Manafort resigns after scrutiny of his Ukraine work and undisclosed payments
Reporting and findings
- reported
Manafort resigned as Trump campaign chairman after public reporting about his work for Ukraine's pro-Russian Party of Regions and alleged off-book payments. Trump thanked him for helping the campaign. The resignation was an employment consequence, not an adjudication; later jury verdicts and guilty pleas separately established financial and lobbying crimes.
- TIME: Paul Manafort resigns from Donald Trump campaignResignation, Trump statement, campaign reorganization, and Ukraine scrutiny
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney: Executive Grant of Clemency for Paul J. Manafort, Jr.Later adjudicated Virginia and D.C. offenses and sentences
Summary and current status
Trump accepted the resignation as the campaign reorganized; later criminal cases concerned Manafort's Ukraine income and financial concealment.
Former campaign chairman
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpDonald Trump network root
- Paul ManafortTrump 2016 campaign chairman
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trump2016 campaign chairmanPaul Manafort