Paul Manafort: Trump Transition Has Been ‘Very Aggressive, Positive Event’

‘President should be actively involved in the government’

O’DONNELL: “Who is in charge? Steve Bannon or Reince Priebus?”
MANAFORT: “Donald Trump. No question, Donald Trump is in charge. Each people have their respective roles. Transitions are by definition a work in progress. By the time it gets figured out the inauguration happens. This has actually been — of all the transitions I’ve witnessed over the last 40 years this has been a very aggressive. positive event. I mean, there’s always people jockeying for position in a system, whether it’s a campaign, a transition or an administration, but what’s happening here is you’re seeing a process executed. The biggest difference, I think, from this transition is that the emphasis is on bringing change to the government.”

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