Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EightYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EightYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreYouBetterOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AreYouBetterOff</span></a></p><p>March 22, 2017 – Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, accepted $10 million per year for consulting Oleg Deripaska—a Russian billionaire and one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies. Manafort worked for Deripaska in 2005, and continued to do so “for years” after, before their relationship soured in 2014 when Deripaska alleged Manafort absconded with $18.9 million. </p><p>1/</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansDidThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansDidThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>