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Lawyers for Paul Manafort told a judge in D.C. today that any significant prison term "will likely amount to a life sentence."
Manafort's lawyers say that were it not for Mueller's appointment as special counsel, DOJ would have viewed his crimes as fairly minor. Also, "there is no evidence of Russian collusion."
Manafort's sentencing memo makes repeated references to the fact that he hasn't been charged for "collusion," and suggests that prosecutors only brought these charges as a way to pressure him to cooperate against the president.
In totally unrelated news, here's a fascinating piece about how Manafort's lawyers inadvertently revealed that he had provided polling data to a Russian associate the FBI says is linked to the same intel service that carried out the election hacks. emptywheel.net/2019/02/25/on-…
And here's our story, from @ganjansen: Paul Manafort's lawyers say long prison term would 'likely amount to a life sentence' for Trump aide

usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
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Brad Heath
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Here are the checks Michael Cohen says he obtained from President Trump reimbursing him for the illegal hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels. One is drawn on Trump's personal account, the other on his revocable trust (which owns Trump's private businesses).
Follow along when Cohen, once the keeper of President Trump's secrets, starts airing his inside knowledge and grievances with his former boss -> usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
The checks are consistent with how federal prosecutors in New York described the way Cohen was reimbursed by The Trump Organization for the hush-money payment. It was to be in installments of $35,000 per month, which the company disguised as payments for legal services.
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Brad Heath
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Mueller's office has filed a timeline for how a copy of Roger Stone's indictment became public. Basically, after he was arrested they posted it online and sent out a press release.
Basically, the judge wanted to know whether Stone's indictment was made public before Stone was in custody, which was the condition that would cause it to be unsealed. Mueller's office says it wasn't, and offers emails and server logs to support that.
Here's the weird background ->
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NEW: A federal appeals court in Washington has rejected a challenge to the validity of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Here's the opinion. By my count, the members of the unanimous D.C. Cir. panel become the fifth, sixth and seventh federal judges to reject arguments that Robert Mueller's appointment as special counsel was invalid.
documentcloud.org/documents/5751…
And, naturally, this might not be the end of that.
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The first party, which includes Neal Katyal, is interesting, particularly because Katyal brings up the point about Manafort’s angling for a pardon. tinyurl.com/y4xos9fh
The clear insinuation in previous Mueller court filings, that Manafort has been angling for a pardon, is very significant. But there was no reason to expect Mueller to address that in yesterday’s sentencing memo. 1/6
Trump isn’t going to pardon Manafort b/c he feels his pain. Trump has no such feelings. He will only pardon Manafort to reward him if he doesn’t spill the beans on Trump’s campaign collusion with the Russians. 2/6
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Mona
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"[Manafort] He is now in a far worse position than if he had never elected to cooperate, or if he had followed through on his agreement." #WednesdayWisdom #Mueller
nytimes.com/2018/11/27/opi…
2/"How to make sense of the bizarre turn of events involving Paul Manafort? Two months ago, he struck a plea deal with Robert Mueller, the special counsel — he pleaded guilty but agreed to provide full and truthful information in exchange for a more lenient sentence.
3/"But according to a filing by Mr. Mueller’s team on Monday, Mr. Manafort lied to them repeatedly, and after multiple warnings. He is now in a far worse position than if he had never elected to cooperate, or if he had followed through on his agreement. What was he thinking?
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#mueller #russiagate
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This article has provoked a lot of commentary today. Most of the commentary from the the left has been alarmist, though some (like @SethAbramson) have been dismissive. I don’t think either response is appropriate. 1/16
There was every reason to expect that Mueller would go into action again shortly after the election; we didn’t need this article to know that. 2/16
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Victoria Brownworth
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12:11pm #Manafort told the judge: "I plead guilty."

Paul Manafort enters cooperation agreement with Justice Department cnn.com/2018/09/14/pol…
The #Manafort plea agreement includes
▪interviews with #Mueller
▪briefings with the office of Special Counsel
▪turning over documents related to Trump
▪testifying in other proceedings

That last will most directly impact Donald Trump Jr.

Now would be the time for a pardon.
Trump really has no concern for anyone. His oldest child is now threatened and nothing.

Trump always knew #Manafort could put Don Jr. in prison next to him and he dangled the hint of a pardon, but that's all.

Manafort's plea doesn't hurt Trump, but it sure hurts Jr.
Huh.
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Mike C!
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Paul Manafort was a "sex addict" who made his wife have sex with other men while he watched. His daughters were not please, his wife hated it.

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