

From Russia With No Love: Meet the Russian operatives helping MAGA
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/07/21/russian-operatives-helping-maga/
#manafort #russia #putin

From Russia With No Love: Meet the Russian operatives helping MAGA
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/07/21/russian-operatives-helping-maga/
#manafort #russia #putin

On march 18, news broke that Donald Trump intended to restore the disgraced lobbyist #Paul #Manafort to the ranks of his campaign advisers.

In any other moral universe, this would have been an unimaginable rehabilitation.
Back in 2016, as revelations about Manafort’s work on behalf of #pro-#Kremlin politicians in Ukraine began appearing in the press, even Trump considered him a figure so toxic that he forced him to resign as chair of his campaign.
Two years later, Manafort was locked up in federal #prison on charges of tax evasion and money laundering, among other transgressions.
His was one of the most precipitous falls in the history of Washington.

But at this stage in that history, it’s not remotely shocking to learn that the revolving door continues to turn.

By the end of Trump’s term, Manafort had already won a presidential pardon.

His unwillingness to cooperate with Special Counsel #Robert #Mueller’s investigation had earned him Trump’s unstinting admiration:
“Such respect for a brave man,” he tweeted.

Now it seemed that Manafort’s loyalty would be rewarded with the lobbyist’s most valuable tool:
the perception of access, at an opportune moment.

In early May, under growing media scrutiny for international consulting work that he’d reportedly been involved in after his pardon,
Manafort said that he would “stick to the sidelines,”
playing a less visible role in supporting Trump.

(He’d recently been in Milwaukee, part of meetings about this summer’s Republican National Convention programming.)

But if Trump wins the election, Manafort won’t need 2024 campaign work officially on his résumé to convince corporations and foreign regimes that he can bend U.S. policy on their behalf
—­and he and his ilk will be able to follow through on such pledges with unimpeded ease.

A second Trump term would mark the culmination of the story chronicled by the brothers Luke and Brody Mullins in their new book
"The Wolves of K Street"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/07/09/wolves-k-street-lobbyists-luke-brody-mullins-review/

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/07/wolves-of-k-street-book-review-lobbying/678523/

On march 18, news broke that Donald Trump intended to restore the disgraced lobbyist #Paul #Manafort to the ranks of his campaign advisers.

In any other moral universe, this would have been an unimaginable rehabilitation.
Back in 2016, as revelations about Manafort’s work on behalf of #pro-#Kremlin politicians in Ukraine began appearing in the press, even Trump considered him a figure so toxic that he forced him to resign as chair of his campaign.
Two years later, Manafort was locked up in federal #prison on charges of tax evasion and money laundering, among other transgressions.
His was one of the most precipitous falls in the history of Washington.

But at this stage in that history, it’s not remotely shocking to learn that the revolving door continues to turn.

By the end of Trump’s term, Manafort had already won a presidential pardon.

His unwillingness to cooperate with Special Counsel #Robert #Mueller’s investigation had earned him Trump’s unstinting admiration:
“Such respect for a brave man,” he tweeted.

Now it seemed that Manafort’s loyalty would be rewarded with the lobbyist’s most valuable tool:
the perception of access, at an opportune moment.

In early May, under growing media scrutiny for international consulting work that he’d reportedly been involved in after his pardon,
Manafort said that he would “stick to the sidelines,”
playing a less visible role in supporting Trump.

(He’d recently been in Milwaukee, part of meetings about this summer’s Republican National Convention programming.)

But if Trump wins the election, Manafort won’t need 2024 campaign work officially on his résumé to convince corporations and foreign regimes that he can bend U.S. policy on their behalf
—­and he and his ilk will be able to follow through on such pledges with unimpeded ease.

A second Trump term would mark the culmination of the story chronicled by the brothers Luke and Brody Mullins in their new book
"The Wolves of K Street"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/07/09/wolves-k-street-lobbyists-luke-brody-mullins-review/

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/07/wolves-of-k-street-book-review-lobbying/678523/

On march 18, news broke that Donald Trump intended to restore the disgraced lobbyist #Paul #Manafort to the ranks of his campaign advisers.

In any other moral universe, this would have been an unimaginable rehabilitation.
Back in 2016, as revelations about Manafort’s work on behalf of #pro-#Kremlin politicians in Ukraine began appearing in the press, even Trump considered him a figure so toxic that he forced him to resign as chair of his campaign.
Two years later, Manafort was locked up in federal #prison on charges of tax evasion and money laundering, among other transgressions.
His was one of the most precipitous falls in the history of Washington.

But at this stage in that history, it’s not remotely shocking to learn that the revolving door continues to turn.

By the end of Trump’s term, Manafort had already won a presidential pardon.

His unwillingness to cooperate with Special Counsel #Robert #Mueller’s investigation had earned him Trump’s unstinting admiration:
“Such respect for a brave man,” he tweeted.

Now it seemed that Manafort’s loyalty would be rewarded with the lobbyist’s most valuable tool:
the perception of access, at an opportune moment.

In early May, under growing media scrutiny for international consulting work that he’d reportedly been involved in after his pardon,
Manafort said that he would “stick to the sidelines,”
playing a less visible role in supporting Trump.

(He’d recently been in Milwaukee, part of meetings about this summer’s Republican National Convention programming.)

But if Trump wins the election, Manafort won’t need 2024 campaign work officially on his résumé to convince corporations and foreign regimes that he can bend U.S. policy on their behalf
—­and he and his ilk will be able to follow through on such pledges with unimpeded ease.

A second Trump term would mark the culmination of the story chronicled by the brothers Luke and Brody Mullins in their new book
"The Wolves of K Street"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/07/09/wolves-k-street-lobbyists-luke-brody-mullins-review/

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/07/wolves-of-k-street-book-review-lobbying/678523/

On march 18, news broke that Donald Trump intended to restore the disgraced lobbyist #Paul #Manafort to the ranks of his campaign advisers.

In any other moral universe, this would have been an unimaginable rehabilitation.
Back in 2016, as revelations about Manafort’s work on behalf of #pro-#Kremlin politicians in Ukraine began appearing in the press, even Trump considered him a figure so toxic that he forced him to resign as chair of his campaign.
Two years later, Manafort was locked up in federal #prison on charges of tax evasion and money laundering, among other transgressions.
His was one of the most precipitous falls in the history of Washington.

But at this stage in that history, it’s not remotely shocking to learn that the revolving door continues to turn.

By the end of Trump’s term, Manafort had already won a presidential pardon.

His unwillingness to cooperate with Special Counsel #Robert #Mueller’s investigation had earned him Trump’s unstinting admiration:
“Such respect for a brave man,” he tweeted.

Now it seemed that Manafort’s loyalty would be rewarded with the lobbyist’s most valuable tool:
the perception of access, at an opportune moment.

In early May, under growing media scrutiny for international consulting work that he’d reportedly been involved in after his pardon,
Manafort said that he would “stick to the sidelines,”
playing a less visible role in supporting Trump.

(He’d recently been in Milwaukee, part of meetings about this summer’s Republican National Convention programming.)

But if Trump wins the election, Manafort won’t need 2024 campaign work officially on his résumé to convince corporations and foreign regimes that he can bend U.S. policy on their behalf
—­and he and his ilk will be able to follow through on such pledges with unimpeded ease.

A second Trump term would mark the culmination of the story chronicled by the brothers Luke and Brody Mullins in their new book
"The Wolves of K Street"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/07/09/wolves-k-street-lobbyists-luke-brody-mullins-review/

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/07/wolves-of-k-street-book-review-lobbying/678523/

Convicted criminals take Republican stage despite focus on ‘law and order’

#Trump and Peter #Navarro
– fresh out of Florida jail
– both addressed convention with Paul #Manafort in attendance

“I went to prison so you won’t have to,” declared #Navarro
– who was convicted for refusing to comply with subpoenas from the House January 6 committee
– to a jubilant crowd that responded with a standing ovation. (I'm sure many were reassured by that promise)

Another former Trump aide turned convicted criminal in attendance was Paul #Manafort, Trump’s campaign manager in 2016.
Three years later he was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on charges including
bank fraud,
tax fraud,
money laundering and
witness tampering, arising from the investigation of Russian election interference and links between Trump and Moscow.

In 2020 Trump pardoned Manafort, who later wrote a memoir called Political Prisoner. At the convention, Manafort was briefly linked with an organising role before backing off, though he was still in Milwaukee to tell Fox News: “I’ve done 10 conventions. This is the best.”

Roger #Stone, who like Manafort is a longtime operative convicted on charges arising from the Russia investigation, was also at the convention in Milwaukee.
Stone was sentenced to more than three years in prison after being convicted of criminal charges including witness tampering and obstructing Congress. He never set foot in jail, as Trump commuted his sentence.

Rod #Blagojevich attended as well. In July 2011, the former Democratic governor of Illinois was convicted on 17 criminal charges, including bribery, fraud and extortion, arising from an attempt to sell Barack Obama’s US Senate seat.
Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years. In 2020, Trump commuted his sentence. This week, Blagojevich told NBC: “I think President Trump is the most demonised political figure in American history, and I know something about being demonised.”

Another former Trump aide jailed for criminal contempt of Congress over January 6 did not make it to the convention hall, but Steve #Bannon was getting updates via phone from his daughter in Wisconsin to his federal prison in Connecticut.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/19/rnc-trump-navarro-felons?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Convicted criminals take Republican stage despite focus on ‘law and order’

#Trump and Peter #Navarro
– fresh out of Florida jail
– both addressed convention with Paul #Manafort in attendance

“I went to prison so you won’t have to,” declared #Navarro
– who was convicted for refusing to comply with subpoenas from the House January 6 committee
– to a jubilant crowd that responded with a standing ovation. (I'm sure many were reassured by that promise)

Another former Trump aide turned convicted criminal in attendance was Paul #Manafort, Trump’s campaign manager in 2016.
Three years later he was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on charges including
bank fraud,
tax fraud,
money laundering and
witness tampering, arising from the investigation of Russian election interference and links between Trump and Moscow.

In 2020 Trump pardoned Manafort, who later wrote a memoir called Political Prisoner. At the convention, Manafort was briefly linked with an organising role before backing off, though he was still in Milwaukee to tell Fox News: “I’ve done 10 conventions. This is the best.”

Roger #Stone, who like Manafort is a longtime operative convicted on charges arising from the Russia investigation, was also at the convention in Milwaukee.
Stone was sentenced to more than three years in prison after being convicted of criminal charges including witness tampering and obstructing Congress. He never set foot in jail, as Trump commuted his sentence.

Rod #Blagojevich attended as well. In July 2011, the former Democratic governor of Illinois was convicted on 17 criminal charges, including bribery, fraud and extortion, arising from an attempt to sell Barack Obama’s US Senate seat.
Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years. In 2020, Trump commuted his sentence. This week, Blagojevich told NBC: “I think President Trump is the most demonised political figure in American history, and I know something about being demonised.”

Another former Trump aide jailed for criminal contempt of Congress over January 6 did not make it to the convention hall, but Steve #Bannon was getting updates via phone from his daughter in Wisconsin to his federal prison in Connecticut.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/19/rnc-trump-navarro-felons?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Convicted criminals take Republican stage despite focus on ‘law and order’

#Trump and Peter #Navarro
– fresh out of Florida jail
– both addressed convention with Paul #Manafort in attendance

“I went to prison so you won’t have to,” declared #Navarro
– who was convicted for refusing to comply with subpoenas from the House January 6 committee
– to a jubilant crowd that responded with a standing ovation. (I'm sure many were reassured by that promise)

Another former Trump aide turned convicted criminal in attendance was Paul #Manafort, Trump’s campaign manager in 2016.
Three years later he was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on charges including
bank fraud,
tax fraud,
money laundering and
witness tampering, arising from the investigation of Russian election interference and links between Trump and Moscow.

In 2020 Trump pardoned Manafort, who later wrote a memoir called Political Prisoner. At the convention, Manafort was briefly linked with an organising role before backing off, though he was still in Milwaukee to tell Fox News: “I’ve done 10 conventions. This is the best.”

Roger #Stone, who like Manafort is a longtime operative convicted on charges arising from the Russia investigation, was also at the convention in Milwaukee.
Stone was sentenced to more than three years in prison after being convicted of criminal charges including witness tampering and obstructing Congress. He never set foot in jail, as Trump commuted his sentence.

Rod #Blagojevich attended as well. In July 2011, the former Democratic governor of Illinois was convicted on 17 criminal charges, including bribery, fraud and extortion, arising from an attempt to sell Barack Obama’s US Senate seat.
Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years. In 2020, Trump commuted his sentence. This week, Blagojevich told NBC: “I think President Trump is the most demonised political figure in American history, and I know something about being demonised.”

Another former Trump aide jailed for criminal contempt of Congress over January 6 did not make it to the convention hall, but Steve #Bannon was getting updates via phone from his daughter in Wisconsin to his federal prison in Connecticut.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/19/rnc-trump-navarro-felons?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Convicted criminals take Republican stage despite focus on ‘law and order’

#Trump and Peter #Navarro
– fresh out of Florida jail
– both addressed convention with Paul #Manafort in attendance

“I went to prison so you won’t have to,” declared #Navarro
– who was convicted for refusing to comply with subpoenas from the House January 6 committee
– to a jubilant crowd that responded with a standing ovation. (I'm sure many were reassured by that promise)

Another former Trump aide turned convicted criminal in attendance was Paul #Manafort, Trump’s campaign manager in 2016.
Three years later he was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on charges including
bank fraud,
tax fraud,
money laundering and
witness tampering, arising from the investigation of Russian election interference and links between Trump and Moscow.

In 2020 Trump pardoned Manafort, who later wrote a memoir called Political Prisoner. At the convention, Manafort was briefly linked with an organising role before backing off, though he was still in Milwaukee to tell Fox News: “I’ve done 10 conventions. This is the best.”

Roger #Stone, who like Manafort is a longtime operative convicted on charges arising from the Russia investigation, was also at the convention in Milwaukee.
Stone was sentenced to more than three years in prison after being convicted of criminal charges including witness tampering and obstructing Congress. He never set foot in jail, as Trump commuted his sentence.

Rod #Blagojevich attended as well. In July 2011, the former Democratic governor of Illinois was convicted on 17 criminal charges, including bribery, fraud and extortion, arising from an attempt to sell Barack Obama’s US Senate seat.
Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years. In 2020, Trump commuted his sentence. This week, Blagojevich told NBC: “I think President Trump is the most demonised political figure in American history, and I know something about being demonised.”

Another former Trump aide jailed for criminal contempt of Congress over January 6 did not make it to the convention hall, but Steve #Bannon was getting updates via phone from his daughter in Wisconsin to his federal prison in Connecticut.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/19/rnc-trump-navarro-felons?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

"Their rejection of democracy requires a strongman at the head of the government, and in Milwaukee that man is Trump, who will be the first convicted criminal nominated for president by a major party. He was convicted for trying to tip the 2016 election by hiding payments to an adult-film actress after they had sex, in order to keep the story from voters."
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/july-18-2024?r=63j6s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
#Trump #Manafort #Putin #Ukraine #Fascism

"Their rejection of democracy requires a strongman at the head of the government, and in Milwaukee that man is Trump, who will be the first convicted criminal nominated for president by a major party. He was convicted for trying to tip the 2016 election by hiding payments to an adult-film actress after they had sex, in order to keep the story from voters."
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/july-18-2024?r=63j6s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
#Trump #Manafort #Putin #Ukraine #Fascism

"Their rejection of democracy requires a strongman at the head of the government, and in Milwaukee that man is Trump, who will be the first convicted criminal nominated for president by a major party. He was convicted for trying to tip the 2016 election by hiding payments to an adult-film actress after they had sex, in order to keep the story from voters."
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/july-18-2024?r=63j6s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
#Trump #Manafort #Putin #Ukraine #Fascism

"He is running with Russian help on a plan to give Russia what it wants, starting, but not ending, with Ukraine on a silver platter.

Trump, and the guy Trump pardoned for lying about what happened with Russia in 2016, are simply picking up where things left off."

#Trump #RNC #Republicans #Manafort #Russia #Putin
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"He is running with Russian help on a plan to give Russia what it wants, starting, but not ending, with Ukraine on a silver platter.

Trump, and the guy Trump pardoned for lying about what happened with Russia in 2016, are simply picking up where things left off."

#Trump #RNC #Republicans #Manafort #Russia #Putin
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