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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 05:02 PM Oct 2018

Manafort meets with Mueller prosecutors

Source: Politico


The sit-down stems from a guilty plea that requires the former Trump campaign chairman to cooperate with the special counsel's probe.

By DARREN SAMUELSOHN 10/01/2018 04:13 PM EDT

Paul Manafort met Monday with special counsel Robert Mueller’s office as part of his cooperation agreement in the special counsel’s investigation into Russia interference in the 2016 presidential election.

The sit-down at the special counsel’s downtown Washington D.C. office stems from Manafort’s guilty plea last month, which requires the former Trump campaign chairman to cooperate “fully, truthfully, completely, and forthrightly…in any and all matters as to which the government deems the cooperation relevant.” Spokesmen for Manafort and Mueller declined comment on the meeting.

POLITICO spotted two attorneys for Manafort — Richard Westling and Tom Zehnle — outside Mueller’s office early Monday afternoon speaking with one of the special counsel’s lead prosecutors, Andrew Weissmann. The men parted ways to buy lunch and then were seen returning with their food to the secure building where the special counsel’s team is headquartered.

Manafort pleaded guilty last month in a federal court in Washington to conspiracy against the U.S. and conspiring to obstruct justice. As part of the plea, Mueller’s team dropped charges against Manafort including money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent for his work on behalf of Ukrainian political parties. They also agreed to dismiss deadlocked bank- and tax-fraud charges from a Virginia trial with the condition Manafort would conclude a “successful cooperation” with the special counsel.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/01/paul-manafort-meets-mueller-prosecutors-855388

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Manafort meets with Mueller prosecutors (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2018 OP
Love it! Expect lotsa weird tweets from you-know-who! n/m machoneman Oct 2018 #1
Thanks, Don - just heard this on my teevee, and I was able to SMILE for a moment Leghorn21 Oct 2018 #2
Is it time for him to fire Rosenstein right about now BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #3
Ahhh... I totally forgot about Manafort BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #4

Leghorn21

(13,520 posts)
2. Thanks, Don - just heard this on my teevee, and I was able to SMILE for a moment
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 05:05 PM
Oct 2018

Good to know he’s yakkin away, and will someone please remember to

MENTION THIS TO RED DON PLS!!!!

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