They're all so forgetful

Special counsel Robert Mueller has abruptly reversed course on a bail agreement his office struck with Paul Manafort's legal team last week that would have allowed him to be released from GPS monitoring.

Manafort evidently failed to tell the government that he was ghost-writing a draft op-ed about his work in Ukraine as late as November 30. He was working on it with his longtime protege Konstantin Kilimnik, who is believed to have ties to Russian intelligence, according to the special counsel's court filing.

The government said that the court had initially "admonished" Manafort's lawyer for making public statements to the press about the case and on November 8 had barred both "the parties and counsel from making statements that could interfere with" a fair trial.

"Even if the ghostwritten op-ed were entirely accurate, fair, and balanced, it would be a violation of this Court’s November 8 Order if it had been publish," the government argued. "The editorial clearly was undertaken to influence the public's opinion of defendant Manafort, or else there would be no reason to seek its publication."

  Business Insider

They ought to revoke his bail, period.  Put him in jail to await trial.

And here's another one of their cabal who needs to be measured for an orange suit...

[One time Trump administration transition official K.T.] McFarland had told lawmakers that she did not discuss or know anything about interactions between Sergey I. Kislyak, who had been Moscow’s ambassador to the United States, and Mr. Flynn, according to Senate documents [from her July testimony].

But emails obtained by The New York Times appear to undermine those statements. In a Dec. 29 message about newly imposed Obama administration sanctions against Russia for its election interference, Ms. McFarland, then serving on Mr. Trump’s transition team, told another transition official that Mr. Flynn would be talking to the Russian ambassador that evening.

The discrepancy is likely to add to mounting troubles for the White House

  NY Times

I think we're beginning to get a very clear picture of just exactly why the Republican-led House Intel Committee was anxious to close out their investigation.

Repeated attempts to reach Ms. McFarland, who served until May as deputy national security adviser and is now awaiting Senate confirmation as ambassador to Singapore, were unsuccessful.

If she's smart, she's already in Singapore.

“Recent developments suggest that Ms. McFarland gave false testimony to the United States Senate on a matter as significant as communications between the Russian government and the Trump transition team,” [Sen. Corey Booker] said. “If this is the case, this is an alarming development, and another example of a pattern of deception on the part of Trump’s closest associates regarding their connections and communications to Russian government officials.”

What do you mean "if"? You've got the documents.  Which couple nicely with her email saying Russia had thrown the election to Trump.

How many Democrats will join Republicans in approving her ambassadorship?  If she were a man, I KNOW she'd get approved.  There's a slight chance of a denial, however, her being a woman.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 12/8:  Dems have asked for full explanation from McFarland.