"Every employee is also a potential liability on a presidential campaign". In February the Times reported that Manafort was once of the Trump campaign officials whose contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials are being examined by us intelligence. Alptekin denied having any ties to the Turkish government.
Manafort is just one of several former Trump allies or administration officials who have been under fire for their connection to pro-Kremlin factions in the past.
Regardless, according to the Associated Press, Manafort is considering registering as a foreign agent. The White House hired him anyway.
Then, after the inauguration, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn quit because of conversations he had had with the Russian ambassador.
Lobbying for foreign interests is legal and lucrative. He will register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for his Ukraine work. Emails obtained by the AP contradicted that and showed that Gates directly oversaw and guided the lobbying work Mercury conducted.
The Justice Department has a new watchful eye on a former Trump campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.
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President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort's finances have come under scrutiny as he is investigated as part of a probe into Russia's attempt to influence the election. A spokesman for Manafort said Wednesday that the longtime political consultant considered a new filing under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) after receiving "formal guidance recently from the authorities" regarding work he and a colleague had performed on behalf of Ukrainian political interests.
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort may register as a foreign agent with the United States government due to past political work in Ukraine, Manafort's spokesman said on Wednesday (12 April). The Washington Post reported late Tuesday that the government obtained a secret warrant under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act last summer to monitor Page's communications.
Basically, Manafort isn't admitting to working for Russian Federation yet, but he IS admitting to working for their next-door neighbor. Trump has since said he has no relationship with him.
Additionally, The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had sought and obtained a warrant from a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to monitor Carter Page, another former Trump campaign adviser, to investigate whether he was acting as a foreign intelligence asset of the Russian government. Manafort earned millions working for a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party, and also did business with a Russian oligarch and a Ukrainian oligarch.
Chris Ashby, a Republican elections lawyer, said that while it's easy to blame Trump for missing red flags about his campaign advisers, it's not always possible to dig up details that potential hires aren't willing to disclose on their own.
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