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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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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Didn't he owe Deripaska a rather large amount, much of which was apparently 'forgiven' or at least removed from attempted adjudication after Manafort acquired his position and later offered 'OVD' inside info on the campaign?
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I think we'll learn the full details of that in any "collusion" trial. Not sure we know now.
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Given that Gates was party to the suit OVD filed in Caymans, Cyprus and Virginia before the election (and subsequently this January) I'd imagine that part will open some very interesting lines of inquiry in the DC case.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-10/manafort-sued-by-russian-billionaire-deripaska-over-ukraine-deal …
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how likely is it that allegations of figurative treason will come up?
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Virtually zero.
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Compensation meaning debt forgiveness or more?
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Has anyone bothered to track down KT Ma Farland and ask her to explain the threw election to trump email?
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has no one asked why Manafort was in a psychiatric hospital prior to working with trump? or was that just a story
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In the form of loan payoff
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