Paul Manafort

1949 – 20??

Paul Manafort built a career lobbying on behalf of authoritarian dictators and foreign strongmen, including Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, and Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych, alongside Angolan guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi. He illegally concealed his status as a paid foreign agent for years, retroactively registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act in 2017 only after his undisclosed work became public.

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