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Rick Gates attended an 8/2/16 meeting at the Grand Havana Club in Manhattan with Manafort and Kilimnik, prosecutors revealed Monday. At this meeting, Manafort and Kilimnik discussed easing sanctions on Russia, (via Ukraine “peace plan”) apparently at Oleg Deripaska’s behest.
Gates’ presence at the meeting is notable because it means that even though Manafort lied about it, according to prosecutors, and Kilimnik is in Russia, not talking, Mueller has Gates’ account of what happened. nytimes.com/2019/02/07/us/…
We already know that while running Trump’s campaign, Manafort met secretly with Kilimnik, who had Russia intelligence ties, to discuss easing sanctions on Russia. Russia helped Trump win; Trump lied to hide that. Question is if there was an explicit deal. motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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Jackson in this hearing and the last one, was clearly irked by Downing's effort to cite his cross-examination of Gates' and the comments one juror made. Jackson scolded Downing, noting he incorrectly described a news report and that it's not evidence anyway.
Downing comes off really badly in these breach hearings. At the Feb. 4 hearing he said prosecutors' argument that Manafort lied about conversations about sanctions on Russia was "nonsense because no matter who gets elected...the sanctions were going to continue."
Downing couldn't be more wrong about about this. During his campaign, in response to a question from Maria Butina, of all people, Trump suggested he'd be willing to lift sanctions on Russia. motherjones.com/politics/2018/… … After he won, he tried to do so. nbcnews.com/politics/white…
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Dan Friedman
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Richard Burr Says There’s No Evidence of Collusion. How Would He Know? motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
The Senate Intelligence Committee never interviewed Manafort, Gates or Kilimnik about the contacts that represent the most compelling evidence to date of Trump-Russia coordination. Burr doesn’t have special insight here, despite chairmanship. motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
The Intelligence Committee agreed to limit the scope July 25, 2017 interview of Manafort to questions about the Trump Tower meeting. They never interviewed him about Kilimnik, the peace plan, Rusisan sanctions etc. And they never subpoenaed him to try to compel more corporation.
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Judge Jackson rules that Manafort lied about his contacts with Kilimnik and other matters.
Jackson's ruling is a big deal. She lent the court's weight to a major Mueller contention: Manafort lied to hide his contacts while running Trump's campaign with a suspected Russian agent. motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Manafort gave polling data to a suspected Russian proxy and at the same meeting discussed a plan that to lift US sanctions on Russia. He concealed that activity, which sounds like what most people would define as collusion, from prosecutors in hopes Trump will pardon him.
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