Before I lay out specific complaints with this article, here's my post from the weekend. A Warning about Hype Surrounding the Manafort Tax Evasion Trial https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/07/29/on-the-hype-surrounding-the-manafort-tax-evasion-trial/ …https://twitter.com/adegrandpre/status/1023943319850762240 …
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This is a story about how Manafort became so illiquid he had to break the law to maintain his lifestyle, but nevertheless worked for Trump for "free." The mortgage (¶31 of 33) is one explanation of how and why Manafort was willing to do it: to sustain more graft.
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The other explanation -- one we may see in an eventual Manafort trial that will detail how he asked Russians for help winning the election -- is that he wasn't working for "free," he was expecting compensation from Russia.
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Update: I'm going to correct myself. In a filing submitted today, Mueller's team argues essentially what WaPo did that I complained about in this tweet. I'd rephrase it (it's not abt kind of work--that's DC--it's abt $$ made) https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.383106/gov.uscourts.vaed.383106.182.0_1.pdf …https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1023949015120007168 …
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But it's clear Mueller intends (assuming they win this fight over evidence) to describe at some length how much work Manafort did for Ukrainian and Russian oligarchs, to establish that they paid him $60M.
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What is turning out to be important is the emolliments (sp?) trial
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I'd agree with that.
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I think you are vastly underestimating the things that will come out in the Manafort trial. This is going to firmly establish his and trump’s mob ties.
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You may waste your time as is your wont. As I've laid out, short a guilty plea, I believe far more interesting developments will be happening outside the EDVA courthouse.
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Hope you’re not referring to the irrelevant Parkhomenko protests outside the court house. I’m happy being wrong on this one to be honest.
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Gates will have plenty of info. Manafort couldn't flip because Russia would kill him
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Drives me back to a 1980's Tom Barrack, ho facilitated purchase of Reagan AG Ed Meese's California home for a premium & then got Admin job.pic.twitter.com/IMM37l4vT2
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Reagan personnel head E Pendleton James retelling:https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-oral-histories/e-pendleton-james-oral-history-director-office …
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Was he the one that was promised the seat of Secretary of Defense? I read after the election, some banker called DC and actually asked for a military report?
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It was Secretary of the Army. He actually called & said ready for work
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