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Improper redaction by Manafort's legal team reveals that Mueller has alleged that Manafort shared polling data related to the 2016 election with Konstantin Kilimnik, then lied about it to investigators
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5677…
The text, which can be read by copying the text underneath redactions on page 6, claims Manafort didn't lie about "sharing polling data with Mr. Kilimnik related to the 2016 presidential campaign" but merely did not remember it during proffer sessions.
Trump and Kilimnik, whom Mueller's team has alleged had ongoing ties to Russian intelligence during the election, also allegedly met in Madrid, although the documents do not specify when the alleged meeting took place.
The filing may offer new context for the revelation in 2017 that Manafort and Kilimnik emailed during the campaign about using Manafort's role on Trump's campaign to "get whole" with Oleg Deripaska, including a suggestion of private briefings.
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According to the transcript of Paul Manafort's latest hearing, Trump's former campaign chairman kept working with Konstantin Kilimnik in Ukraine after being indicted, including discussing an unspecified "backdoor" related to their work. nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
The transcript also describes Manafort's August 2, 2016, meeting with Kilimnik as going "very much to the heart of what the Special Counsel's Office is investigating"—that is, collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
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The Treasury Department just lifted sanctions on three companies owned by Oleg Deripaska, the Russian oligarch with an extensive history of financing Kremlin-backed political parties throughout Europe and Asia.
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But underrating the revelation that Manafort was working on "Ukraine peace plan" (i.e., sanctions relief) and links to Veselnitskaya. 1/
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