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BREAKING: Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort is expected to enter a guilty plea. Special counsel Mueller's office just filed a new criminal information, a type of charging document that usually means there's a plea deal buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
NEW: The court just changed Manafort's upcoming 11 a.m. hearing from a "pretrial conference" to an "arraignment and plea agreement hearing." Story: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Waiting in the hall to go in for Manafort's 11 a.m. plea agreement hearing, and a whole crew from Mueller's office just showed up: Weissmann, Andres, Rhee, Prelogar, Dreeben, Jed, Van Grack, and EDVA AUSA Asonye. Check back for updates, story here: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Paul Manafort's plea hearing is done -- he pleaded guilty to the new charging papers filed this morning. According to the judge's recitation of the plea deal, Manafort *has agreed to cooperate* with Mueller's office and delay sentencing buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Manafort's lawyer Kevin Downing addressed reporters outside the courthouse: "Tough day for Mr. Manafort but he's accepted responsibility." Manafort will remain in jail while he cooperates with prosecutors. Story: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
More on Manafort:
- Prosecutors asked for 60 days to file a report on how things are going with Manafort. That's due Nov. 16 (after the midterms)
- Manafort agreed to forfeit multiple properties, which could incl. his Trump Tower apartment, per the judge
buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Statement on Manafort's plea deal today from press secretary Sarah Sanders: "This had absolutely nothing to do with the President or his victorious 2016 Presidential campaign. It is totally unrelated." buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
The full version of Manafort's plea agreement is in, it says he's agreed to "cooperate fully, truthfully, completely, and forthrightly ... in any and all matters as to which the Government deems the cooperation relevant." Story: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
As part of the plea deal, Manafort can't make any money from sharing information about his case (i.e. books, speeches, etc.) buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Here's what Paul Manafort agreed to forfeit to the government, per his plea deal:
- Five properties, incl. his Trump Tower apartment (you may recall some of these addresses from the bank fraud charges)
- $ in three bank accounts
- A life insurance policy
buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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Mueller's office just notified the judge in Manafort's Virginia case, Judge TS Ellis III, about today's plea deal. Manafort hasn't been sentenced in Virginia yet — he's now agreed to delay sentencing in both cases until he's done cooperating. Earlier: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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Hello on this mild morning from the DC Council, which is scheduled to vote today on the LOVE Act -- emergency legislation that would make it possible for couples to get a DC marriage license during the federal govt shutdown (background: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…)
At the DC Council this a.m. waiting for a vote on the LOVE Act, and listening to Councilmember Grosso intro a bill to legalize and regulate sales of marijuana. "This council should be unapologetic in pursuing what is best for our constituents." Background: dcist.com/story/19/01/07…
The LOVE Act is up — this emergency legislation will make it possible for couples to get a marriage license in DC during the govt shutdown. It's being introduced by Councilmember Brandon Todd at the request of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser
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NEW: The federal judiciary now expects to have enough money from other sources to keep the courts largely business-as-usual during the shutdown through Jan. 18 (previously it was Jan. 11) — this is the latest from the Administrative Office of the US Courts (HT @hsu_spencer)
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DOJ, of course, is already affected by the shutdown, so most judges have been approving requests or issuing blanket orders to delay civil litigation involving the federal govt during the shutodwn (criminal cases still have to proceed as usual)
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Some fireworks in court this morning as a judge criticized the lawyer representing Concord Management & Consulting in the special counsel Russian troll farm case for his language and harsh words about Mueller's office in filings — "unprofessional, inappropriate, and ineffective"
The judge told attorney Eric Dubelier that his strategy was "ineffective" and that his approach to filings — including pop culture quotes (see: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5676…) and accusing Mueller's office basically of lawlessness — was "undermining your credibility in this courthouse"
"Knock it off," Judge Dabney Friedrich told Dubelier. This then led to a heated exchange where Dubelier said he needed to consult his client since the judge had accused of unprofessional conduct, and now there might be bias from the judge. There's no bias, the judge replied.
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Paul Manafort's lies to FBI and Mueller relate to, among other things: Manafort's interactions with Kilimnik; pertinent info about another DOJ investigation; AND Manfort’s contact with TRUMP administration officials.
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OK, here goes Friday. @ZoeTillman is at the courthouse in DC, and I’ll be at the office shortly to handle things from my end. As I already was told this morning by one lawyer involved in this larger legal and political drama playing out before us: “Be alert today.”
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