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Manafort family business defends name as cousin sits in jail


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Leaders of New Britain, Connecticut, considered renaming Paul Manafort Drive, a street named after his father.At Manafort Brothers Inc., a family-owned New England construction firm, they are defending the Manafort name and legacy while distancing themselves from their cousin, Trump’s former campaign chairman who was recently blasted by prosecutors for years of lies and lawbreaking.The Manafort name has been a familiar one in New England politics and business for decades, creating a predicament for the family as the 69-year-old former attorney is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday.Manafort Brothers is one of New England’s best known construction companies. It is based in Plainville, Connecticut, with offices in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.When a fight emerged last year in New Britain over an effort to rename Paul Manafort Drive, eight Manaforts wrote a letter on Manafort Brothers letterhead opposing the change.They called Paul Sr. a family patriarch and said he had helped build the company and its “sterling reputation.” They distanced Paul Jr.’s actions from the legacy of his father, calling them “wholly unrelated.”The Republican mayor, Erin Stewart, ultimately vetoed a resolution by the Common Council to change the street name to Ebenezer D.C. Bassett Way, after the first African-American to graduate from what is now Central Connecticut State University.The company has had some more recent trouble with the law.

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