Tornado Alley (PROG)

[mr40]

I never said I approved of Manafort.

Trump didn't know that Manafort (and Gates) had not disclosed their work under the Foreign Agent Registration Act. Manafort was stupid to take the job.
And Manafort should have realized that putting himself in a top role in a presidential campaign was a surefire way to draw scrutiny to his past ties and to any legally dubious behavior.

Cory Lewandowski was fired on June 21, 2016.

Manafort's role in the Trump campaign was short-lived, he was out on August 19, 2016, only two months of service. Manafort's resignation came shortly after news emerged linking Manafort to a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine.

Manafort quit just two days after Trump decided to restructure his campaign team, pulling Stephen K. Bannon, chairman of Breitbart News, and strategist Kellyanne Conway into top positions.

Manafort was replaced by Kellyanne Conway.