Chris LaCivita
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Legal status
Not charged
not-charged
What this means: No criminal charge against this person is recorded in the sources reviewed.
Conflicting records. The research disagrees; every version is shown and none has been chosen as correct.
- Party
- noneFrom the research record · cites:
- Chris LaCivita, Paul Manafort are among ex-Trump aides working to make Albania 'grandiose' again (opens in a new tab)Boston Globe · 8 May 2025 · journalism · EN
- Berisha: Rama paid against me in the New York Times! LaCivita said he came to Albania to continue Trump's work (opens in a new tab)A2 CNN · 2025 · journalism · EN
- otherFrom the research record · cites:
- Berisha: Rama paid against me in the New York Times! LaCivita said he came to Albania to continue Trump's work (opens in a new tab)A2 News · Feb 2025 · journalism · EN
- Soros v Trump: Socialists targets conservatives in upcoming European nation's election (opens in a new tab)Fox News · 16 Apr 2025 · journalism · EN
- noneFrom the research record · cites:
- Source label
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- Chris LaCivita, Paul Manafort are among ex-Trump aides working to make Albania 'grandiose' again (opens in a new tab)Boston Globe · 8 May 2025 · journalism · EN
- Berisha: Rama paid against me in the New York Times! LaCivita said he came to Albania to continue Trump's work (opens in a new tab)A2 CNN · 2025 · journalism · EN
- UNVERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Berisha: Rama paid against me in the New York Times! LaCivita said he came to Albania to continue Trump's work (opens in a new tab)A2 News · Feb 2025 · journalism · EN
- Soros v Trump: Socialists targets conservatives in upcoming European nation's election (opens in a new tab)Fox News · 16 Apr 2025 · journalism · EN
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
A US Republican strategist who worked on Donald Trump's campaigns. Press coverage in 2025 reported that he and other former Trump aides were advising Berisha's Democratic Party. Berisha said LaCivita 'came to Albania to continue Trump's work' (A2 CNN headline, 2025).
Response from Chris LaCivita
Not found in sources read.
Other accounts in the research (3 fields worded differently)
This record appears in more than one research record. The main text above comes from one; the other versions are kept here unedited.
- Biography
- A US Republican strategist who worked on Donald Trump's campaigns. Press coverage in 2025 reported that he and other former Trump aides were advising Berisha's Democratic Party. Berisha said LaCivita 'came to Albania to continue Trump's work' (A2 CNN headline, 2025).From the research record
- Chris LaCivita is a US political consultant who was described in 2025 coverage as a former Trump campaign manager. Sali Berisha's office said LaCivita told The New York Times that Edi Rama is a puppet of George Soros. The Fox article quoting him (via Politico) does not provide the basis for that statement.From the research record
- Existing record inand. Reported (Fox News, April 2025, via Berisha's camp) as calling Rama a puppet of George Soros. Not re-verified in this slice; the 2026 Soros framing is not in sources read.From the research record
- Chris LaCivita worked for Sali Berisha's Democratic Party during the 2025 Albanian election campaign, with Paul Manafort and Tony Fabrizio, according to AP reporting. He called Edi Rama 'nothing more than a puppet of George Soros' in that campaign. The Democratic Party's report to the Albanian election commission reportedly shows more than USD 1.62 million paid to his consulting firm (snippet-only; not opened). The Democratic Party lost the May 2025 election.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- No case against him was found in the sources read.From the research record
- Not applicable.From the research record
- No legal case against LaCivita in relation to Albania was found.From the research record
- Response
- Not found in sources read.From the research record
- None found.From the research record
- Not found in this slice.From the research record
- No response from LaCivita was found in this research.From the research record
Related cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From 4 Apr 2025
Democratic Party of Albania US lobbying contract with Continental Strategy (2025)
In April 2025, shortly before the May 2025 parliamentary election, the Democratic Party signed a representation agreement with Continental Strategy, a US firm founded by former Trump ambassador…
Status: Contract reported 2025. SPAK verifications opened. Outcome not found.
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Connections
Open the map →LaCivita consulted for Berisha's Democratic Party, 2025 campaign
Evidence: AP (snippet-only) reports LaCivita, Manafort and Fabrizio advised the Democratic Party; PD's election-commission report reportedly lists payments to LaCivita's firm of more than USD 1.62 million (snippet-only, not opened).
LaCivita publicly casts Soros as Rama's sponsor
Evidence: Campaign-period 'puppet of George Soros' remark reported by AP (snippet-only) and National Review (403, snippet-only).
What they said vs. what the documents show
What was said · Feb 2025
As quoted by Berisha's camp and reported by Fox News (April 2025), LaCivita said Edi Rama is effectively a puppet of George Soros, and that Berisha's prosecution was political.
Speaker: Chris LaCivita
Soros v Trump: Socialists targets conservatives in upcoming European nation's election (opens in a new tab)Fox News · 16 Apr 2025 · journalism · EN
What the documents show
No evidence is cited for the claim. The claim is reported second-hand through Berisha's camp; LaCivita's own published words were not located. The claim is a political characterisation, and a Yahoo commentary notes that it repeats a trope common in some right-wing movements.
What was said · May 2025
Edi Rama is 'nothing more than a puppet of George Soros' (campaign-period remark, as reported by AP; snippet-only).
Speaker: Chris LaCivita
Chris LaCivita, Paul Manafort are among ex-Trump aides working to make Albania 'grandiose' again (AP via Boston Globe, snippet-only) (opens in a new tab)AP via Boston Globe · 8 May 2025 · journalism · EN
What the documents show
No document found that shows Soros directing the Albanian government. Rama's 2025 denial that the justice reform was Soros's work is in. Berisha camp's own claims are partisan.
Timeline
Parliament
Albania election: Rama wins fourth term; Berisha camp had US advisers (LaCivita, Manafort, Fabrizio)
Rama's Socialist Party won a fourth term (To Vima, May 2025, snippet-only). AP reported that former Trump advisers LaCivita, Manafort and Fabrizio worked for the Democratic Party, which lost. The exact election day is taken as the month only: 2025-05 (day set to 11 as a placeholder, not confirmed).
Linked: Edi Rama · Sali Berisha · Chris LaCivita · Paul Manafort · Tony Fabrizio
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 4 sources.
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 4 sources
- Publisher
- Boston Globe
- Date
- 8 May 2025
- Publisher
- A2 CNN
- Date
- 2025
- Publisher
- Fox News
- Date
- 16 Apr 2025
- Publisher
- DeSmog
- Date
- 14 Apr 2025