Manafort worked as Trump's unpaid campaign chairman last year from March until August. Trump asked Manafort to resign after AP revealed that Manafort had orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation until 2014 on behalf of Ukraine's ruling pro-Russian political party.

Well this is bad, but it seems like the Trump campaign didn't know how to find good people. At best it's a mistake, at worst (and probably most likely) he sought out trump to further his plan. Trump might steer clear of this one.

Manafort and his associates remain in Trump's orbit. Manafort told a colleague this year that he continues to speak with Trump by telephone. Manafort's former business partner in eastern Europe, Rick Gates, has been seen inside the White House on a number of occasions. Gates has since helped plan Trump's inauguration and now runs a nonprofit organization, America First Policies, to back the White House agenda.

Nope. Looks like he knew and doesn't care. Good luck with this one Donnie, can't wait to see what you're part of the deal was.