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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: carranza2 who wrote (70420)5/7/2018 3:17:57 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 362953
 
"it is about the core principles regulating our republic. "
Yes, indeed.

"My guess is that this tacit or explicit conspiracy/mindset is going to hurt the left"

My guess is that the conspiracy is between Manafort and some of his Russian friends, specifically Oleg Deripaska, with or without the knowledge of Trump.

Emails Suggest Manafort Sought Approval From Putin Ally - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com



Oct 2, 2017 - ... text of these exchanges, provided to The Atlantic, shows that Manafort attempted to leverage his leadership role in the Trump campaign to curry favor with a Russian oligarch close to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Manafort was deeply in debt, and did not earn a salary from theTrump campaign.