Trump is preparing to hire Paul Manafort again. Here are all the ways a bipartisan 2020 Senate report suggests that might be a big problem.
Paul Manafort, then a top aide, stands between Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in 2016. is preparing to bring back into his campaign fold a man convicted of multiple crimes and whom a bipartisan Senate report labeled a “grave counterintelligence threat” because of his ties to a Russian spy.Trump has long surrounded himself with and even hired colorful and problematic characters.
“Taken as a whole, Manafort’s high-level access and willingness to share information with individuals closely affiliated with the Russian intelligence services, particularly Kilimnik, represented a grave counterintelligence threat.” Manafort told Mueller’s investigators that Kilimnik was not a spy, but the reports contain evidence that he at least suspected it. Fellow top Trump campaign aide Rick Gates told Mueller’s team that Gates suspected Kilimnik was a spy and shared that view with Manafort and others. Gates said that Manafort would occasionally insert false statements into discussions with Kilimnik to see if he would pass along that information.
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