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Memo to Don Jr.: you don't want to be the last guy without an immunity deal.
One outstanding question: why hasn't Manafort flipped when everyone else is? Is he really that confident of a pardon?
The other outstanding question: why isn't Mueller talking to Cohen when Cohen's lawyer claims Cohen wants to talk?
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In terms of the gender/economics debate, I wonder if the question might not be illuminated by some intellectual history. The field has been shaped to a significant degree by figures who defined themselves in opposition to social movements (like feminism).
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1. I think it's time to do another thread on this history of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
2. The founder of the Ethics and Public Policy Center was Ernest Lefever who was rejected for a Reagan administration nomination in 1981 because of testimony of 2 of his brothers, one who said he was incompetent, the other who said he was a racist.
3. From 1996 to 2001, the President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center was Elliott Abrams, who had perviously been convicted for lying to Congress during the Iran/Contra scandal.
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🔥IMPEACH🔥

THREAD: the filings by Mueller and SDNY on Cohen are BIGLY bad news for @realDonaldTrump and his spawn, Don Jr, Kremlin🇷🇺Barbie, and Eric and *clearly* indicate that Trump is an UNINDICTED co-conspirator.

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Manafort flipped. This is the "statement of the offenses" in which Manafort confesses to doing the crimes...

assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4883…
This first count #Manafort admits to is violation of 18 USC § 371, "Conspiracy Against the United States."

What does that mean? He conspired to commit a crime against the US or to defraud the US:
A conspiracy, definitionally, requires more than one conspirator. Who did Manafort conspire with? The first paragraph dealing with Count 1 names Richard Gates and Konstantin Kilimnik "and others"
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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 😉

assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4883…
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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Pardon thread: 1/ Trump told @foxnews he is considering a pardon for Manafort.
That would backfire.
Manafort is facing many state charges.
His federal convictions are admissible in Virginia state trial (& probably in other states).
Start with this piece: slate.com/articles/news_…
2/ He was convicted of 5 counts of tax fraud, 2 counts of bank fraud, and 1 count of failing to report a foreign bank account. It turns out that in NY and VA, a pardon loophole prevents him from being charged for the exact same crimes, but state tax fraud is a distinct crime.
3/ In Virginia rules of evidence, past convictions can be admissible: "Such evidence is admissible if it tends to prove any relevant fact pertaining to the offense charged, such as where it is relevant to show motive, opportunity, intent, preparation..." courts.state.va.us/courts/scv/ame…
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