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With Paul Manafort being back on the Trump campaign, I came across this post on this very subreddit. The comments point to salacious revelations about the Manafort family, as well as more details about his work in Russialago. However, the link to Emma Best's website is archived and the actual raw data links don't work anymore.

Is there anywhere that these text dumps are available now in 2024?

More reputable reporting than the last post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/19/trump-manafort-hiring/

Hi group!

We have just released the first two episodes of a podcast, Dark Shining Moment, with Chris Zappone, an award winning investigative journalist who specialises in Russia's foreign affairs. The podcast tells the story of how Russia exploited the internet to interfere in America’s 2016 election, altering history and helping to create the world we live in today. It contains interviews from around the world, including from an undercover journalist who worked in a Russian troll farm.

We'd love to share it with this group, reviewed the r/RUSSIALAGO RULES to comply, and don't want to appear spam-y. We think the findings are more important now than ever with the upcoming 2024 election.

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With it being reported today that the Trump campaign is in discussions to hire Paul Manafort, a convicted felon who infamously provided internal Trump campaign polling data to, and secretly met with, the alleged Russian intelligence officer Konstantin Kilimnik during the 2016 to discuss a Kremlin-approved Ukrainian "peace" plan, I thought it would be a good time to provide links to my extensive writings on Manafort's corrupt career as a political consultant, his activities in Ukraine, and his activities on the 2016 Trump campaign.

I believe that these articles form the most in-depth investigation into Paul J. Manafort Jr.'s corrupt and still largely mysterious career in politics available to the public. Please read and help me spread this information to interested parties.

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Sins of the Father: The Manafort Family and the Gambling Syndicate

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/sins-of-the-father-the-manafort-family-and-the-gambling-syndicate-f257bba1e772

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PAUL MANAFORT, RUSSIA, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR UKRAINE (a 9-part series)

Part 1: Meet Paul Manafort - The Influence Peddler

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/paul-manafort-russia-and-the-struggle-for-ukraine-part-1-meet-paul-manafort-the-influence-ae31898ce770

Part 2: Oleg Deripaska, Organized Crime, and Paul Manafort's Introduction to Ukraine

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/paul-manafort-russia-and-the-struggle-for-ukraine-part-2-oleg-deripaska-organized-crime-and-b71114fb0126

Part 3: Ukraine's Tragic 20th Century, it's Post-Independence Seizure by Organized Crime, and the Road to the Orange Revolution

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/ukraines-tragic-20th-century-its-post-independence-seizure-by-organized-crime-and-the-road-to-c7f8425629ff

Part 4: The Influence Peddler, the Spy, and the Kleptocrat - Paul Manafort in Ukraine

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/the-influence-peddler-the-spy-and-the-kleptocrat-paul-manafort-in-ukraine-3926dabfde92

Part 5: The Influence Peddler and the Oligarch: Paul Manafort, Oleg Deripaska, and the Anatomy of Global Corruption

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/the-influence-peddler-and-the-oligarch-paul-manafort-oleg-deripaska-and-the-anatomy-of-global-cb9a948a3b71

Part 6: Paul Manafort and the Spoils of Kleptocracy - Shell Games, Shady Deals, and Money Laundering

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/paul-manafort-and-the-spoils-of-kleptocracy-shell-games-shady-deals-and-money-laundering-cbe83a4be33e

Part 7: Paul Manafort, Skadden Arps, and the Laundering of a Kleptocrats Reputation

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/paul-manafort-skadden-arps-and-the-laundering-of-a-kleptocrats-reputation-ff8511ec662a

Part 8: Paul Manafort, Ukraine's Kleptocracy, and the Art of Public Relations (AKA Disinformation and Propaganda)

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/paul-manafort-ukraine-and-the-art-of-public-relations-aka-disinformation-and-propaganda-51a73345f1c1

Part 9: Paul Manafort, Ukraine, and the Art of Lobbying for Kleptocrats

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/paul-manafort-ukraine-and-the-art-of-lobbying-for-kleptocrats-62b88348212b

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BLACK CAVIAR: PAUL MANAFORT, RUSSIA, AND THE 2016 TRUMP CAMPAIGN (a 7-Part Series)

Part 1: The Descent - Paul Manafort, Russian Intelligence-Linked Organized Crime in Ukraine, and a Dual Family-Fiscal Crisis

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/the-descent-paul-manafort-criminal-oligarchs-in-ukraine-and-a-dual-family-fiscal-crisis-141e2c8cf112

Part 2: Manafort Joins the Trump Campaign and Possible Connections to the GRU's Hack-and-Leak Operation

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/manafort-joins-the-trump-campaign-and-possible-connections-to-the-grus-hack-and-leak-operation-2552018b16b5

Part 3: Polling Data and Private Briefings - Paul Manafort, Pro-Kremlin Oligarchs, and Russian Intelligence

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/polling-data-and-private-briefings-paul-manafort-pro-kremlin-oligarchs-and-russian-intelligence-8ea36b6fe5da

Part 4: Black Caviar - Konstantin Kilimnik, the Grand Havana Room Meeting, and the Future of Ukraine

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/black-caviar-konstantin-kilimnik-the-grand-havana-room-meeting-and-the-future-of-ukraine-351e4cf1a87f

Part 5: The Black Ledger and Manafort's Last Days on the Campaign

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/the-black-ledger-and-manaforts-last-days-on-the-2016-campaign-21f646e02df4

Part 6: The Mystery Manafort Real Estate Transactions and a Potential Link the GRU's Hack-and-Leak Operation

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/paul-manaforts-real-estate-transactions-and-potential-links-to-russia-s-hack-and-leak-operation-e18b2127a5e7

Part 7: The Escort and the Oligarch - the Nastya Rybka Saga

https://medium.com/@petergrant_14485/the-escort-and-the-oligarch-the-nastya-rybka-saga-dbe7a01e565b

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I am trying to remember how it all began. I remember stories about the young female spy and various conservative organizations (e.g. the NRA) and personalities. But can someone point me to stuff about the origins, how we went from Reagan to Tucker being a waterboy for Putin?