Manafort's former son-in-law cuts plea deal, to cooperate with government: sources

[Gothmog]

Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of President Donald Trump’s campaign, has cut a plea deal with the Justice Department that requires him to cooperate with other criminal probes, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

The guilty plea agreement, which is under seal and has not been previously reported, could add to the legal pressure on Manafort, who is facing two indictments brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in his probe of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Manafort has been indicted in federal courts in Washington and Virginia with charges ranging from tax evasion to bank fraud and has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Jeffrey Yohai, a former business partner of Manafort, was divorced from Manafort’s daughter last August.

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[flibbitygiblets]

1. If they cut a deal for the SIL, then obviously he's flipping on Manafort

which I guess leaves the question, is Manafort willing to spend the rest of his life in jail? I think he is; because at least there he's safer from the Russians.

I don't even think the Feds need Manafort at this point, Cohen probably has enough to take trump down. He might have waited too long.

[apnu]

3. How long until Manafort flips on Trump?

[renate]

18. he's either a dead man walking or a future prisoner walking

He's screwn.

[SayItLoud]

19. Russians will get him anywhere but more to the point

they will get his family and let him live to see it happen.

He'll take the slam vs that other choice.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Timber,watch out below.

Another one bits the dust. Paulie outed by his ex-son-in-law. Straight out of the God Father.

[Gothmog]

4. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Image from your tweet post

[Ligyron]

14. lol!

Why, of course he'll "be asked to assist with Mueller's prosecution of Manafort".

What else would they want him for?

[Scurrilous]

5. Good news!

[pnwmom]

6. This is a BFD. Thank you! n/t

[Champion Jack]

7. Happy Happy Joy Joy!!

[jpak]

8. Someone knows how to cut great deals - but it's not Trump!

[Leghorn21]

10. Joyous joyful happy news!!! As I recall, there's no love lost here whatsoever!

Halley frickin luuyah!!!

[BigmanPigman]

11. WSJ reported that his son in law flipped back in Jan

and they don't know if it was with CA local govt investigators or with Mueller. Also they know he did speak with Mueller in the past. When a plea is entered or sentencing hasn't been determined. If it is about ongoing real estate fraud why is this a connected to the fucking moron? Why is this plea deal secret? Is this to get Manafort to flip?

[Gothmog]

12. JUST IN: @NBCNews confirms Paul Manafort's former son-in-law has flipped

Link to tweet

[Achilleaze]

13. Step by step, slowly I turned...toward justice for republican traitors

[Honeycombe8]

15. Ooooooooo. This is good. This is very good. nt

[C Moon]

16. I love how they say "with the government." Because THAT is our government...

not the weasel traitors in the GOP house and senate; or that traitor a-hole sitting in OUR Whitehouse.

[Mr. Ected]

17. This man is in grave danger. I hope he has contracted some serious security protection.

Ditto Gates. The various mobs and oligarchs these guys kept company with exposes them to a snakepit of perils. I'm so glad my life is vanilla and unremarkable.

[Gothmog]

20. The coverage of this story on MSNBC tonight made me smile