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Mueller filing: Manafort lied about contacts with Trump administration officials
Posted on 12/7/18 at 6:24 pm
Posted on 12/7/18 at 6:24 pm
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team wrote in a heavily-redacted Friday court filing that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort violated his plea agreement by making false statements to federal investigators, including about his contact with Trump administration officials as well as information pertinent to an undisclosed Justice Department investigation.
“The defendant breached his plea agreement in numerous ways by lying to the FBI and Special Counsel’s Office,” the filing said.
Mueller’s team accuses Manafort of lying about five issues: Manafort’s contact with administration officials; information “pertinent to another Department of Justice investigation”; his interactions with Russian-Ukrainian political consultant Konstantin Kilimnik; his comments about Kilimnik’s alleged participation in a conspiracy to obstruct justice and a wire transfer to a firm working for Manafort.
Prosecutors said that Manafort claimed after signing the plea agreement in September that he had no direct or indirect communications with anyone in the administration. But Mueller’s team said the “evidence demonstrates that Manafort lied about his contacts.”
The filing said a Manafort colleague said Manafort had claimed to have been in communication with a “senior administration official” through February 2018. It also cites a May text exchange where Manafort authorized someone to speak with an administration official.
“A review of documents recovered from a search of Manafort’s electronic documents demonstrates additional contacts with administration officials,” it reads.
The White House responded to the filing by distancing itself from Manafort.
“The government’s filing in Mr. Manafort’s case says absolutely nothing about the president," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said. "It says even less about collusion and is devoted almost entirely to lobbying-related issues. Once again the media is trying to create a story where there isn’t one.”
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani told Fox News the memos show prosecutors “have nothing" on the president and "we are very happy about it."
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“The defendant breached his plea agreement in numerous ways by lying to the FBI and Special Counsel’s Office,” the filing said.
Mueller’s team accuses Manafort of lying about five issues: Manafort’s contact with administration officials; information “pertinent to another Department of Justice investigation”; his interactions with Russian-Ukrainian political consultant Konstantin Kilimnik; his comments about Kilimnik’s alleged participation in a conspiracy to obstruct justice and a wire transfer to a firm working for Manafort.
Prosecutors said that Manafort claimed after signing the plea agreement in September that he had no direct or indirect communications with anyone in the administration. But Mueller’s team said the “evidence demonstrates that Manafort lied about his contacts.”
The filing said a Manafort colleague said Manafort had claimed to have been in communication with a “senior administration official” through February 2018. It also cites a May text exchange where Manafort authorized someone to speak with an administration official.
“A review of documents recovered from a search of Manafort’s electronic documents demonstrates additional contacts with administration officials,” it reads.
The White House responded to the filing by distancing itself from Manafort.
“The government’s filing in Mr. Manafort’s case says absolutely nothing about the president," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said. "It says even less about collusion and is devoted almost entirely to lobbying-related issues. Once again the media is trying to create a story where there isn’t one.”
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani told Fox News the memos show prosecutors “have nothing" on the president and "we are very happy about it."
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Posted on 12/7/18 at 6:25 pm to cajunangelle
Lol at collusion
Posted on 12/7/18 at 6:25 pm to cajunangelle
Pardon
Posted on 12/7/18 at 6:27 pm to Janky
Manafort was a plant. I can see Trump pardoning him to troll them. 
Posted on 12/7/18 at 6:28 pm to cajunangelle
Ok...when do you have the investigations into Hillary lying to the FBI?
Posted on 12/7/18 at 6:33 pm to cajunangelle
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Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani told Fox News the memos show prosecutors “have nothing" on the president and "we are very happy about it."
Posted on 12/7/18 at 6:36 pm to Bunyan
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Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani told Fox News the memos show prosecutors “have nothing" on the president and "we are very happy about it."
Posted on 12/7/18 at 7:01 pm to pmacattack
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Bret Baier told Turley on "Special Report" that Mueller is making the case that he cannot trust Manafort and that the former lobbyist "told multiple, discernable lies."
Turley said the Mueller team has "tapes and other proof that [Manafort] directly lied" and that the former partner at Black, Manafort & Stone is "clearly not giving the special counsel what he wants."
He added that Cohen is also "as discerning as a jukebox" when it comes to making decisions in his case -- "anyone puts a quarter in him and he'll play the tune."
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Prosecutors suggested that a federal judge hand Cohen a 42-month prison term on charges that he lied to Congress and violated campaign finance law with shady payouts to two women who alleged they had sexual relationships with then-developer Donald Trump.
As Fox News reported:
Federal prosecutors on Friday recommended a “substantial term of imprisonment” for President Trump’s former personal attorney, saying his efforts to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller were “overstated.”
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed a sentencing memo as part of its criminal investigation and grand jury probe into Cohen’s personal business dealings. Cohen pleaded guilty to several counts of tax and business fraud. He also pleaded guilty to making an excessive campaign contribution.
The memo stated that the range of imprisonment for Cohen and his crimes is 51 to 63 months.
"A lot of times, people like Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen think they can outsmart the agents doing the interviews," Dershowitz said after prosecutors said Cohen's cooperation was "overstated in some respects and incomplete in others.
"[Cohen] made it sound like he had information when he didn't have [it]," Dershowitz said.
He also said the report "does not sound like good news for [Robert] Mueller" and the special counsel's case studying whether Trump had illicit connections to Russia.
"They have not found a witness that can give them a key to the kingdom," said Dershowitz, adding that there is a "weak case" against Trump on the "campaign contribution issue" because he is "entitled" to pay off women as a private citizen to protect his family.
Dershowitz added the other aspect of the case, an attempt by Trump to build a skyscraper in Moscow is not a crime, unless there is a "quid pro quo" aspect that would give President Putin a penthouse or something of the like.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 7:17 pm to cajunangelle
Since when is it illegal to talk to someone or something, probably through a third party?
The only way Mueller could know this is if manafort, his attorneys and everybody associated with him are under constant surveillance. I would also think that Trump and his people are also under surveillance.
The only way Mueller could know this is if manafort, his attorneys and everybody associated with him are under constant surveillance. I would also think that Trump and his people are also under surveillance.
This post was edited on 12/7/18 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 12/8/18 at 9:50 am to SCLibertarian
I am curious to what the MSM is reporting about the Cohen/Manafort drops?
Is CNN talking about Manafort and Podesta?
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Is CNN talking about Manafort and Podesta?
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Posted on 12/8/18 at 10:05 am to cajunangelle
Other than the whole Flynn perjured himself when the Fibs said he didn't thing the way Bob has put the screws to Manafort is just mind boggling to me.
The guy didn't report lobbying contacts and cheated on his taxes. Ok, he shouldn't be let off the hook but the guy has been absolutely ruined in every way a man can be ruined through some white collar petty crime.
ALL of his assets seized, bail revoked, solitary confinement, double jeopardy, the entire damn kitchen sink has been thrown at this guy.
This just makes ZERO sense when you consider all of the frickery that's gone on at the HIGHEST levels of our government.
It just makes no sense.
The guy didn't report lobbying contacts and cheated on his taxes. Ok, he shouldn't be let off the hook but the guy has been absolutely ruined in every way a man can be ruined through some white collar petty crime.
ALL of his assets seized, bail revoked, solitary confinement, double jeopardy, the entire damn kitchen sink has been thrown at this guy.
This just makes ZERO sense when you consider all of the frickery that's gone on at the HIGHEST levels of our government.
It just makes no sense.
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