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Mueller's office has a Friday

artappraiser — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 07:20:10 +0000

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Mueller's office has a Friday deadline to explain to the court why it accused Manafort of lying to investigators and breaking his cooperation deal. Separately, the special counsel's office and federal prosecutors in New York have to provide memos to recommend a sentence for Cohen -- filings that are expected to detail how he has cooperated in multiple investigations.

more @ CNN: Mueller poised to reveal new details on Russia probe in Manafort, Cohen filings, Dec. 6, 8:46 pm ET

Hey All. Please have a look

artappraiser — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 18:08:28 +0000

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Hey All. Please have a look at my take on the “Manafort-The-Mole” development. #Manafort #Cohen #TrumpRussia #MuellerInvestigation https://t.co/ELNgw9D2WS
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) November 29, 2018

History's written by the

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 05:22:22 +0000

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History's written by the winners (look at China and Turkey and imagine). So, *if* it all comes out, inch'allah and all that. But so far I'm optimistic.

I find myself increasingly

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 01:29:26 +0000

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I find myself increasingly baffled by what's happening. It's going to make a great story when it all comes out.

New York Post asked Trump why

artappraiser — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:40:16 +0000

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New York Post asked Trump why he tweeted a meme of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein behind bars. "He should have never picked a special counsel," Trump said. https://t.co/1g0bp5zXVo
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 29, 2018

How Rudy Giuliani’s Latest

artappraiser — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:32:19 +0000

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How Rudy Giuliani’s Latest Blabbermouth Session May Have Turned Him into a Witness to Obstruction https://t.co/mGCxundEnx pic.twitter.com/qIJb07raD7
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) November 29, 2018

This corsi interview with

artappraiser — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 23:47:29 +0000

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This corsi interview with @AriMelber is a hot mess. Corsi won't break the con.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 28, 2018

(Interview just finished about 10 mins. ago on MSNBC, they have talking heads on it now.)

CNN Exclusive: President

artappraiser — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 18:29:34 +0000

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CNN Exclusive: President Trump told Mueller in writing that Roger Stone did not tell him about WikiLeaks, nor was he told about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting between his son, campaign officials and a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton https://t.co/UIjdAFsOv5
— Amanda Golden (@amandawgolden) November 28, 2018

There's a question whether

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:12:02 +0000

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There's a question whether Downing served his client well or just Trump. If he sold out his client, he could lose his license.

artappraiser — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 04:00:54 +0000

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NYT headline published 1 hr. ago: Manafort’s Lawyer Said to Brief Trump Attorneys on What He Told Mueller

By Michael S. Schmidt, Sharon LaFraniere and Maggie Haberman

WASHINGTON — A lawyer for Paul Manafort, the president’s onetime campaign chairman, repeatedly briefed President Trump’s lawyers on his client’s discussions with federal investigators after Mr. Manafort agreed to cooperate with the special counsel, according to one of Mr. Trump’s lawyers and two other people familiar with the conversations.

The arrangement was highly unusual and inflamed tensions with the special counsel’s office when prosecutors discovered it after Mr. Manafort began cooperating two months ago, the people said. Some legal experts speculated that it was a bid by Mr. Manafort for a presidential pardon even as he worked with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, in hopes of a lighter sentence.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, one of the president’s personal lawyers, acknowledged the arrangement on Tuesday and defended it as a source of valuable insights into the special counsel’s inquiry and where it was headed. Such information could help shape a legal defense strategy, and it also appeared to give Mr. Trump and his legal advisers ammunition in their public relations campaign against Mr. Mueller’s office.

For example, Mr. Giuliani said, Mr. Manafort’s lawyer Kevin M. Downing told him that prosecutors hammered away at whether the president knew about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting where Russians promised to deliver damaging information on Hillary Clinton to his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. The president has long denied knowing about the meeting in advance. “He wants Manafort to incriminate Trump,” Mr. Giuliani declared of Mr. Mueller.

While Mr. Downing’s discussions with the president’s team violated no laws, they helped contribute to a deteriorating relationship between lawyers for Mr. Manafort and Mr. Mueller’s prosecutors, who accused Mr. Manafort of holding out on them despite his pledge to assist them in any matter they deemed relevant, according to the people. That conflict spilled into public view on Monday when the prosecutors took the rare step of declaring that Mr. Manafort had breached his plea agreement by lying to them about a variety of subjects [....]