Sean Spicer on Paul Manafort Quotes by Sean Spicer on Paul Manafort’s Role in the 2016 Trump Campaign THEN NOW March 2017 July 2018 "Manafort…played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time." - March 20, 2017 "Paul brought a much-needed maturity to the Trump campaign." July 2018 - "He was hired to count delegates." - March 22, 2017 "Before Manafort there was no semblance of a campaign structure." July 2018 - "A gentleman who was employed by someone for five months." - March 23, 2017 "Paul immediately set up and staffed the…operations necessary to take on the Clinton machine." July 2018 - Get details →
Trump Officials on Russian Contacts Trump Officials on Whether There Was Russian Contacts During the 2016 Election THEN NOW 2016 – Oct 2017 March – Nov 2017 "No, there are not. That's absurd." - July 24, 2016 "Manafort and I met with a Russian in June 2016." July 9, 2017 - "No communication." - Nov 11, 2016 "The Russian stated that she had information on Clinton." July 9, 2017 - "No meetings that were set up." - March, 2017 "Obviously I'm the first person…to [meet]…about an opponent." July 10, 2017 - "Absolutely not." - Dec 18, 2016 "I did meet one Russian official." March 2, 2017 - "Of course not." - Jan 15, 2017 "The Russian ambassador…we met with him." March 2, 2017 - "I'm not aware of any of those activities." - Jan 10, 2017 "It could've been…some comment was made with the Russian." Oct 18, 2017 - "No. Not at all." - Feb 15, 2017 "I do now recall Papadopoulos discussing Russia connections." Nov 14, 2017 - "That never happened." - Feb 20, 2017 "I talked with the Russian ambassador." March 2, 2017 - "No." - Feb 19, 2017 "I'll send…insights…I've received from Russian officials." July 8, 2016 -released Nov 2017 "I had no meetings." - Feb 15, 2017 "Discussions with a Russian was just…old friends getting together." Nov 2, 2017 - "There are no connections." - Feb 24, 2017 "The Russian Minister expressed strong support for Mr. Trump." July 2016 -released Nov 2017 Get details →