Manafort and Gates discussed 'press strategy' after he left Trump's campaign, emails reveal

Source: ABC News




By JACK V. DATE Dec 10, 2017, 7:09 AM ET

Newly unsealed court documents reveal August 2016 emails between former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his former deputy Rick Gates in the days after Manafort left the Trump campaign, discussing a "press strategy" to defend himself after his departure.

The emails, attached to a prosecution filing opposing Manafort’s request to alter his bail conditions entered Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, include correspondence between Manafort and Gates from August 21, 2016, two days after Manafort resigned.

That e-mail outlines "3 main attacks" in the strategy: "1. Cash ledger 2. Fara (redacted) 3. Russia."

Manafort and Gates charged in October with, among other charges, making false or misleading statements on Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) filings and acting as unregistered agents of a foreign principal: Ukraine.

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