Paul Manafort was in the room when Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer hoping for dirt on Hilary Clinton. One month later, he reportedly sent an email to a Russian billionaire offering private briefings on the campaign. Before he even signed on with Trump, the FBI was reportedly secretly monitoring his calls.
Now, he’s at the center of Robert Mueller’s investigation. Here’s a look at how he got there:
2006
– Manafort begins working for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who has close ties with Vladimir Putin, for $10 million per year, per the Washington Post. Around the same time, he’s hired by a pro-Russia political party in Ukraine.
2014
– The FBI begins investigating Manafort over his consulting work in Ukraine.
– As a part of that investigation, the FBI obtains a FISA warrant to wiretap Manafort, per CNN. It was discontinued at some point in 2016, and later renewed. The CNN report emerged in September, 2017.
2016
– March 28: Manafort joins the Trump campaign, tasked with wrangling delegates for the convention.
– Spring 2016: A new FBI investigation into Manafort is opened, relating to his business ties to foreign countries, including Russia, per the NY Times.
– May 19: Manafort is promoted to campaign chairman.
– June 9: Manafort attends the Trump Tower meeting at which Donald Trump Jr. had been told he’d receive dirt on Hillary Clinton as part of the Russian government’s efforts to help his father win. News of the meeting emerged in July, 2017.
– July 7: Manafort reportedly sends an email to an associate of Deripaska, asking if the billionaire would like private briefings on the campaign. News of the email emerged in September, 2017.
– August 12: The AP reports on secret ledgers that record $12.7 million in payments to Manafort from the Ukrainian political party, the Party of Regions.
– August 19: Manafort quits the campaign, with Jared Kushner reportedly telling him if he doesn’t resign immediately he’ll be fired.
– Late 2016: The FBI renews its wiretaps of Manafort’s communications, per CNN.
– November 8: Trump is elected president.
2017
– March 20: Sean Spicer claims Manafort “played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time” on the campaign.
– May 17: Robert Mueller is named special prosecutor in the Russia probe 8 days after Trump removed James Comey as FBI director.
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I was struggling to keep the 7 million Manafort stories straight. So I spent my evening building a timeline…https://t.co/ntxfo4pawl
— Dave Lawler (@DavidLawler10) September 21, 2017
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