Trump and Manafort reportedly met in the the 1980s, and have run in some of the same circles since. 1988 ― Longtime Trump adviser and notorious dirty trickster Roger Stone introduces Manafort to Trump at the Republican National Committee, according to Stone’s recollection of events. June 9, 2016 ― Manafort attends a meeting at Trump Tower with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and others. July 2016 ― Trump campaign officials at the RNC quietly campaign to soften the GOP platform’s language against Russia. July 27, 2016 ― Manafort pushes back against reports about supposed Russian efforts to help get Trump elected.

Source: Huffington Post October 30, 2017 20:48 UTC