Trump Snarks About Jailing of Former Campaign Manager: ‘Didn’t Know Manafort Was the Head of the Mob’
President Trump would appear to think his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is being treated very unfairly.
Wow, what a tough sentence for Paul Manafort, who has represented Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and many other top political people and campaigns. Didn’t know Manafort was the head of the Mob. What about Comey and Crooked Hillary and all of the others? Very unfair!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2018
Manafort has actually not yet been sentenced. His bail was revoked and he is being put in jail before the trial, after the special counsel’s office accused him of witness tampering.
Trump continued by reiterating what he said during his marathon Fox & Friends interview today:
I’ve had to beat 17 very talented people including the Bush Dynasty, then I had to beat the Clinton Dynasty, and now I have to beat a phony Witch Hunt and all of the dishonest people covered in the IG Report…and never forget the Fake News Media. It never ends!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2018
Trump also weighed in on Manafort this morning, strongly downplaying his role in the campaign and the amount of time he spent on it. He also said he feels a little “badly” on this whole thing.
There has been, however, some disagreement as to the size of Manafort’s role:
.@newtgingrich: "Nobody should underestimate how much Paul Manafort did to really help get this [Trump] campaign to where it is right now."
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) August 20, 2016
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