Hundreds of text messages between Hannity, who is a close confidant of the president, and Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, were released by a judge in Washington DC. “He won’t agree,” Hannity replied. “I hope Potus understands your point,” Manafort replied, using the common abbreviation for “President of the United States”. Other text messages released on Friday showed Hannity alluding to further conversations with Trump. In some messages, Hannity signed off as “Sean” while in others Manafort addressed him by that name.

Source: The Guardian June 21, 2019 21:00 UTC