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Manafort Breached Plea Deal by Repeatedly Lying, Mueller Says nytimes.com/2018/11/26/us/…
A new court filing indicates there may be tension between Paul Manafort and his lawyers, former federal prosecutors tell The Daily Beast thebea.st/2E0IGay
Manafort's lawyers said to have briefed Trump lawyers on what he told Mueller
nytimes.com/2018/11/27/us/…
nytimes.com/2018/11/27/us/…
Mueller Believes Manafort Lied About Lobbying Payments, Konstantin Kilimnik Contacts
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Members of the political party Opposition Bloc, Yuriy Boyko and Serhiy Lyovochkin, have been expelled from the parliamentary Opposition Bloc faction in Ukraine.
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Mueller’s office is considering retrying Manafort on the charges that resulted in a hung jury over the summer, and are weighing leveling new charges against him for obstruction of justice and other federal crimes politi.co/2rdf6Gk
The Manafort memo on Friday "will be public," Mueller's office says, indicating prosecutors will detail for all to read what prosecutors believe the ex-Trump campaign chair lied about. news.yahoo.com/mueller-prepar…
Paul Manafort suggested he could broker a deal for the handover of Julian Aassange to the U.S. during a mtg last May with Ecuadorian president-elect @LENIN, who wanted debt relief in exchange. The talks went nowhere. Days later, Mueller was appointed. nytimes.com/2018/12/03/us/…
Paul Manafort lied about contacts with Trump administration this year
In a heavily redacted document, Mueller also said Manafort lied about his interactions with Konstantin Kilimnik. cnn.com/2018/12/07/pol…
In a heavily redacted document, Mueller also said Manafort lied about his interactions with Konstantin Kilimnik. cnn.com/2018/12/07/pol…
"The document also contains the stunning disclosure that Mueller can show, including with text messages, that Manafort was in contact with Trump administration officials early this year -- even after he was indicted in late 2017."
Obstruction
Paul Manafort advised White House on how to attack and discredit investigation of Donald Trump
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Paul Manafort advised White House on how to attack and discredit investigation of Donald Trump
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Russian Ex-Spy and Ex-Arms Dealer, Victor Boyarkin, Pressured Manafort Over Debts to Oleg Deripaska
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"“Commander Viktor A. Boyarkin,” serving in the 1990s as an assistant naval attaché at the Russian embassy in Washington, D.C. – a job sometimes used as cover for intelligence agents."
Deripaska bought "control of a vast aluminum smelter in 2005 that accounted for roughly half of Montenegro’s exports and a sixth of its entire economy. The following year, he decided to support the Montenegrins’ drive to become an independent country."
"That meant breaking away from its more powerful neighbor, Serbia – and convincing the world to recognize Montenegro as an independent state. To get this done, Deripaska offered the help of several of his advisers, including Manafort."
"In fact, Moscow never tried to stop Montenegro’s independence, and Deripaska would not likely have supported it so robustly without approval from the Kremlin. (In 2007, he told the Financial Times, “I don’t separate myself from the state. I have no other interests.”)"
"After years of disputes over unpaid debts, the Russian billionaire sued Montenegro in 2014 for seizing the aluminum plant he controlled. The country then sped up its plans to join the NATO military alliance and integrate with the West."
"According to investigators in Montenegro, Russian agents soon began plotting to unseat the nation’s leaders and install a government more friendly to Moscow. By coincidence, the dispute came to a head in the fall of 2016, at the same time as the U.S. presidential race."
"Manafort was also in contact with politicians from his old stomping ground of Montenegro. Among them was Nebojsa Medojevic, one of the opposition leaders who were then campaigning to unseat the country’s pro-NATO leaders."
“If Manafort got involved here in 2016, it would only be through the Russians" "Several of the leaders of the opposition in that country, including Medojevic, are currently on trial for charges that stem from the alleged coup attempt."
An ex-CIA officer was also involved in the coup attempt
Government just filed a joint status report under seal for Sam Patten, a Manafort/Kilimnik associate who pleaded guilty in August to failing to register as a foreign agent and admitted to steering foreign funds to Trump's inaugural committee 
Manafort's lawyers inadvertently admit in failed redaction that Manafort may have discussed the Ukraine peace deal with Kilimnik when they met in Madrid.
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assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5677…
Collusion: Trump Campaign Chairman, Paul Manafort, gave internal polling data to Kremlin agent Konstantin Kilimnik as the Kremlin was executing a political attack on the U.S. presidential election. washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is…
Manafort sent at least one memo advising Trump to focus on Wisconsin and Michigan
Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted Michigan and Wisconsin cnn.com/2017/10/03/pol…
"on the basis of good data that said we could expand the map. That we could win Michigan... Wisconsin... Pennsylvania" -Roger Stone
Joey Rappa, a production associate on “The Nutty Professor’’ and an assistant to Keanu Reeves, was the front man for a company seeking to collect the $1 million it lent to the family of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Vekselberg cousin Andrew "Intrater, who also produces movies, has been working on a film with Rappa for the past few years, and the pair took a production-related trip to Europe last month."
"Intrater had nothing to do with the loan, and his link to Rappa is coincidental and unrelated to it, said Keith Berglund, the California lawyer who negotiated the loan and represents Woodlawn LLC, the Nevada-registered lender."
Mueller met with Trump campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio in February 2018 cnn.it/2FlZvg6
Fabrizio is a senior counselor at Mercury, LLC. Mercury was recruited by Manafort for work in Ukraine and was mentioned in the indictment of Manafort and Gates. Fabrizio also did polling work for Bob Dole, rand Paul, and Marine LePen.
Mueller wants more time with cooperating witness Gates in latest sentencing delay request reut.rs/2TRvfNY
Here's the first part of the special counsel's filing: proof that Manafort lied. It's a declaration from an FBI special agent explaining the evidence. assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5684…
Paul Manafort was working through mystery intermediaries in January 2017 to get people appointed in President Donald Trump’s new administration, according to a court filing released Tuesday. politico.com/story/2019/01/…
Rick Gates Tells Mueller About Trump Team’s Dealings With Israeli Intelligence Firm Psy Group
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"Gates has answered questions specifically about Psy Group, an Israeli firm that ex-employees say drew up social media manipulation plans to help the Trump campaign"
"Gates requested proposals in 2016 from Psy Group that would help Trump in his campaign for president"
Zamel's and Gates' lawyers did not respond to The Daily Beast's requests for comment.
Manafort Worked With Konstantin Kilimnik On Peace Plan Before -- And Long After -- Criminal Charges
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Skadden Arps Will Pay More Than $4 Million for Misleading DOJ
The Wall Street law firm is paying for a 2012 report it wrote for Manafort justifying the Kremlin-friendly Ukrainian government’s prosecution of Yulia Tymoshenko thedailybeast.com/skadden-arps-k…
The Wall Street law firm is paying for a 2012 report it wrote for Manafort justifying the Kremlin-friendly Ukrainian government’s prosecution of Yulia Tymoshenko thedailybeast.com/skadden-arps-k…
"Skadden might have gotten away with it, had it not been for documents recovered in, among other places, a sauna."
Manafort Hobbles Into Court for Hearing on Plea Violations ow.ly/um4M30ns7HF
Judge delays Manafort sentencing hearing hill.cm/O7Gzcs3
Federal prosecutors have recently been interviewing witnesses about the flow of foreign money to Mercury Public Affairs, the Podesta Group and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. nyti.ms/2UJUSAY?smid=n…
A transcript from Manafort's Monday hearing with prosecutors reveals that Mueller has evidence Manafort continued doing work related to Ukraine in 2018, despite being indicted in October 2017 for charges that include failing to register as a foreign agent.
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Patten’s Cooperation With Feds Stays Secret As Inaugural Probe Heats Up
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Manafort intentionally lied to Special Counsel, judge says, including lies about payments and financial relationships to a law firm and about his dealings with his business associate Konstantin Kilimnik npr.org/2019/02/13/694…
Oleg Deripaska denies communicating with Konstantin Kilimnik. If true, it points to confirming Victor Boyarkin as the liaison between Kilimnik and Deripaska washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
Boyarkin was sanctioned in December at the same time as the GRU officers responsible for the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, where Boyarkin was identified as a former GRU officer who worked for Deripaska interfering in Montenegro's 2016 election politico.com/story/2018/12/…
