Quotes by Corey Lewandowski on Paul Manafort’s Role in the Trump Campaign
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Quotes by Lewandowski on Manafort’s Role in the Trump Campaign
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June 20, 2016
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Associated Press, June 20, 2016
Trump fires his campaign manager in dramatic shake-up
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Corey Lewandowski contradicts himself on Paul Manafort's role in the campaign
Context
Paul Manafort joined the Trump campaign on March 28, 2016, initially leading its delegate collection efforts.1New York Times, March 28, 2016
Donald Trump Hires Paul Manafort to Lead Delegate Effort
retrieved 6/15/18 He became the official Campaign Manager on June 20, 2016, replacing Corey Lewandowski who said, “Paul Manafort has been in operational control of the campaign since April 7. That’s a fact.”2Associated Press, June 20, 2016
Trump fires his campaign manager in dramatic shake-up
retrieved 6/15/18
Manafort worked for the Trump campaign for almost 5 months (144 days), including for more than 4 months as the operational leader of the campaign, during which time Trump secured and accepted the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Manafort resigned under pressure from the Trump campaign on August 19, 2016, following a report from the New York Times that from 2007 to 2012 he was secretly paid $12.7 million by former Ukraine President Viktor F. Yanukovych’s pro-Russian political party.3New York Times, Aug. 14, 2016
Secret Ledger in Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald Trump’s Campaign Chief
retrieved 6/15/184New York Times, DATE
Paul Manafort Quits Donald Trump’s Campaign After a Tumultuous Run
retrieved 6/15/18
“Paul brought a much-needed maturity to the Trump campaign when it needed an experienced political professional operative more than anything else. There was no semblance of a campaign structure, just a few, distraught, overworked people constantly barking into their phones. Paul immediately set up and staffed the political and communications operations necessary to take on the Clinton machine.”
– Sean Spicer, July 13, 20185The Guardian, July 13, 2018
Sean Spicer contradicts Trump’s Manafort claims in new book
retrieved 7/13/18
