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Paul Manafort knows some of Trump's deepest secrets. And now he works for Mueller.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/po...s-some-trump-s-deepest-secrets-now-he-n909801

Analysis: If anyone knows about collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, it's Paul Manafort. That may explain the prosecutors' interest in a plea deal.

WASHINGTON — The decision by President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman to admit his guilt and cooperate with prosecutors could be a game-changer for special counsel Robert Mueller, while dramatically ratcheting up the pressure on the president.

It wasn’t only Trump critics who were offering that assessment of Paul Manafort's stunning guilty plea Friday, but also some of his most ardent supporters.

Legal scholar Alan Dershowitz, who has defended Trump so vigorously he lost friends in his liberal summer enclave of Martha’s Vineyard, acknowledged on MSNBC that the Manafort plea was a “big win” and a “big get” for the special counsel investigating Russia’s 2016 election interference.
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Manafort has had close ties to the Russians & their big money for years. He was in the Trump campaign long enough to know of the scheming that went on from the start. And now he's pledged years in the slammer in return for his total cooperation: ratting out Trump & his crime family.
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/po...s-some-trump-s-deepest-secrets-now-he-n909801

Analysis: If anyone knows about collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, it's Paul Manafort. That may explain the prosecutors' interest in a plea deal.

WASHINGTON — The decision by President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman to admit his guilt and cooperate with prosecutors could be a game-changer for special counsel Robert Mueller, while dramatically ratcheting up the pressure on the president.

It wasn’t only Trump critics who were offering that assessment of Paul Manafort's stunning guilty plea Friday, but also some of his most ardent supporters.

Legal scholar Alan Dershowitz, who has defended Trump so vigorously he lost friends in his liberal summer enclave of Martha’s Vineyard, acknowledged on MSNBC that the Manafort plea was a “big win” and a “big get” for the special counsel investigating Russia’s 2016 election interference.
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Manafort has had close ties to the Russians & their big money for years. He was in the Trump campaign long enough to know of the scheming that went on from the start. And now he's pledged years in the slammer in return for his total cooperation: ratting out Trump & his crime family.

Maybe the Russian was Oleg Deripaska. Manafort has ties to him. Unfortunately so does Christopher Steele and many other DC denizens.
Maybe that's what got Manafort his "rattng out" deal.
Wouldn't that be a kick in the nuts (word choice intentional) to Hillary .
 
Maybe the Russian was Oleg Deripaska. Manafort has ties to him. Unfortunately so does Christopher Steele and many other DC denizens.
Maybe that's what got Manafort his "rattng out" deal.
Wouldn't that be a kick in the nuts (word choice intentional) to Hillary .

It would indeed lead directly back to them.

It is on record that Mueller has met with and collaborated with at least one Russian Oligarch.

Mueller's FBI once asked Russian oligarch to help free agent from Iran ...
[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Muell...p-free-ex-bure[/URL]...
May 15, 2018 - On Monday, new details emerged in an account of then-FBI Director Mueller's 2009 deal with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska to help rescue ...

That Time Mueller Courted The Russian Oligarch He's Going After ...
dailycaller.com/2018/05/14/robert-mueller-courted-russian-oligarch-investigation/
May 14, 2018 - Robert Mueller may have ties with one of the Russian oligarchs he's ... Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, a Russian oligarch and aluminum ... the State Department scrapped a deal the FBI had secured with Iran to free Levinson.

Mueller's FBI, A Secret Iranian Mission, And A Russian Billionaire: A ...
[url]https://therepublicanstandard.com[/URL] › News
May 16, 2018 - Mueller's FBI, A Secret Iranian Mission, And A Russian Billionaire: A Conflict Of ... The bureau asked Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska to spend ...
Deripaska would like nothing more than to have both the Magnitsky Act lifted as well as the ban that Trump just put in him.

It does bring to lights a most interesting set of connections though:

Emails show 2016 links among Steele, Ohr, Simpson — with Russian ...
[url]https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/....-steele-ohr-si[/URL]...
3 days ago - 12, 2016, when Steele sent Ohr a New Year's greeting. Steele brought up the case of Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska (referred to ...

Emails Show Christopher Steele Lobbied DOJ Official On Behalf Of ...
dailycaller.com/2018/08/09/christopher-steele-deripaska-bruce-ohr/
2 days ago - Christopher Steele was working on the Trump dossier at the same time he was lobbying DOJ official Bruce Ohr on behalf of a Russian oligarch linked to Putin. Newly revealed emails showSteele thought the U.S. government should grant visas to Deripaska, who had been barred from ...

Christopher Steele Communicated with Top DOJ Official while ...
[url]https://www.nationalreview.com/.../c...h-doj-official[/URL]...
2 days ago - The emails, reviewed by the Washington Examiner, largely pertain to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, and appear to indicate that Steele was ...

Was Christopher Steele Paid by Russian Oligarch Deripaska ...
[url]https://www.realclearpolitics.com/.....ssian_oligarch[/URL]...
Feb 13, 2018 - A release last week of texts showed that Christopher Steele, the former British spy whose memos regarding the Trump campaign's possible ties ...
Oh, and Deripaska has very close ties to Putin.

So actual, real, documented, Russian collusion, anyone? Beuller? Beuller?

And there's even more of a web. Remember that McCain was feeding the Steele dossier to the FBI (even though the FBI already had it?)

Here's the Russia influence controversy that John McCain ... - Circa
https://www.circa.com/.../heres-the-russia-influence-controversy-that-john-mccain-doe...
Jun 21, 2017 - McCain actually met twice with Deripaska, a Russian businessman ... by U.S. intelligence about possible Russian military connections to one of ...

McCain's Kremlin Ties | The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/
Oct 1, 2008 - Deripaska understands that success in Russia today comes from a mixture of brute force, political influence and personal connections. In 2001 ...

Geez, they are making this really easy.

All you have to do is look where the Steele dossier traveled, and look a little harder for the Russian behind the scenes, and there he is. Amazing.

All the more reason is that any of these connections will be swept under the rug Mueller's 'investigation', and hype up more fauxrage against Trump to cover the sweeping.
 
i'm wondering what info Manafort could have that Mueller doesn't already know. perhaps he'll help to implicate Donald Jr. it's also possible that he will just corroborate other witness testimony. however, he's looking at more than a life sentence. Mueller would probably have to offer him a get out of jail in three years or so sort of deal, and for the severity of his crimes, he would have to have something pretty serious to offer in exchange.
 
It would indeed lead directly back to them.

It is on record that Mueller has met with and collaborated with at least one Russian Oligarch.

Mueller's FBI once asked Russian oligarch to help free agent from Iran ...
[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Muell...p-free-ex-bure[/URL]...
May 15, 2018 - On Monday, new details emerged in an account of then-FBI Director Mueller's 2009 deal with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska to help rescue ...

That Time Mueller Courted The Russian Oligarch He's Going After ...
dailycaller.com/2018/05/14/robert-mueller-courted-russian-oligarch-investigation/
May 14, 2018 - Robert Mueller may have ties with one of the Russian oligarchs he's ... Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, a Russian oligarch and aluminum ... the State Department scrapped a deal the FBI had secured with Iran to free Levinson.

Mueller's FBI, A Secret Iranian Mission, And A Russian Billionaire: A ...
[url]https://therepublicanstandard.com[/URL] › News
May 16, 2018 - Mueller's FBI, A Secret Iranian Mission, And A Russian Billionaire: A Conflict Of ... The bureau asked Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska to spend ...
Deripaska would like nothing more than to have both the Magnitsky Act lifted as well as the ban that Trump just put in him.

It does bring to lights a most interesting set of connections though:

Emails show 2016 links among Steele, Ohr, Simpson — with Russian ...
[url]https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/....-steele-ohr-si[/URL]...
3 days ago - 12, 2016, when Steele sent Ohr a New Year's greeting. Steele brought up the case of Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska (referred to ...

Emails Show Christopher Steele Lobbied DOJ Official On Behalf Of ...
dailycaller.com/2018/08/09/christopher-steele-deripaska-bruce-ohr/
2 days ago - Christopher Steele was working on the Trump dossier at the same time he was lobbying DOJ official Bruce Ohr on behalf of a Russian oligarch linked to Putin. Newly revealed emails showSteele thought the U.S. government should grant visas to Deripaska, who had been barred from ...

Christopher Steele Communicated with Top DOJ Official while ...
[url]https://www.nationalreview.com/.../c...h-doj-official[/URL]...
2 days ago - The emails, reviewed by the Washington Examiner, largely pertain to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, and appear to indicate that Steele was ...

Was Christopher Steele Paid by Russian Oligarch Deripaska ...
[url]https://www.realclearpolitics.com/.....ssian_oligarch[/URL]...
Feb 13, 2018 - A release last week of texts showed that Christopher Steele, the former British spy whose memos regarding the Trump campaign's possible ties ...
Oh, and Deripaska has very close ties to Putin.

So actual, real, documented, Russian collusion, anyone? Beuller? Beuller?

And there's even more of a web. Remember that McCain was feeding the Steele dossier to the FBI (even though the FBI already had it?)

Here's the Russia influence controversy that John McCain ... - Circa
https://www.circa.com/.../heres-the-russia-influence-controversy-that-john-mccain-doe...
Jun 21, 2017 - McCain actually met twice with Deripaska, a Russian businessman ... by U.S. intelligence about possible Russian military connections to one of ...

McCain's Kremlin Ties | The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/
Oct 1, 2008 - Deripaska understands that success in Russia today comes from a mixture of brute force, political influence and personal connections. In 2001 ...

Geez, they are making this really easy.

All you have to do is look where the Steele dossier traveled, and look a little harder for the Russian behind the scenes, and there he is. Amazing.

All the more reason is that any of these connections will be swept under the rug Mueller's 'investigation', and hype up more fauxrage against Trump to cover the sweeping.

basement is gratified you noticed this too.jpg
 
i'm wondering what info Manafort could have that Mueller doesn't already know. perhaps he'll help to implicate Donald Jr. it's also possible that he will just corroborate other witness testimony. however, he's looking at more than a life sentence. Mueller would probably have to offer him a get out of jail in three years or so sort of deal, and for the severity of his crimes, he would have to have something pretty serious to offer in exchange.

Manafort was present the Trump Tower meeting with Donnie Jr., Kushner, and the Russians. A witness willing to testify.

I wonder if he kept contemporaneous notes like Comey did.
 
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