Paul Manafort Once Worked to Benefit the Putin Government: Report

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The White House distanced itself from a new report Wednesday that alleges Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, worked for a Russian billionaire more than a decade ago in order to advance the agenda of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The explosive report by The Associated Press appears to undermine assertions by the Trump administration and Manafort that he had never worked to promote Russia's global influence.

"It would be inappropriate for us to comment on a person who is not a White House employee," White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told NBC News.

Manafort, working as a consultant, signed a $10 million annual contract with Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska in 2006 after pitching plans to help Russian interests around the world, the AP reported. Deripaska was a known ally of Putin.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/paul-manafort-once-worked-benefit-putin-government-report-n736881

[salin]

1. I think Manafort is the domino in the chain that clips 3 dominoes

setting chains of falling dominoes going off in several directions.

If I were Spicer I would hit Mercer up for a big "pledge" of a gift at the end of this gig, or I would consider walking. It is only going to get hotter and hotter and his boss is only going to get more cray cray.