Trump eyeing Paul Manafort for 2024 campaign role, Washington Post reports

[March 18, 2024]  (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is expected to include Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager he pardoned, as a campaign adviser later this year, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing four people familiar with the talks.  

U.S. President Joe Biden meets supporters and volunteers during a campaign event at a home in Saginaw, Michigan, U.S., March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

The job discussions have largely centered around the 2024 Republican convention in Milwaukee in July and could include Manafort playing a role in fundraising for Trump's campaign, the report said.

Trump pardoned Manafort in 2020, seven months after he was released to home confinement, sparing the long-time Republican operative from serving the bulk of his 7-1/2-year prison term for federal tax evasion and bank fraud.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment, while representatives for Manafort could not be reached.

(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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