By jdubble07
(2019-11-18)Doug Manchester is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the former chairman of Manchester Financial Group, past chairman and publisher of The San Diego Union-Tribune, and an unsuccessful nominee to become United States Ambassador to the Bahamas for Donald Trump. In late 2019, the Republican National Committee cut all ties with Manchester after CBS News obtained emails between Manchester, Ronna McDaniel, and GOP senate staffers in which Manchester appeared to be engaged in a pay-to-play scheme, in which the RNC attempted to solicit a $500,000 donation in return for the Bahamas ambassadorship.