JUST IN: Paul Manafort is asking for his Virginia trial to be moved from Alexandria to Roanoke.pic.twitter.com/cn5OEWkNJd
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Here's the motion to change venue: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4580566-USA-v-Manafort-Motion-To-Change-Venue-VA.html … / Here's the memo on the motion: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4580565-USA-v-Manafort-Memo-On-Motion-To-Change-Venue-VA.html …pic.twitter.com/jK6Evp1eYw
This is the most ambitious argument, citing Trump's tweet as evidence there is confusion about what Manafort's pretrial detention means: "Indeed, even the President’s response on Twitter" was inaccurate.pic.twitter.com/1e7bWmLFhG
Here's @ZoeTillman's thread on the leaks-related filing by Manafort:https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1015369888347639814 …
ALSO: New from the Special Counsel's Office. SCO says it will present evidence at trial re: allegations that a sr exec at "Lender D" sought Manafort's assistance (successfully) to get a role advising the Trump campaign. Manafort got 2 big loans from them. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4580876-USA-v-Manafort-Opposition-to-Motions-in-Limine.html …pic.twitter.com/phbvxHh6Qd
The Special Counsel's Office doesn't name "Lender D" or the "senior executive," but NBC News previously reported that Mueller was looking into a similar set of allegations involving Federal Savings Bank and Stephen Calk.https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/mueller-asking-if-manafort-promised-banker-white-house-job-return-n849916 …
JUST IN: Paul Manafort asks the federal court in Virginia to delay his trial there, which is due to start on July 25, until ~after~ his DC trial.pic.twitter.com/qfLr2Y3rKg
From the memorandum in support of the delay request: "Time is needed to allow passions to cool and to permit the seating of an impartial jury." https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4580934-USA-v-Manafort-Motion-for-Continuance-of-Trial-VA.html …pic.twitter.com/Zz1or5mwSl
There is a method to his madness. Roanoke I suspect is much more friendly territory for Trump and probably also much more inclined to see Mueller investigation as invalid, no matter what they might say to lawyer queries in seating a jury.
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