From AP via the Star Tribune:
President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman is registering as a foreign agent.
Paul Manafort's spokesman says he was in talks with the government about registering before the 2016 election and is now "taking appropriate steps" in response to "formal guidance" from the government.
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It's unclear whether Trump was aware that Manafort was in talks with the government about registering before he hired him.
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This latest move is surely related to the other news that broke about Manafort earlier today — that his appearance in the hand-written Ukrainian pay-off ledger is legit. (www.dailykos.com/… ) Manafort is retroactively trying to avoid breaking the law.
We also just learned that the FBI was monitoring Trump advisor Carter Page under the assumption that he too, was a secret foreign agent.
Drippety drip drip...