Is the DOJ going to prosecute Manafort for interfering in the 2016 election?

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US Treasury Provides Missing Link: Manafort’s Partner Gave Campaign Polling Data to Kremlin in 2016

The U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday that Konstantin Kilimnik, an associate and ex-employee of Paul Manafort, “provided the Russian Intelligence Services with sensitive information on polling and campaign strategy,” during the 2016 election, an apparently definitive statement that neither Special Counsel Robert Mueller nor the Senate Intelligence Committee investigation made in their final reports.

“This is new public information that connects the provision of internal Trump campaign data to Russian intelligence,” Andrew Weissmann, who led the prosecution of Manafort for the Special Counsel, told Just Security on Thursday.

The eye-catching statement was included in an announcement of new sanctions related to Russian interference in U.S. elections. The Biden administration took a number of steps Thursday to punish Russia, not only for election interference, but also the SolarWinds cyberattack, its ongoing occupation of Crimea, and human rights abuses.

Kilimnik was one of 16 individuals the Treasury Department announced it was sanctioning for attempting to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election at the direction of the Kremlin. The Treasury Department is also imposing new sanctions on 16 entities, including several Russian disinformation outlets.

https://www.justsecurity.org/75766/us-treasury-provides-missing-link-manaforts-partner-gave-campaign-polling-data-to-kremlin-in-2016/

[SheltieLover]

1. One can only hope.

I'm losing hope by the day, as they continue to walk free.

[hlthe2b]

2. Seems we, the public are the only ones asking. I've not heard a single reporter/pundit ask question

And it doesn't seem to have been brought up in the linked article unless I missed it.

[spanone]

3. If this goes unpunished it will be the norm from now on...

[hlthe2b]

4. I agree, but I just heard Nicolle Wallace's segment and before that CNN's coverage. No one even

brought up prosecution--of anyone.

[spanone]

5. 😡

[pwb]

6. I would not object.

Putin is just a little Punk to Joe Biden. Far down from where trump placed him. Far down where he belongs looking up at Joe.

[stillcool]

7. I don't get it. They seem to be saying

there is evidence that Kilimnik gave the data to Russian Intelligence. But they don't say that. Seems more like chumming the water.

After being indicted in 2018 on charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice related to his unregistered lobbying work on behalf of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Kilimnik is now being targeted by Treasury for “having engaged in foreign interference in the U.S. 2020 presidential election.” The FBI is offering a reward of $250,000 for information related to his potential arrest. He is currently residing in Russia.

The Treasury Department’s statement about Kilimnik and his role in the 2016 election definitively connects dots that previous investigations did not.