JESSICA TARLOV (CO-HOST): Paul Manafort has had unsavory dealings for many decades -- certainly flies in the face of the president's claim that he only hires the best people, even for a few days or a couple of months here in this case. 

MELISSA FRANCIS (CO-HOST): How would you know that beyond Washington? 

TARLOV: You can Google it. I mean Paul Manafort -- if you're doing any normal background check and you Google Paul Manafort, a lot of things come up about his dealings in that part of the world, this was something I would say the most obvious mistake, hiring mistake, that they made. 

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HARRIS FAULKNER (CO-HOST): But I think the point I hear you making and I've heard others make, and it's an interesting point, is that in the throes of a campaign, is this what happens when everybody doesn't get that vetting? And it's tough because you had someone who was non-traditionally politician, right? And that's what people love about Donald Trump and loved about him as the candidate. So I don't think we should be too shocked with regard to the vetting that didn't happen and a lot of what's out there about Paul Manafort was not clandestine. But it is part of that process. 

LAWRENCE JONES (CAMPUS REFORM): It didn't take much vetting to know that Paul Manafort was shady. 

FAULKNER: But then you'd have to vet and know that there would be adjudication -- you'd have -- it was more than just that. 

Previously:

Fox News host: No one could expect Trump to vet Manafort and Gates for the things they're accused of 

Trump’s favorite Fox News propagandists are avoiding reports about Paul Manafort’s legal troubles

Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton says “A pardon may be warranted” for Paul Manafort whether he “did anything wrong or not”

Sean Hannity calls for charges against Manafort and Flynn to be dropped