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Paul Manafort Sought $850 Million Deal With Putin Ally and Alleged Gangster

CREAM TEAM

Trump’s one-time campaign chairman has a history of unorthodox real-estate deals. But this may have been the wildest of all.

Lachlan Markay 

Reporter

Spencer Ackerman 

Contributing Editor

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Lachlan Markay

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Spencer Ackerman

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