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Seth Abramson
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For the THOUSANDTH time:

IN JANUARY 2018, NBC REPORTED that Trump was privately telling friends the Mueller report wouldn't hurt him because Manafort wasn't going to "flip" on him. This report should be cited *every time* Trump's team says he had no idea what Manafort was up to.
SOURCE/ *Every day* White House reporters for every major media outlet should be asking Trump and his team precisely *what* Manafort could *possibly* have *flipped* on him over, if Trump had *no* knowledge of what Manafort was doing during the campaign.

THIS IS JOURNALISM 101.
PS/ What makes the NBC report, which has *never been refuted*, more stunning is Trump doesn't *just* say "flip"—which in theory he could play off as a fear Manafort would lie about him—he also says "sell him out," which *acknowledges* that Manafort has incriminating info to sell.
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One clarification I'd make here is that Giuliani can't waive privilege without Trump's consent. So either Trump waived privilege here, and that's why Rudy said what he did, or Trump did not waive privilege as to that conversation and Rudy is immediately subject to bar discipline.
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When I started reading this and saw that two Jews were behind this, based on my research for PROOF OF CONSPIRACY I immediately thought to myself, "It'll be Birnbaum and Finkelstein."

And it was.

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