Barely two months after his appointment, the Donald Trump campaign manager, Paul Manafort, resigned. Republican presidential candidate confirmed Friday his departure. Manafort had fallen into disrepute after his name appeared in the secret accounts of the party of ousted pro-Russian Ukrainian President Yanukovych.
"This morning Paul Manafort has offered his resignation, which I accepted," Trump said in a statement. "I am grateful to him for his good work. He is a professional and I wish him the best. " Or his departure is related to the revelations of the New York Times was not confirmed his links with Yanukovych.
The departure of Manafort any case does not fall from the sky. Trump had him Wednesday already de facto put on a siding with the appointment of Stephen Bannon, head of the right-wing populist news Breitbart News, as head of his presidential campaign. Trump said that Manafort would retain its important role, but that's proved unsustainable.
Lobbyist
That Manafort should exist only partly attributable to him. He came into disrepute because he and his closest collaborator Rick Gates for the US Department of Justice had withheld that they were active in the period 2012-2014 as a lobbyist for the government of the then Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
Americans working for foreign politicians or political parties should announce that the Ministry of Justice. If they do not, then they are guilty of a crime, where a prison sentence is up to five years. The maximum fine is 220 thousand euros.
According to The New York Times is Manaforts name also in a corruption investigation in Ukraine. He would have received for his work for Yanukovych in a black greenhouse 11.4 million. Beschuldiginen which he called himself "baseless, absurd and nonsense."
Manafort is known as one of the most crafty political consultants in Washington. Among his previous clients were the Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who was overthrown by a popular uprising in 1986; Zairean dictator Mobutu also expelled; Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi and the military government of Nigeria.
By Editorial Volkskrant: Photo: Reuters
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