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Manefort does not appear to be an unintelligent person to me. Why is someone who is up to his eye balls in money laundering, putting himself in the spotlight by taking the job as Trump's campaign manager. Perhaps the Russians pushed him into it. Now Trump, I could believe he might do it anyway.
dalton99a
(81,386 posts)bluepen
(620 posts)Edit: But you raise an excellent point. Maybe he had no choice. Now he does, though. He can spill it all.
PJMcK
(21,988 posts)This was how Manafort expressed himself to Trump's long-time friend, Tom Barrack. This was after Trump lost the Iowa caucus. Manafort was angling for a position within Trump's campaign. He became the campaign's manager and offered to work for free. Why would he do that? (My personal opinion is that he knew Trump would stiff him!) Actually, there were huge debts that Manafort owed to Russians and they may have wanted influence in Trump's campaign.
Could the involvement of Manafort be yet another tentacle of Russian interference in our elections?
Anyway, Keith Olbermann covers this subject in one of his recent Resistance essays:
https://www.gq.com/story/watch-the-closer-keith-olbermann
See Episode 136: Why Did Paul Manafort Need To Get To Trump?
MaryMagdaline
(6,850 posts)Manafort knows more than anyone else what happens when you don't do as you are told by Putin
Orsino
(37,428 posts)There's ridiculously easy money to be made by anyone willing to do Trump's work for him.
BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)with no consequences.
But agree with post #5 that they (or at least some "players" ) didn't expect Drumpf to win. Folks like them are always on the lookout for $$$$ opportunity and "networking".
Also note that Manafort had replaced Lewandowski as campaign manager so that is something to factor in.