PAUL MANAFORT & SPECIAL COUNSEL have reached a plea deal, per a criminal information filed in DC. he's pleading guilty to conspiracy against US and conspiracy to obstruct justice. 
manafort is due in DC federal court at 11am, where judge amy berman jackson still has to accept the deal. it's also still unclear if he is going to cooperate with robert mueller's team.
can you imagine being the jurors in manafort's alexandria case? you spend 3 weeks of your life on this only for him to plead guilty less than a month later.
this story will be updated, but the paul manafort plea hearing has begun: washingtonexaminer.com/news/paul-mana…
NEW- as part of today's deal in DC, special counsel agrees to drop the 10 mistrial charges against paul manafort in alexandria, VA.
BREAKING - paul manafort has officially pleaded guilty in DC. one count of conspiracy to a commit a number offenses against the US and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
SIREN: when reading from what he calls the "cooperation agreement," special counsel proescutor andrew weissman says a portion of the plea agreement mentions "the completion of [paul manafort's] successful cooperation."
important to note that with this plea deal and this "cooperation," the special counsel team is now going to get a firsthand testimony of what happened at the 2016 trump tower meeting.
🚨 “i do” manafort says in court when asked if he will "fully and truthfully" cooperate with special counsel robert mueller 🚨
as part of the agreement, manafort must: give interviews and briefings to the special counsel's office, turning over documents and testify in other proceedings
MANAFORT faces up to *10 YEARS* in federal prison, per the statutory max.
judge amy berman jackson asks manafort one last time if he wants to plead guilty or go to trial: “i plead guilty” he says washingtonexaminer.com/news/paul-mana…
aaand, it’s over. manafort will be back in court in 60 days for a status report, and he goes to jail now until sentencing. he hasn’t been sentenced in VA, remember.
waiting for a trump tweet about manafort like
JUST IN: here’s the cooperation part of paul manafort’s plea deal
of note: special counsel's office announces a status report with regard to sentencing manafort is scheduled for november 16.
