4 years after receiving a pardon from President Donald J. Trump for crimes associated to international lobbying, Paul Manafort is once more looking for enterprise from political pursuits overseas.
Mr. Manafort, who led Mr. Trump’s 2016 marketing campaign for a couple of months, has assembled a staff of consultants who helped run Mr. Trump’s 2024 effort and is trying to advise campaigns for opposition and far-right political factions in Latin America and Europe, in accordance with paperwork and interviews.
Mr. Manafort has mentioned working for a French billionaire supporting anti-immigration politicians together with Marine Le Pen, in addition to an ultraconservative Peruvian mayor seen as a doable presidential candidate. Mr. Manafort has even engaged with pursuits in Ukraine, the nation the place his work for Russia-aligned pursuits led to his downfall.
The circumstances round his re-emergence on the worldwide political consulting scene are murky and fraught, notably in Ukraine, the place there are issues about Mr. Trump’s dedication to supporting the protection towards Russian aggression and the place Mr. Manafort’s earlier exercise stays notorious.
A memo detailing the staff’s members and pitching its providers lately circulated in political circles in Kyiv, producing anxious buzz.
Mr. Manafort mentioned in a press release that he has been contacted “by numerous parties in Ukraine,” however “never submitted a proposal on any matter to anyone in Ukraine,” and has not signed any contracts with pursuits there.
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