The promise of moving the American embassy to Jerusalem has been a mainstay of political appeals to the pro-Israel community for many years. But in 1984 Manafort lobbied on behalf of the Saudis against House and Senate legislation that would have pressed the U.S. government to make this move, according to a Foreign Agents Registration Act disclosure, which requires that lobbyists working for foreign governments publicize their work.

For work in the six months preceding December 1984, Trump’s new delegate wrangler was paid $200,000—which, taking into account inflation, would be worth more than $450,000 today.

Efforts to change the location of the U.S. embassy in Israel have an enduring symbolic resonance with many pro-Israel voters. The Israeli government has declared Jerusalem as its capital, but its status has been disputed as part of the broader Arab-Israeli conflict.