Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Don't Believe White House Revisionism on Manafort

A Trump ex-campaign chairman's role is suddenly described as "limited." That doesn't square with the facts.

March 23, 2017 at 10:00 AM UTC

Corrected

March 23, 2017 at 3:03 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

With Donald Trump unavailable, the next best choice was clear in July.
Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

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Bloomberg journalists were hosting a series of breakfasts with national political reporters at the Republican National Convention last July and wanted an influential guest for the opening morning. With Donald Trump unavailable, the next best choice was clear: his campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.

Manafort had taken over the campaign and was directing it at a critical time, when Trump wrapped up the nomination and headed off fights at the convention between various Republican factions.