‘I Officially Am Worried for the Country We Love’: Hannity, Manafort Text Exchange Released by Federal Judge

‘I Officially Am Worried for the Country We Love’: Hannity, Manafort Text Exchange Released by Federal Judge
Political consultant Paul Manafort and Fox News host Sean Hannity. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo and Chris McKay/Getty Images
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Recently revealed text messages between Fox News’ Sean Hannity and political consultant Paul Manafort show how the two men were outraged by the Russia investigation, media reporting, and were worried about “the future of the country we love.”

The 56-pages of messages (pdf) that were exchanged between Hannity and Manafort between 2017 and 2018 were unsealed on June 21 by District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington—one of two venues where Manafort, a former manager for the Trump campaign, was sentenced for a series of crimes including money laundering, unregistered lobbying, and attempted witness tampering. None of the crimes were related to Manafort’s work with the Trump campaign.