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The report I read said the

CVille Dem — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 12:06:04 +0000

In reply to Manafort's a ballsy bastard,

The report I read said the storage locker was rented in the name of that same employee. Also, Manafort is likely doing all this to avoid getting “Putinized” if it seems like he is ready to talk.

Manafort's a ballsy bastard,

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 06:26:18 +0000

In reply to Manafort moves to suppress

Manafort's a ballsy bastard, isn't he? Lessee, the FBI's going to check that an employee has the right authority or a judge will throw it out? Way funny - someone's been watching too much TV or simply it's a Hail Mary. If someone let them in, they're in.shouldn't have had the "wrong" employee there.

Manafort moves to suppress

artappraiser — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 02:26:40 +0000

In reply to Manafort’s lawyers want Mueller to name alleged accomplices cited in criminal indictment

Manafort moves to suppress evidence found in storage unit

Lawyers for former Trump campaign chairman say FBI illegally accessed the locker, then returned with warrant.

By Josh Gerstein @ Politico.com, 04/07/2018 12:51 AM EDT

[....] The FBI first got into the Alexandria, Va. storage unit last May with the assistance of an employee who worked at two or more of Manafort's companies, an agent told the federal magistrate judge who issued the warrant. Then, the agent used what he saw written on so-called Banker's Boxes and the fact there was a five-drawer filing cabinet to get permission to return and seize many of the records.

In a motion filed Friday night in federal court in Washington, Manafort's defense team contends that the initial entry was illegal because the employee did not not have authority to let the FBI into the locker. The defense also argues that the warrant was overbroad and that agents seizing records went beyond what limits the warrant did set [....]