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kpete's JournalManafort visited Assange at Ecuadorean Embassy March in London in March 2016
Manafort visited Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in March 2016, just weeks before Manafort was named Trump’s campaign chairman.Manafort held secret talks with Assange in Ecuadorian embassy
Exclusive: Trump ally met WikiLeaks founder months before emails hacked by Russia were published
Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort held secret talks with Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and visited around the time he joined Trump’s campaign, the Guardian has been told.
Sources have said Manafort went to see Assange in 2013, 2015 and in spring 2016 – during the period when he was made a key figure in Trump’s push for the White House.
It is unclear why Manafort wanted to see Assange and what was discussed. But the last meeting is likely to come under scrutiny and could interest Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor who is investigating alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
A well-placed source has told the Guardian that Manafort went to see Assange around March 2016. Months later WikiLeaks released a stash of Democratic emails stolen by Russian intelligence officers.
MORE:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/27/manafort-held-secret-talks-with-assange-in-ecuadorian-embassy
How about it, media? Report only when he tells the truth. Ahhhh, sweet silence!
Trump in Mississippi: “Three border patrol people yesterday were very badly hurt, getting hit with rocks and stones.”
CBP commissioner earlier today: “Four agents were hit with rocks, but were wearing protective gear and did not suffer serious injuries.”
https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/1067239254181453824
Richard Engel: Top Military Official on Ukraine: "Putin probing...thinks POTUS is distracted..."
Richard Engel
From a top former military official I know on Ukraine. Sobering. “Definitely Putin probing. He thinks POTUS is pretty distracted and between holidays and Mueller, might be a good time for a further land grab. This could get VERY ugly.”
https://twitter.com/RichardEngel/status/1067177222354685954
Lawrence O'Donnell - The Last Word
Trump has been a pathological liar all his life.Now he's a pathological liar who uses tear gas on children.
https://twitter.com/Lawrence/status/1067241167601979393
Huge opportunity here for Mueller to push more material into public view.
Stay tuned....
Mueller will tell the court (also the public) about Manafort's "crimes and lies, including those after signing the plea agreement herein."
See, here’s the genius part. In order to decide that Manafort lied, the judge will have to make “findings of fact.” These are binding against anyone who’s in privity with Manafort. As manager of Trump’s campaign, Trump and Manafort are contractually in privity.
Yup. Mueller delayed this until after Trump handed in his open book test.
Releasing a list of the lies Manafort told provide another opportunity to tell a story. A report, if you will.
MUELLER JUST GUARANTEED HE CAN ISSUE A PUBLIC REPORT
MORE:
https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/11/26/manafort-tests-the-theory-of-an-unpardonable-plea/
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5280674/D-D-C-1-17-Cr-00201-ABJ-455-0.pdf
https://twitter.com/vermontgmg/status/1067220120139964417
https://twitter.com/ThatShockratees/status/1067216471024115717
https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1067237770593210368
https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1067212007991099392
FOX & Friends defend Pepper Spray "It's natural. You could actually put it on your nachos & eat it"
On Fox & Friends, Border Patrol Foundation president defends pepper spraying latinx migrants because “it’s natural. You could actually put it on your nachos and eat it.”
https://twitter.com/revrrlewis/status/1067025018821971969
"I am President! Everyone HAS To Believe What I Say" - by Tom Tomorrow
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Maybe next time evangelicals vote they'll read the Gospels 1st-instead of electing fucking Caligula
Babies and kids are getting teargassed. How do Christians square with that?
Make no mistake: Trump is testing whether he can get away with things like firing tear gas at young children. He is hoping these images harden his supporters to even worse acts to come. And he is banking on racism to get his way. We must oppose and condemn this. NOW.
https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/1066868470304948224
https://twitter.com/BBCJamesCook/status/1066812239418552321
https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/1066856738824118272
https://twitter.com/JohnFugelsang/status/1066837788274900992
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