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, had a long career of work for leading Republicans, including presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. But by the time he became Donald Trump's campaign chairman in 2016, Manafort was best known for his work on behalf of foreign political leaders, including several with distinctly autocrati

se, 2016), http‘Wfreedomhouse otglreport/heedom•world/free- dom•vmrl47I116t 3. See, among others, Steve Rosenberg, 'Russian Media's Love Affair with Trump:British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), November 2, 20161 4. Javier Corrales, "Autocratic Legalism in Venezuela,' Journal of Democracy 26, na 2 (Ap

yed a clear preference for Republi- can candidate Donald Trump and disdain for Clinton.3) For Putin, the

ce the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Donald Trump's favor? The answer to that question may never be

ssons will be postponed. wwwireedomhoustorg 33 EFTA00804757 BREAKING DOWN DEMOCRACY: Goals, Strategies, and Methods of Modern Authoritarians 1. Andrew E. Kramer, "New Russian History:Yes, People Died, but ...:NewYork Times, August 15, 2007, bttp'/lwww ny3imas. rnrn/2007/08/15/wndiVer irnpe/15iht-lettar 1 712

% in 2017, with looser fiscal policy and still easy monetary policy in key countries. e And last but not least, we expect that while President-elect Trump’s initial policy measures with respect to tariffs and trade agreements risk jolting financial markets, as a self-described “deal maker” he will likel

tem, October 3, 2016. itra Toossi, “A Century of ange: The U.S. Labor Force, 950-2050," Monthly Labor Review, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2002. Donald J. Trump, “Remarks,” speech delivered at the New York Economic Club, September 15, 2016. Chair Janet L. Yellen, “Current Conditions and the Outlook or the U

or Review, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2002. Donald J. Trump, “Remarks,” speech delivered at the New Yor

2016. Gerald F. Seib, Jay Salamon and Carol E. Lee, “Barack Obama Warns Donald Trump on North orea Threat,” Wall Street Journal, November 22, 2016. Andrew E. Kramer, “As New Ukraine Talks Begin, What s the State of Europe's Only Active War?” New York Times, October 19, 2016. Warsaw Summit Communiqué, issued by

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reedom House Chapter 6 Flacks and Friends Did the Russian government attempt to surrepti- tiously influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Donald Trump's favor? The answer to that question may never be definitively known. There is, neverthe- less, a critical mass of evidence that Kremlin-allied forces

t-truth era,” in which lies and distortions carry as much weight as facts. Clearly, at least some of this hand-wring- ing was a partisan reaction to Trumps victory. But it followed an election in which the winning candidate falsely claimed, among other things, that the balloting was rigged against him, t