long before the election took place. he was only there a short period of time. >> paul manafort is a nice guy. worked for me for a very short period of time. literally like, what, a couple of months. little period of time. >> manafort has nothing to do with our campaign. >> paul manafort the former trump campaign chair whose role trump spent months trying to down play went on trial in virginia for tax and bank fraud charges. so far prosecutors outline what they say was lavish lifestyle. he seemed to be a particular fan of rare bird costumes. allegedly financed with some of the more than $60 million he raked in working for a pro russia political party. made a significant percentage of the earnings from the irs. while on friday, manafort's