Monday, June 4, 2018

Manafort is going to look good in orange

Is advanced knowledge of this going down what prompted Trump to go tweet-shit about Manafort or why he started squawking about being able to pardon himself?  Speculation was that there must be a sudden increased danger of Manafort flipping.  This looks like that speculation was good.
Federal prosecutors on Monday accused President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, of attempting to tamper with witnesses in his federal tax and lobbying case.

In court documents, prosecutors working for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, said that Mr. Manafort tried to contact witnesses by phone and through an encrypted messaging program.

Prosecutors said that was a violation of Mr. Manafort’s release while he awaits trial. They asked a federal judge to revise the terms of his release or revoke it entirely, which would send him to jail until trial.

An F.B.I. agent, Brock W. Domin, wrote in court documents that at least one witness reported Mr. Manafort’s contact and said that he appeared to be trying to coach their story about Mr. Manafort’s lobbying practices.

  NYT
Ooooooh, that is not good.


Ankle bracelets are much good for stopping witness tampering by phone.

Apparently Manafort didn't realize how many people were already cooperating with the Feds.








Brilliant.  How in the world did Trump and his cohort stay out of jail this long?  They have to have been paying off a lot of people besides porn stars.

Is it too late for Manafort to flip on Trump? Has that ship sailed? Because if it has, Manafort is toast.  On the other hand, as I've said before, he's between a rock and a hard place: Mueller and the Mob.

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

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