President Trump maintains he never colluded with Russia during the 2016 election, and from everything we’ve seen, we believe him. On the presumption of his innocence, and interested in his success as president, we offer him this advice: Stay away from Paul Manafort.

Manafort is not your friend. Manafort is a shady foreign agent who tried to exploit you. And if he had never been involved in the Trump campaign, there may not be a Russia investigation at all.