Paul Manafort’s Life Was in Shambles. Then Donald Trump Came Along

Ivanka’s Decision • Hope Hicks’s Testimony • Kristi Noem’s Book Debacle [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Paul Manafort’s Life Was in Shambles. Then Donald Trump Came Along Good Monday morning! Back in January, Gabriel Sherman [revealed]( that Donald Trump was still talking to Paul Manafort, the 2016 campaign chairman he pardoned near the end of his presidency. The Washington Post and New York Times [later]( [reported]( that Manafort could play a role in Trump’s 2024 campaign. How Manafort hitched his wagon to Trump in the first place is the subject of an [exclusive excerpt]( from Brody and Luke Mullins’s new book, The Wolves of K Street. “Trump’s White House bid became the lobbyist’s path to redemption,” they write, and in the end, he helped “elect a right-wing populist whose antiestablishment fury would dismantle the very pro-business policy consensus that Manafort had spent the first half of his career working to erect.” Speaking of returning to the fold, Bess Levin [finds]( Ivanka Trump reportedly considering whether to engage with the 2024 campaign or potentially take a role in a second Trump administration if her father wins in November. Plus, Dan Adler [captures]( the scene as another 2016 veteran, Hope Hicks, testified in Trump’s hush money trial. Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Paul Manafort, Adult, Person, Accessories, Formal Wear, Tie, Clothing, Suit, People, Coat, and Art]( [Paul Manafort’s Life Was in Shambles. Then Donald Trump Came Along]( By [Brody Mullins and Luke Mullins]( [Mired in debt and marital troubles, the lobbyist was still fresh out of rehab when he hitched himself to the former president’s 2016 campaign, as Brody and Luke Mullins write in an excerpt of their new book, The Wolves of K Street. But it wasn’t long before Manafort’s personal baggage earned him the boot.]( [Read more button](   [Ivanka Trump Has “Gotten the Urge” to Join Her Dad on the Campaign and in a Potential Second Term: Report]( By [Bess Levin]( [The former first daughter is “quietly surveying members of her inner circle about when it might make sense to reengage.”]( [Read more button](   [Hope Hicks Takes the Stand and Walks a Line at Trump’s Hush Money Trial]( By [Dan Adler]( [The ex-president’s former communications director returned to Trumpworld in the witness box on Friday.]( [Read more button](   [Oops: Kristi Noem’s New Book Includes a Made-Up Story About Meeting Kim Jong Un]( By [Bess Levin]( [Move over, Puppygate.]( [Read more button](   [From the Archive: Trump Insiders Say His 2024 Campaign Is More Disciplined]( By [Gabriel Sherman]( [Despite facing 91 criminal counts, Trump is cruising to the GOP nomination without the chaos and infighting that consumed his 2016 run—and presidency. “The thinking is,” says one 2020 veteran, “let’s be organized, let’s get him in.”]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast