Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigns

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Washington Post

Manafort issued his resignation Friday to Trump and fellow senior campaign officials, the friend said. He is leaving on good terms with the campaign, the friend added, and continues to support Trump.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.

<Edit: Updated headline added. Updated story> -

Trump campaign chairman and chief strategist Paul Manafort resigned on Friday, following a staff shake-up this week that reduced his role in the campaign.

GOP nominee Donald Trump confirmed the resignation in a statement Friday morning: “This morning Paul Manafort offered, and I accepted, his resignation from the campaign. I am very appreciative for his great work in helping to get us where we are today, and in particular his work guiding us through the delegate and convention process. Paul is a true professional and I wish him the greatest success.”

Manafort is leaving on good terms with the campaign, and will remain an ally and outside confidant of the campaign, according to a close associate of his who spoke on the condition of anonymity Friday to The Washington Post.

According to conversations late Thursday with Trump aides, Manafort’s departure was expected to come due to the reshuffling of the campaign’s staff earlier in the week, with Stephen K. Bannon being named chief executive and Kellyanne Conway assuming the role of campaign manager.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/19/trump-campaign-chairman-paul-manafort-resigns-according-to-a-close-associate/

---

Just saw the breaking banner.

TPM

By ALLEGRA KIRKLAND
Published AUGUST 19, 2016, 10:04 AM EDT

Paul Manafort abruptly resigned as Donald Trump's campaign chairman on Friday, according to reporters from The Washington Post and New York Times.

SCOOP: A close friend of Manafort tells me he has resigned

— Robert Costa (@costareports) August 19, 2016

MANAFORT RESIGNS, per two sources briefed. Rick Gates remaining so far.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 19, 2016

In a statement released shortly after the news broke on Twitter, Trump thanked Manafort for the contributions he made during his three months leading the campaign.

"I am very appreciative for his great work in helping to get us where we are today, and in particular his work guiding us through the delegate and convention process. Paul is a true professional and I wish him the greatest success," Trump said.

<...>

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/paul-manafort-resigns-campaign-manager

[George II]

1. I just saw this on CNN too (posted, but deleted) Not many details yet.

[Coyotl]

37. Did Manafort hack the DNC and Sec. Clinton? Inquiring mind want to know.

Rep. Trey Gowdy isn't bright enough to do it.

[Hissyspit]

2. BWAHAHAHA

Shitstorm continues unabated.

[whistler162]

3. Guest on Diane Rehms(SP?) just

mentioned it as breaking news.

[anneboleyn]

4. Breaking on CNN right now. Trump is an absolute mess. The sad idiots who will try to cover

for his erratic narcissism will be making up ridiculous lies/spin to cover his ass.

[anneboleyn]

11. Manafort says he was a "distraction" -- so pathetic, as Trump's stupid jet flies into LA for a photo

photo-op. Seriously Trump is the most narcissistic creep I've ever seen in politics, and that is obviously saying something since politicians are notorious narcissists. The gov of Louisiana asked Trump NOT to visit since the state is in distress yet of course Trump shows up like the stupid pig he is -- disgusting.

Yeah, Trump is so "stable" and the "law and order" guy. Riiiiight. The idiot on CNN is calling Trump "nimble." Yeah, right -- nimble like the proverbial bull in a china shop. Insane.

[scscholar]

54. CNN says Trump is not in LA, but instead in some Southern state. Why would he bother with CA?

[jpak]

5. Just reported on CBSN

[Mc Mike]

6. Campaign shake up? Nonsense. dRumpf is just EXPANDING his campaign.

Who you gonna believe, Cohen and Nell Hughes, or your own eyes?

[PatSeg]

7. This campaign

gave him far more exposure than I think he would have wanted. I'll bet there are authorities looking into his under-the-table payments in Ukraine. I wonder if he'll be leaving the country.

[Cracklin Charlie]

16. He's on a plane with Ryan Locte right now.

[cynzke]

17. MANAFORT USED JOHN MCCAIN AND OTHER SENATORS (GOP?)...

To OVERRIDE FBI objections to issuing a VISA for one of Manafort's sleazy Russian business partners, Oleg Deripanska. Why go to McCain? Because Manafort's business partner, Rick Davis (who is still on Trump's staff) was once John McCain's CAMPAIGN MANAGER. What the hell, HOW the hell are all these people with ties to Russia getting into our elections? Hope someone is looking into this.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-campaign-chief-ducks-questions-about-214020365.html

[PatSeg]

25. How on earth is all of this

not a bigger story? Instead we get more email BS, Hillary's health, and The Clinton Foundation non-stories.

I hope someone is looking into to it as well, but meanwhile, it would be nice if the damn press did its job.

[Matthew Rose]

41. The MSM is about 95% conservative.

[PatSeg]

46. Oh, a lot of them

aren't necessarily conservative, as much as ratings driven. It is less about news these days and more about entertainment. They are creating story lines.

[vlyons]

33. Because the Republican party has become a vast criminal enterprise

[Kathy M]

18. This ^^

I hope authorities , even Clinton campaign keeps an eye on him . Just because he resigned does not mean he
wont still do what ever he was doing like Stone who supposedly left Don ' campaign a while back .

Have not found this anywhere else but according to article

" When Manafort took an apartment in Trump Towers in 2006, he would kibitz with his old client when they’d run into one another on the elevator. “Trump knew this guy was top drawer,” says one Republican operative. "

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/04/paul_manafort_isn_t_a_gop_retread_he_s_made_a_career_of_reinventing_tyrants.html

Manafort was in trouble years ago with campaign stuff which he was able to walk away from this time around I hope he is not able to

[PatSeg]

29. From the article,

it appears he prefers to remain behind the scenes. I'm sure he is getting far too much attention and publicity for his liking.

Yes, it is very likely he is not really "gone", but I wonder if he considered this campaign a lost cause. Compared to his other clients, Trump must be a total nightmare. Must be like trying to make Yosemite Sam into a viable candidate.

[Kathy M]

34. Agree ^ ^

I still hope someone is keeping an eye on all the players ...............

[PatSeg]

36. I am reading David Cay Johnston's book

"The Making of Donald Trump" and Trump has a lot of unsavory people in his life. It is hardly a secret, yet the media rarely even touches on the subject. His history of mob connections is long and incriminating, but the media frequently paints him as a colorful, but successful real estate tycoon.

[Kathy M]

52. I wish the media would report on his connections / shady deals ...

Its August , so maybe it will in the next couple of months . People have to know he is not a colorful character
that is successful

Heard David Cay on Last Word a week or better ago , his book sounds good .



Edit to add after I wrote above realized there is certain percentage that will not believe the true Don

[PatSeg]

55. And he is not really even "successful"

If there is a wrong way to do something, that tends to be Trump's way. It is like he tries to lose money. The whole Atlantic City casino venture was a total catastrophe. Even when he cuts corners, cheated contractors and suppliers, and broke laws, he still failed!

The book is interesting. I am amazed that Trump has any assets left at all.

[wordpix]

49. "prefers to remain behind the scenes" ---too late with his sleazy pro-Russia biz on front pages

[PatSeg]

53. Yep, that was one big "oops"

Of course, this whole Trump campaign business might not have been his choice. He hangs out with some pretty unsavory characters.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Manafort too hot even for Trump to handle. Plus Manafort shakes off Trump defeat. Paid by somebody.

He'll land on his feet and he had millions from the Ukraine slush fund.

Undoubtedly he paid much of it out for dirty tricks but I'm sure some feathered his nest.

Manafort was not taking a salary from the campaign. But he doesn't work for free.

[cynzke]

21. WELL MANAFORT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION...

In the Cayman Islands accused by one of his former business associates (Russian Mobster?) of absconding with the associate's money!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-campaign-chief-ducks-questions-about-214020365.html

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Please stop shouting your post titles. Your posts are not particularly more important than others.nt

[Kathy M]

60. Interesting article ... Thanks for posting .

Read the article you posted then did a little surfing on net which brought up a couple other articles . From what I have
been reading sounds like there is a huge spider web of connections . We will see what comes out of this , surprised Gates
is still with Don 's campaign . Hope Don ' s connection are revealed also .

Plus the daughter is over there now ....... wonder why

Not sure if we will find out who is working for who and who has / will be double crossed

[Hortensis]

39. Agree. Embarrassed "the leader," so officially (not really) falls on sword.

Whether he's paid by someone, or whatever, we know he planned to benefit from this in some way. Who knows? Maybe the payoff is just personal enjoyment.

[Botany]

9. Good Bye Paulie Walnuts aka Paul Manafort

Last edited Fri Aug 19, 2016, 11:38 AM - Edit history (1)

Time to go back to Keiv?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

10. Sez who?! nt

[George II]

13. All of them.

[underpants]

12. YOU'RE FIRED!

Resigned my ass

[Thinkingabout]

14. Manafort has his own problems, perhaps was the influence of Trumps statements about Putin

I just wonder how deep the relationships are. I am not ready for a Putin style of governing.

[Jim__]

15. The guy who is going to ignore US intelligence because the intelligence community doesn't know ...

... what it's doing, had a Russian agent as his campaign chairman.

Yeah, let's rely on Trump's good brain to see what's going on in the world.

[left-of-center2012]

19. How soon before CNN hires him?

MSNBC has a report now, a reporter saying ~~> "a friend of Manafort's" says:
the bottom is about to fall out of the Trump campaign and it's about to collapse.

Sour grapes?

It's like watching a train wreck.

[wordpix]

50. Trump's campaign about to collapse? Hasn't it already?

This guy has nine lives but he'll probably limp to the finish, battered, bruised and broke.

[Johnny2X2X]

20. Next stop is prison

This guy actively worked against the US and for Russia.

[KeepItReal]

23. Maybe if Janet Reno was still AG... Don't see Attorney General Lynch nailing this guy.

I hope she proves me wrong though.

That bastard helped thwart NATO and engineer the Russian annexation of Crimea.

[awoke_in_2003]

61. Have to go after real criminals

like FIFA

[onehandle]

24. Putin is ready to step in! nt

[old harry]

26. Putin must be disconsolate

Or datembassy!

[oberliner]

27. The hand of Kushner

The hand of Kushner, merciless and swift, is once again detected in a Trump generalissimo’s demise. Kushner is Jared Kushner, husband of Trump daughter Ivanka, who was said to play a key role in Lewandowski’s demise.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/aug/19/donald-trump-louisiana-clinton-campaign-live?CMP=twt_gu

Interesting. Kushner supposedly got Corey out as well.

[RapSoDee]

59. The Kushner Kibosh* (R)

* Kosher? Hardly.

[stopbush]

28. Manafort leaving means it's over for Trump.

He's a sleeze, but he was correct in trying to get Trump to pivot toward normalcy for the GE. He failed in that, because anyone would have failed. Trump's response was to bring in a couple of smarmy, sneering far-right yes men who will rubber stamp Trump's losing strategy.

Bannon and Conway aren't stupid. Both know that their personal political apples will be polished in the RW world by having led a presidential campaign, even one that is failing and will ultimately lose big time, as will Trump's. They are taking advantage of the stupidity of Trump's naivety to advance their own standing in RW power circles. Their excuse when Trump loses will be that they were called in too late...but don't let that stop any 2020 candidates putting their numbers on speed dial.

I for one am breathing a big sigh of relief now that Manafort is out and those two RW nut jobs are in.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

40. They are test-running Trump Breitbart TV: TBTV: Tuberculosis TV. . . . nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

30. This just in, from the fake North Korean news service:

Loss of Paul Manafort by Donald Trump is called blow to American democracy by friends in Belarus, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe, and DPRK.

[anneboleyn]

31. Sooooo...Trump doesn't hire the "best people?" Third campaign manager in three months...

[vlyons]

32. Manafort has more important things to do

like beginning his defense against criminal charges of being an unregistered agent of a foreign country. Duhhhhh

[sheshe2]

35. This story keeps getting better and better.

What next one wonders!?!

[Iggo]

38. "...appreciative for his great work in helping to get us where we are today..."

[Hav]

56. Rock bottom and still digging

Great work indeed.

[klook]

57. Below 15% so won't have to participate in debates?

[bucolic_frolic]

42. You mean it was "Crooked Trumpy" all along?

What a hypocrite. Sure picks lousy people around him.

[left-of-center2012]

43. Fox News: Proof Trump is on track to beat Clinton

They think this shows Trump's campaign has traction and is gaining strength to steamroller over Hillary.
Even got Gov Huckleberry on there saying this is proof of a strong leader.

[wordpix]

51. spin it any way you want, Repugs, you're going down

[tclambert]

44. Another one bites . . .

[faye]

45. More light

Somebody turned a light on and the roaches are running for the cracks and corners.

[BiminiTwisted]

47. Don't forget his influence in getting the GOP to change their platform.

[TeamPooka]

48. Thats right his work was done

[Blue_Tires]

58. Sadly, we're red-baiters and McCarthyites for pointing this out

At least according to Greenwald and his ilk:
https://twitter.com/speechboy71/status/766453334937067520