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8. Inside Trump adviser Manafort’s world of politics and global financial dealmaking

Reply to Wash. state Desk Jet (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 03:21 PM

Jul 2016

Gates is in here.

Inside Trump adviser Manafort’s world of politics and global financial dealmaking

By Steven Mufson and Tom Hamburger

April 26 

Paul Manafort was hired by Donald Trump to bring the wisdom of an old Washington hand to a campaign of political novices and provide expertise on the arcane art of counting convention delegates.

But beneath the image of a campaign wise man is a more complex picture of a veteran consultant who has pursued parallel careers as a lobbyist, political adviser and global dealmaker. He has parlayed political relationships around the world into an array of intricate financial transactions with billionaire oligarchs and other controversial investors that have at times spurred legal disputes.
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At one point, attorneys for the Russian businessman, Oleg Deripaska, claimed that they could not locate Manafort or his partner, Richard Gates. The tycoon hired a private investigator to track them down, according to a 2014 petition that Deripaska’s attorneys filed in a Cayman Islands court seeking recovery of the money. ... “It appears that Paul Manafort and Rick Gates have simply disappeared,” the petition states.
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The relationship with Deripaska started on a positive note. ... The firm of Davis Manafort, which Manafort owned with Gates and longtime Republican strategist Richard Davis, wooed Deripaska in 2006, describing its experience in “international and domestic business, politics, government and public policy development,” according to the Cayman Islands petition filed on behalf of Deripaska.

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Named: Donald Trump aide who let Melania speak Michelle Obama's words – campaign chairman's former l [View all] Wash. state Desk Jet Jul 2016 OP

But Trump said it was Hillary Clinton's fault. Kingofalldems Jul 2016 #1

Paul Manafort certainly did. calimary Jul 2016 #4

I am STILL fuming over this... tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #17

HILLARY CLINTON feeling threatened by Melania Trump??!! NastyRiffraff Jul 2016 #29

Yeah, no kidding. calimary Jul 2016 #30

I'm telling you, Hillary Clinton WhiteTara Jul 2016 #32

and BENGHAZI night seemed like such a good idea underpants Jul 2016 #5

AND FOR THE NOROVIRUS BREAKOUT TOO! cynzke Jul 2016 #35

LO!@#$%^:POIOH&^&*())_ Iliyah Jul 2016 #2

FINALLY! We have a Gates-gate underpants Jul 2016 #3

I came here to post that same joke! True Dough Jul 2016 #6

:-) underpants Jul 2016 #11

Welcome to DU, True Dough! calimary Jul 2016 #31

Thanks for the welcome, calimary True Dough Jul 2016 #34

AHA! I found it! calimary Jul 2016 #38

I'm starting to suspect The Donald Himself did it. calimary Jul 2016 #43

Your suspicion may just be spot on. Wash. state Desk Jet Jul 2016 #44

Even though Meredith McIver fell on her sword, my husband STILL thinks Trump did it. calimary Jul 2016 #45

And with that, we should retire "-gate" once and for all. Yavin4 Jul 2016 #16

WRITER GATE!!! cynzke Jul 2016 #36

Melania said she wrote it all by herself... tinrobot Jul 2016 #7

She didn't write diddly.... LovingA2andMI Jul 2016 #19

Inside Trump adviser Manafort’s world of politics and global financial dealmaking mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 #8

AH, THE CAYMAN ISLANDS! cynzke Jul 2016 #37

why am I not surprised Manafort is involved w/a Russian oligarch in the Caymans? wordpix Jul 2016 #40

KnR Schadenfreudelicious Hekate Jul 2016 #9

Manafort is very tight with Gates. yellowcanine Jul 2016 #10

What a clustetf*ck. What is clear is Melania's speech was plagiarism. nt SunSeeker Jul 2016 #12

let's see...I'll attempt to translate Gates' statement... dhill926 Jul 2016 #13

What a bunch of crap. sofa king Jul 2016 #14

You are trying to attribute plagiarism, the theft of another's work without attribution or jtuck004 Jul 2016 #15

So Manafort found a patsy ... GeorgeGist Jul 2016 #18

I said elsewhere I smell a train wreck on the way. Trump is melting down and Cruz is in the wings, Ford_Prefect Jul 2016 #20

I think so too. LuvNewcastle Jul 2016 #24

Surely her university degree would show that she has the skills keithbvadu2 Jul 2016 #21

How does the old joke go? Cryptoad Jul 2016 #22

there have to be some good answers to that one wordpix Jul 2016 #41

Will he fall on his pen now, so to speak? nt Xipe Totec Jul 2016 #23

Ms. Trump is destined for 'Real Housewives'. White trash billionaires Francis Booth Jul 2016 #25

I'll bet Gates' bank account sees a major bump in the next few days. 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #26

Someone please help me respond to this facebook comment: stopwastingmymoney Jul 2016 #27

Oh, phooey -- that means I made this for nothing rocktivity Jul 2016 #28

He is such a buffoon it is just so amazing how it is they slip down into becoming lower than snake Wash. state Desk Jet Jul 2016 #39

Meleina's story ! Wash. state Desk Jet Jul 2016 #33

have news writers abandoned paragraphs bc wordpix Jul 2016 #42