Hours after Paul Manafort announced his resignation from the Trump presidential campaign Friday,
the GOP nominee’s son strongly suggested to Fox News that the former
chairman was actually fired. “My father didn’t want to be, you know,
distracted by whatever things Paul was dealing with,” Eric Trump told
Fox Business News anchor Maria Bartiromo, before praising the
ex-campaign chief for his “amazing” work in getting Trump to the
Republican National Convention. Although he did not explicitly specify
the “distractions,” the Trump son was alluding to various reports
connecting Manafort to Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs, lobbying firms,
and foreign cash transfers. “My father just didn’t want to have the
distraction looming over the campaign and, quite frankly, looming over
all the issues that Hillary is facing right now,” Trump reiterated to
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