Donald Trump on Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort
THEN
NOW
July 2016
2017 – 2018
#DonaldTrump 7/22/16: "Paul Manafort has done a fantastic ❲job❳. And all of Paul’s people Paul brought on the staff." » #Trump 7/15/18: "Manafort has nothing to do with our campaign." #2016election Click To Tweet
Donald Trump on Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort
THEN
July 2016
- July 22, 2016
Republican Party nomination acceptance speech
CNN, July 22, 2016
1st Donald Trump Speech after Winning GOP Nomination
NOW
2017 -2018
Feb 16, 2017 -
White House, Feb. 16, 2017
Remarks by President Trump in Press Conference
Aug 10, 2017 -
Washington Post, Aug. 11, 2017
Trump’s tough-on-North Korea, toned-down-on-Russia Q&A session, annotated
May 4, 2018 -
CNN, May 4, 2018
Transcripts: Federal Judge's Statements in the Manafort Investigation; President Trump Addresses NRA Convention.
June 15, 2018 -
Washington Post, June 15, 2018
‘Very unfair!’: Trump complains about Manafort’s jailing on witness tampering allegations
Aug 17, 2018 -
White House, Aug. 17, 2018
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
#DonaldTrump 7/22/16: "We’re really now in the final stretch…Manafort has done an amazing job." » #Trump 2/16/17: "Paul Manafort was replaced long before the election took place." #Manafort #2016election Click To Tweet
Context
Paul 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 joined the Trump campaign on March 28, 2016, initially leading its delegate collection efforts.1New York Times, Mar 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 then 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 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, Aug 19, 2016
Paul Manafort Quits Donald Trump’s Campaign After a Tumultuous Run
retrieved 6/15/18
Manafort was heavily involved with post-election staffing of the Trump administration, according to sources with knowledge of the transition process. One former campaign official said, “I think he’s weighing in on everything. I think he still talks to Trump every day.”5Daily Beast, Nov 30, 2016
Paul Manafort Is Back and Advising Donald Trump on Cabinet Picks
retrieved 6/15/18
“Paul Manafort has been in operational control of the campaign since April 7. That’s a fact.”
– Corey Lewandowski, July 20, 20166Associated Press, June 20, 2016
Trump fires his campaign manager in dramatic shake-up
(retrieved 7/13/18)
“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, 20187The Guardian, July 13, 2018
Sean Spicer contradicts Trump’s Manafort claims in new book
retrieved 7/13/18
