19. Paul Manafort (Former Trump Campaign Advisor) – Resigned
19.1. Relationship with Trump
7/27/2016 - Manafort retweets Trump saying “If Russia or any other country or person has Hillary Clinton’s 33,000 illegally deleted emails, perhaps they should share them with the FBI!” Source
8/19/2016 – A week (or less) after NYT article on secret ledger payments drops Manafort “resigns” Source
10/25/2016 – Manafort is still a resident of Trump tower after he resigns. Source
10/30/2016 – Manafort seems to be the reason Trump ended up picking Pence. Source
11/30/2016 - Sources claim Manafort is still working with the Trump campaign, heavily communicating with Pence. Source
3/22/17 - White House downplays Manafort’s Russia links Source
3/23/17 - Manafort was Trump’s campaign manager, controlled hiring along with its media campaign and budget. Source
3/29/2017 - A bank in Cyprus investigated accounts associated with President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, for possible money-laundering. Source
3/29/2017 - Ex-Trump aide Manafort bought New York homes with cash. “The first thing is, where did the person get the money to pay cash for multi-million-dollar properties?” said Ross Delston, a Washington, D.C.-based independent attorney and anti-money laundering expert. Source
4/12/2017 - After Campaign Exit, Manafort Borrowed From Businesses With Trump and Russia Ties. Source
5/14/2017 - New York State has opened an investigation into the real-estate dealings of President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, deepening the already intense legal scrutiny of the young administration. Source
5/16/2017 - Federal investigators have subpoenaed records related to a $3.5 million mortgage that former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort took out on his Hamptons home just after leaving the campaign Source
19.2. Relationship with Russia
6/31/2016 – How Paul Manafort wielded power in Ukraine before advising Trump. Source
8/14/2016 - Seemingly has ties to Russia (and received undisclosed payments from Russia). Source
11/1/2016 – Manafort denies any knowledge of investigation by the FBI. Source
12/02/2016 - -Truth about Manafort coming out seemed to anger Russia, they blame Ukraine for “sabotaging Trump”. Source
2/21/2017 – Dmytro Firtrash, a Ukrainian Oligarch with ties to Paul Manafort is facing extradition to the US.Source
2/23/2017 – Manafort faced blackmail attempt in regards to his relationship with Russia. Source
2/28/2017 - If you wish to read the hacked information mentioned in the above article you can find it here, though obviously it being hacked information I cannot validate the source. Source
3/8/2017 - U.S. and Ukrainian authorities have expressed interest in the activities of a Kiev-based operative with suspected ties to Russian intelligence who consulted regularly with Paul Manafort last year while Manafort was running Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Source
3/11/2017 - A Ukrainian human rights attorney representing the victims of mass police shootings in Kiev in 2014 has asked prosecutors to investigate what are purported to be the hacked text messages of one of Paul Manafort’s daughters, saying the texts point to possible influence Manafort had with Ukraine’s president during that period.Source
3/18/2017 - Former Trump campaign Chief Paul Manafort wanted for questioning in Ukraine corruption case. Source
3/20/2017 - Manafort sought for questioning – in D.C. and Kiev. Source
3/21/2017 - New documents show Trump aide laundered payments from party with Moscow ties, lawmaker alleges Source
3/21/2017 - Sen. Mark Warner: We have to talk to Paul Manafort. Source
3/22/2017 - Before Trump job, Manafort worked to aid Putin** **Source *
3/23/2017 - U.S. Treasury Department agents have recently obtained information about offshore financial transactions involving President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, as part of a federal anti-corruption probe into his work in Eastern Europe, The Associated Press has learned. Source
3/23/2017 - The U.S. government investigation of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, crossed the Atlantic earlier this year to the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, once known as a haven for money laundering by Russian billionaires. Source
3/24/2017 - A surprise offer by Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager, to “provide information” to congressional committees investigating links between the Trump campaign and Russia may be far more limited than it first appeared, according to congressional sources and others familiar with the matter. Source
3/28/2017 - Facing multiple investigations for his political and financial ties to Russia, has engaged in a series of puzzling real estate deals in New York City over the past 11 years.Real estate and law enforcement experts say some of these transactions fit a pattern used in money laundering; together, they raise questions about Manafort’s activities in the New York City property market while he also was consulting for business and political leaders in the former Soviet Union. Source
3/30/2017 - The FBI, Justice Department and Treasury Department are examining whether any of Manafort’s millions of dollars in consulting income from pro-Russian Ukrainian politicians and oligarchs were laundered from corrupt sources, whether he properly disclosed all his foreign bank accounts each year to the U.S. government and whether he paid taxes on all foreign income. Source
3/31/2017 - a Chicago savings bank has found itself ensnared in the saga of former Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, who is under scrutiny for his dealings with a Russian businessman. Source
4/12/2017 - a handwritten ledger surfaced in Ukraine with dollar amounts and dates next to the name of Paul Manafort, who was then Donald Trump’s campaign chairman. Financial records newly obtained by The Associated Press confirm that at least $1.2 million in payments listed in the ledger next to Manafort’s name were actually received by his consulting firm in the United States. Source
4/12/2017 - — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for lobbying work he did on behalf of political interests in Ukraine, led at the time by a pro-Russian political party, his spokesman said Wednesday. Source
4/28/2017 - Paul Manafort attended four lobbying meetings with members of Congress and Washington organizations while advising a pro-Russia Ukrainian political party, according to new disclosure forms filed to the Justice Department. Source
5/12/2017 - The Justice Department last month requested banking records of Paul Manafort as part of a widening of probes related to President Donald Trump’s former campaign associates and whether they colluded with Russia in interfering with the 2016 election. Source
5/25/2017 - Months after the FBI began examining Paul Manafort as part of a probe into ties between President Donald Trump’s team and Russia, Manafort called Trump’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, to push back against the mounting controversy Source