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Good morning! It is Day 2 of the #ManafortTrial and I'm getting ready to head into court very shortly. We start at 9:30. Today I expect prosecutors to begin untangling how Manafort raked in $60M in Ukraine. We hear from poli. consultant Daniel Rabin and an unnamed FBI agent.
For context, Daniel Rabin is partner at the consulting firm Rabin Strasberg. Rabin was hired by Manafort to develop political strategy for Ukraine's Party of Regions. Rabin specialized in TV ads. He also received a hefty $350K for his work from Manafort according to ct docs.
I'll have updates here and @CourthouseNews as we go. Expecting a full day today and some illuminating information about the $$$.
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Good morning from inside the media room at the USDC Eastern District of Virginia. Bijan Kian's status conference with Judge Trenga gets underway this morning at 10AM. Story to come @CourthouseNews. Trial set for Feb, so today I'm expecting negotiating around docs/schedule etc.
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Going to do a (short?) THREAD on the #Manafort Superceding Criminal Information. Need to tease out some info that will come up re media involvement and Congressional Rs 😉

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First, just tagging a Manafort shell co that I hadn't heard mentioned before, yet the date/loc interests me: Pompolo Limited created 4/13, UK (pg 6):

E.g., this is the first shell co that Manafort reg'd in the UK. WHY❓ 🧐
Mueller tells us Manafort used the shell cos to hide payments he received from Ukraine authorities:
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#ManafortTrial Day 5:

Summary:

✅Manafort’s attorneys attempted to show that complicated finances resulted in unintentional errors & Gates was the criminal mastermind.

✅Testimony from senior special agent w/FINCEN, at Treasury.

✅Gates testified.

✅New clashes w/Judge.

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#ManafortTrial Day 5 cont.

Laporta (CPA) testified:

✅Didn't go to Manafort re: Gates suspicions because: “it was [usually] clear Manafort was aware of what was going on.”

✅Knowing that income can’t be disguised as a loan doesn’t require expertise nor is it complicated.

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Paula Liss, certified fraud examiner/money laundering specialist testimony:

✅Judge limited scope to questions agreed to during sidebar.

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#ManafortTrial Day 3:

✅Prosecution filed motion asking for a chance to explain why evidence of Manafort’s lavish lifestyle is directly relevant to the crimes charged.

✅Prosecutor Greg Andres: “We have every intention to call [Gates] as a witness.”

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✅J.Maxwell, COO of Big Picture Solutions, testified he was paid $2.2M in international wire transfers & that his client was Manafort, not Gates.

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Good start today in the Manafort trial.

Major player and 1st witness, Tad Devine. 👿

Tomorrow 👉 Daniel Rabin

Thanks: @traciemac_Bmore and @ShimonPro
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