The unsuspecting American public had no idea that Manifort was a long time Republican lobbyst who operated overseas for dictators and other unsavory characters.
http://fortune.com/2016/08/15/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-paul-manafort/
"Refira-se que Paul Manafort foi director da empresa Black, Manafort, Stone e Kelly, que tinha laços estreitos com as administrações Ronald Reagan e George HW Bush (pai) e com líderes republicanos no Congresso."
http://club-k.net/index.php?option=...ro-anos&catid=23:politica&lang=pt&Itemid=1123
http://www.uticaod.com/zz/news/2016...afort-took-money-from-shadowy-foreign-leaders
https://warisboring.com/donald-trum...dealers-and-dictators-261626a143d8#.n72cad165
"n 1999, Pakistan and India fought a limited war after Pakistani troops infiltrated the high mountains of the Kargil district of Kashmir and Indian forces mobilized to expel them.
In 1993, Manafort was paid $700,000 dollars from 1990 to 1995 to film a documentary supporting the cause of Kashmiri separatists, supposedly for an organization known as the “Kashmiri-American Council.”
In reality, the council was a front for the Pakistani Inter-Service Intelligence Agency, a shadowy spy agency known for its support of terrorists. ISI played a central role in organizing the Taliban army in Afghanistan, and is widely believed to have supported the insurgency against the American troops during the 2000s.
An FBI prosecutor said Manafort was participating in a “false flag operation” on behalf of ISI. Manafort denied knowing who had funded the film, but accounts from Pakistan indicate he was well aware who the actual sponsors of the film were."