Trump Hires First and Deals With Background Later
By ALAN RAPPEPORT
AUG. 26, 2016
... Last week, Paul Manafort resigned from Mr. Trump’s campaign after revelations of his Ukrainian business dealings. On Thursday, Stephen K. Bannon, the newly hired campaign chief executive, was ensnared in controversy over domestic violence charges made against him in the 1990s ...
The case against Mr. Bannon .. was eventually dropped ...
Mr. Manafort was never charged with any crimes, but his leadership role in the campaign became untenable after it became known that $12.7 million from a pro-Russia political party had been earmarked for him ...
... On Thursday, the campaign hired Bill Stepien, a former top aide to Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey whose role in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal led to his firing. Mr. Stepien, who is expected to bolster Mr. Trump’s political operation, was excluded from a top-level role in Mr. Christie’s presidential campaign because of his involvement in the scandal engulfing the governor’s administration ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/us/politics/stephen-bannon-trump-campaign.html
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