From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbarale. This is the Daily.

Today, Paul Manafort's trial this week is the first trial to come out of special

council Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the election.

But the significance of the trial has almost nothing to do with Russia or with President

Trump.

It's Friday, August 3rd. Nick Compassori, where does the story of Paul Manafort begin?

Well the story or the saga really of Paul Manafort begins on the Reagan campaign.

Good evening. I'm here tonight to announce my intention to seek the Republican nomination

for President of the United States.

The dawn of the conservative era in Washington in 1980.

The conservative so-called is the one that says, less government. Get off my back. Get

out of my pocket.

He sees as a young hotshot Republican. He sees that Reagan is going to be the future

of conservative politics.

A party ready to build a new consensus embodied in these words. Family, work, neighborhood,

peace and freedom.

And he himself is not super conservative. But he wants to be for the actionist. So he

gets himself a job on the Reagan campaign. Reagan is our projected winner Ronald Wilson

Reagan of California. And Reagan wins. And all of a sudden he is closely tied in with

this rising new counter establishment in Washington that has no ties to the old lobbyists.

And instead of going into the White House, he sets up a lobbying firm.

And what's distinct about the lobbying firm he creates?

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