New York (AFP) - Paul Manafort resigned Friday as chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, under fire in connection with a Ukrainian corruption investigation and two days after being sidelined in a team reshuffle.
"This morning, Paul Manafort offered, and I accepted, his resignation from the campaign," the Republican nominee said in a statement, paying tribute to the 67-year-old veteran strategist and lobbyist's skills.
Trump had recruited Manafort, who formerly advised the pro-Kremlin former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, earlier this year to head off what was then a potentially contested Republican convention .... https://www.yahoo.com
