Trump Shakes Up Campaign Staff Again

Published: Aug. 17, 2016, 8:01 p.m.

During the first half of this hour Leslie is joined by Tobin Smith, founder of Transformity Research, an equities and macroeconomic research firm.
Formerly, Tobin spent 15 year as a veteran of Fox News/Fox Business Network as a weekly panelist on "Bulls and Bears" and host of "America's Nightly Scoreboard."

Leslie and Tobin discuss the Trump campaign's shakeup, where Paul Manafort was demoted as campaign manager. To replace him, Trump is bringing on veteran Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway as campaign manger and Stephen Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart, as chief executive officer of the Trump Team.

During the second half of the hour Leslie has open phones where she's joined by callers to discuss the topic.

The news comes as today the AP reported that Paul Manafort helped a pro-Russian governing party in Ukraine route funds to DC lobbying firms, which could result in a felony charge. Additionally, a new report by The Times of London suggests that Manafort may have played a role in Russia's annexation of Crimea. This all comes at a time when Trump has faced criticism for his friendly overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin.