Title: What Did Ex-Trump Aide Paul Manafort Really Do in Ukraine?
Headings: What Did Ex-Trump Aide Paul Manafort Really Do in Ukraine?
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What Did Ex-Trump Aide Paul Manafort Really Do in Ukraine? Trump's former campaign chief worked for an anti-NATO party and a politician who fled the country amid charges of corruption and collusion with Russia. Paul Manafort speaks during a primary night event at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester in Briarcliff Manor, New York on June 7, 2016. Victor Blue / Bloomberg via Getty Images file
June 27, 2017, 3:13 AM PDT / Updated June 27, 2017, 3:13 AM PDT
By Kenzi Abou-Sabe, Tom Winter and Max Tucker
A former Trump aide now under federal investigation as part of the Russia probe earned millions working for a corrupt pro-Russian political party that repeatedly disparaged America's most important military alliance. Paul Manafort, who was Trump's campaign chief from May to August 2016, spent nearly a decade as a consultant to Ukraine's Party of Regions and its standardbearer, Viktor Yanukovych. Backed by Russian-leaning oligarchs, the party opposed NATO membership and spouted anti-Western rhetoric that once helped fuel violence against American marines. Its reign ended when Yanukovych fled to Russia after bloody street protests against his personal corruption and pro-Moscow actions. Paul Manafort speaks during a primary night event at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester in Briarcliff Manor, New York, U.S., on June 7, 2016. Victor Blue / Bloomberg via Getty Images file
Manafort has always said he tried to Westernize the party and steer it towards a democratic model, and denies any part in anti-NATO messaging, but Ukrainian critics and U.S. diplomats who served in Kiev aren't so sure.