Manafort and SummerBreeze LLC

The very first thing Manafort did after he was fired in August 2016 was create SummerBreeze LLC.

It was literally the next day.

Subtle.

Even during the campaign he was already seeking loans against some of his properties, using SummerBreeze as the vehicle (the legal borrower).

This is where various banks come in, including First Savings Bank and Steven Calk.

Supposedly Manafort was offering him a job on the Trump team, in exchange for preferential treatment on the loan.

SummerBreeze ended up getting $16 million in loans.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/21/17036634/paul-manafort-sealed-charges

What is going on here exactly?

Either -

1) He got paid (plants need water) in offshore money, and needed this vehicle to launder it

2) He was purposefully trying to commit suspicious crimes and pay-for-play for which he would get caught and reflect badly on Trump

I'm guessing #1 - because he probably figured Trump wouldn't win, and it never came out before the election.

What he didn't count on is Trump losing, and the FBI pursuing him because they needed dirt to reflect badly on Trump.

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Manafort and Deripaska

It is almost certain that Manafort was paid to be on the Trump campaign by Deripaska.

They go WAY back, and noname was introduced to Deripaska via Manafort and Davis, in 2008 or so.

Deripaska needed Trump to lose to keep the McCain/HRC WW3 against Russia agenda on track.

It also aligns with the idea that Steele and Fusion GPS were also being paid by Deripaska. He had his hands everywhere.

Some people point to a lawsuit between Manafort and Derispaska as evidence that they are now enemies.

I call bullshit.

Manafort needed a cover story with the FBI in 2013 to cover up laundering via investment losses.

Deripaska filed an essentially fake suit against Manafort in the Cayman islands to create the appearance that his investors were upset.

In reality, they were covering up Ukrainian crimes, like poisoning this guy, Yushchenko, to make room for their candidate Yanukovich.