Trump Team Suddenly Not Sure Manafort Will Tell Truth

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CNBC: “After Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, agreed to cooperate with prosecutors working for the special counsel on Friday, President Trump’s legal team released a statement attributed to Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s outside counsel in charge of the Russia probe.”

Once again an investigation has concluded with a plea having nothing to do with President Trump or the Trump campaign. The reason: the President did nothing wrong and Paul Manafort will tell the truth.



“Minutes later, they seemed to reconsider. A ‘corrected’ statement removed the bit about Manafort telling the truth.”
 
A nice Friday pre weekend announcement of all of this....

Prepare for the rambling unhinged middle of the night tweet storm this weekend from Commander In Chief, as he makes gastronomic love to his cheeseburgers ensconced in his single bed with the cheer leaders from Fox providing him with succour.
 
Roll Call: “No matter how you look at it, this deal has to be seen as a massive victory for Mueller and his special counsel team.”

“The only concession the special counsel made was to repackage the charges against Manafort in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia from seven counts to two and to ask judges for a shorter sentence.”

“Besides that, prosecutors extracted a guilty plea, a cooperation agreement for Manafort to tell them everything he knows and fork over any documents they request, an admission of guilt to the 10 remaining charges from the Eastern Virginia trial, and likely a multi-year prison sentence for Manafort.”

Key takeaway: “Holding out on cooperation with Mueller’s team for as long as he did not strengthen Manafort’s bargaining position — it weakened it.”
 
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