Trump names Manafort campaign chairman

Published May 19, 2016 8:57pm ET



Donald Trump’s convention manager Paul Manafort has been named chairman and chief strategist of the presumptive Republican nominee’s presidential campaign, according to multiple reports Thursday.

Manafort first joined the Trump campaign as a delegate wrangler in late March before the candidate promoted him to convention manager. Now, the longtime Washington insider will oversee the campaign’s expansion into several battleground states and the development of a general election strategy.

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