(1 of 2) Paul Manafort—a longtime associate of Howard Liebengood Sr.—is an exec at Event Strategies, which planned the 1/6 rally that ended with a breach of security at the Capitol, where Howard Liebengood Jr. worked security (USCP). 2 days later Liebengood Jr. committed suicide.
(2 of 2) I believe this is a coincidence. That said, because I don't think Manafort aiding and abetting a rally that ended in insurrection is coincidence, I have to assume that—out of an abundance of caution—law enforcement will investigate any possible Manafort-Liebengood link.
(PS) It is vital that no one presume connections where there may be none. My point is that as a criminal investigative matter, Manafort will be investigated for any role he had in the Save America March, and Liebengood's suicide would naturally be investigated due to its context.
(PS2) I'm sure there'll be those who say that a Donald Trump event giving tons of money to a company that enriches Paul Manafort at a time when Trump continues to need Manafort to stay quiet and Manafort is having money problems is a mere coincidence.
*That* I do not agree with.
(PS3) By the same token, as a federal criminal investigative matter, when you are about to have numerous investigations into whether security at a government building had been pre-compromised and someone who worked security at that building commits suicide, it gets investigated.
(PS4) So it's only natural to say that if there's a potential association between two necessary investigations, it's something that might be briefly looked at. And all the more so due to the Manafort-January 6, Manafort-Stone, Stone-Proud Boy, and Proud Boy-January 6 connections.
(PS5) I think it's certainly a bridge too far to note that Manafort's former boss, Putin, is known for killing people and making it look like a suicide. But it's Trump and Manafort's fault that all Americans have this awareness of suspicious suicides that we didn't have pre-2015.
(PS6) Do I think there was a conspiracy behind January 6? Absolutely—that's what Ali Alexander has already said, and what many members of Congress have said publicly they believe. But I have no reason whatsoever to think Liebengood was involved. I won't say the same for Manafort.
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(DOCUMENT4) For what it's worth—likely nothing, beyond being a curiosity—this is the most famous suspected assassination that Putin made look like a suicide.
It happened in Washington, D.C. while Trump was a presidential candidate.
(DOCUMENT5) Far more relevant is that Stone and Manafort are longtime business partners and Trump associates, and that Stone invented "Stop the Steal" even as Manafort's company produced the most significant event ever held under the "Stop the Steal" mantra—the January 6 "rally."
(NOTE) Those who've read the Proof trilogy—Proof of Collusion (2018), Proof of Conspiracy (2019), and Proof of Corruption (2020)—will already know this, but in 2005-2006 Paul Manafort signed a contract to advance Putin's interests in the US. It's unknown if the contract persists.
(THREAD) I’m a Trump biographer and presidential historian who’s also a NYT-bestselling journalist covering the criminal trial of Donald Trump on 34 felonies in New York.
This thread explains why I’m warning people to be careful about assuming David Pecker’s testimony is true.
1/ For the full PROOF report, see below. The first two sections are free, the remainder free with the trial offer at the link. The report title: “What Longtime Trump Associate Pecker Doesn’t Want to Discuss Involves a Plot to Steal the 2016 Election.”
2/ I’ll start with the CNN summary below. It covers the part of the Pecker testimony today involving topics neither Pecker *nor Trump* want the public to properly understand. The Pecker testimony on Stormy Daniels is actually much *less* charged, because Pecker was less involved.
The Supreme Court of the United States is literally deciding today whether Donald Trump can legally have them all executed on January 20, 2025, and the upshot I get from major media updates from inside the courtroom is that they are taking a serious look at it
America is over
One justice said—apparently without breaking out in maniacal laughter and requiring a straitjacket—that it may not be fair to a POTUS to judge his motive when he engages in an act
“Mens rea” has only been one half the analysis of whether a crime has been committed for 500 years
This country has descended into absolute madness and I think it is really important that journalists do absolutely nothing to normalize it
What is happening at the Supreme Court today is not normal or okay or consistent with American traditions in any respect
I said that this criminal trial is very much about illegal election interference, and I meant it. Per usual, the good guys are only telling about 10% of the story in order to not ruffle feathers. But America deserves the full truth about this.
Keep in mind Cohen didn't front the money to AMI for these ops. Not only did AMI outlay cash on the front end as Trump was ramping up his whirlwind introduction of Pecker to his Saudi pals, but there were times the cost was so high AMI balked. Then... suddenly they had the money.
The Saudis went almost directly from their meeting with Donald Trump Jr. in Trump Tower—where they asked the Trump family exactly how they could help illegally steal the election for Trump—to AMI, with whom they immediately developed a highly lucrative relationship (...for AMI).
(🔐) PROOF EXCLUSIVE: The Top 25 Issues With Trump’s $175M Bond—All Listed Here—Don’t Include the Two New Ones That Have Arisen Just Hours Before a Hearing That Could Determine the Future of His Empire
1/ Most people have no idea how many problems there are with this bond.
2/ Most people do not realize that, even with Trump’s criminal trial starting in earnest tomorrow, the hearing with longer-term consequences happening in New York may well be Trump’s *civil* hearing (which he will not be able to attend). And there’s a very good reason for this.
BREAKING NEWS: Kremlin Asset Paul Manafort Confirms He is Already Working on Donald Trump’s 2024 Campaign, Meaning Vladimir Putin Again Has a Direct Line to Trump As Trump’s Allies in Congress Pull Out Every Stop Conceivable to Aid the Kremlin in Its Monstrous Invasion of Europe
Many Americans don’t know that, in legal shorthand, a criminal defendant is represented by the “Delta” symbol, a triangle (∆).
(Yes—really.)
Less well known—but now, due to the Trump trial, just as relevant—is the “sleeping defendant” symbol: a faded, sideways triangle (▷).
When a criminal defendant is awake but angry at having to face consequences for his crimes, it’s OK to use the Red Delta (🔺).
If a defendant is—like Trump—livid at facing consequences *and* “sundowning” during afternoon court sessions, use the *inverted* Red Delta instead (🔻).
What about a criminal defendant who’s at once feeling “sad,” “tired,” and “boxed in” by virtue of having to deal with the same criminal procedures as the average American citizen, whom he considers himself far better than? For this we use the rare Recumbent Boxed Blue Delta (▶️).