Inside the life and career of Trump's newly-appointed campaign manager Bill Stepien, a veteran GOP operative who was fired in Chris Christie's infamous 'Bridgegate' scandal

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• Bill Stepien was named President Trump's new campaign manager on Wednesday, replacing his old boss Brad Parscale.
• This shift comes after the release of new poll numbers showing former Vice President Joe Biden in a doubt-digit lead over Trump. 
• Stepien was first brought onto the Trump campaign in 2016, two years after he was fired by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie amid the "Bridgegate" scandal. 
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President Donald Trump shook up his campaign on Wednesday by ousting campaign manager Brad Parscale and replacing him with former Chris Christie aide Bill Stepien. 

While Parscale was a long-time Trumpworld figure, first getting his start in politics after working for Eric Trump and later becoming a fixture at rallies, less is known about the more private political operative Stepien.

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