Aha! I see the mistake, which is admittedly mine in terms of literal job titles. I switched the titles "campaign manager" (given June 20) and "campaign chairman and chief strategist" (given about a month before on May 19).
But it's misleading to try to give the impression that Manafort was only close to Trump for 60 days. In fact, according to Lewandowski, Manafort was in charge for 131 days.
"Paul Manafort has been in operational control of the campaign since April 7,” Lewandowski told The Associated Press on the day he was fired. “That's a fact.”*
So if the question is how much influence and power did Manafort have in the campaign, and for how long was he joined at the hip with Trump, it's more accurate to say 90+ days, and perhaps as many as 131 days.
But like all of these things, time will tell. And by "time" I mean the Mueller report. Nobody here knows what he knows. And not even Trump can create facts from nothing. He can only lie. And Mueller has been taking down liars his whole life.
(Meanwhile, today Manafort was denied release on bail. Again. And in response to Manafort's complaint to the contrary, the court today affirmed the legitimacy of Mueller's investigation. That ticking sound in Manafort's jail cell is getting louder every day.)
* https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/time...ry?id=50808957 Originally Posted by sean rider
this Bobby Mueller? or do you know another one leading some witch hunt?
https://saraacarter.com/robert-muell...i-and-the-mob/
and i've read this article before. don't try to say i just grabbed if from Bambino's post.
there's only two ways this makes your Patron Saint Bobby look...
Complicit in a coverup of innocent men or incompetent for allowing a rogue agent on his watch to frame innocent men.
neither is a good outcome, is it?