On August 19, 2016, Manafort left the Trump campaign amid media reports about his previous work for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine, including allegations he received millions of dollars in payments.

That same day, Manafort created a holding company called Summerbreeze LLC. Several weeks later, a document called a UCC filed with the state of New York shows that Summerbreeze took out a $3.5 million loan on Manafort's home in the tiny beach enclave of Bridgehampton.


Manafort's company never paid $36,000 in taxes that would be due on the loan.


A spokesperson for Spruce Capital said the loan came from an unnamed independent broker.
If that seems like a nice beach house payoff to the guy who fronted Trump’s campaign from sources that would rather keep their identities hidden … that’s exactly what it is. And it’s just the first step in a scheme to give Manafort an even bigger payday.