For those who profess surprise that Gates might be cooperating on more than Manafort: 2 weeks after Gates flipped Mueller got warrants for 5 AT&T phones, at least some of which aren't Manafort's. https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/05/30/on-those-five-att-phones-manafort-wanted-to-learn-about/ …
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Can you explain why you mention the AT&T and Verizon phones pretty regularly? It clearly has significance to you, but I don't know why the service provider matters. (If you posted this on the blog, a link is great - I may have missed it.)
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Warrants ID devices by provider. So the warrant Manafort wanted more info on (it was a bid to find out who else had been covered by the warrant) was referred to as 5 AT&T phones. I raise VZ bc they split cell service pretty evenly for Gates-associate types.
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So if he provided info on 5 people w/AT&T phones, chances are good he provided info on people who have VZ phones--and an equal number is a decent bet. There might be other providers, too, but in smaller numbers.
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I hate these nuances rarely get talked about.
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They do by me!
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How could you infer that?
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Do co-conspirators not use Sprint or T-Mobile? ;-)
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Sprint service is so bad there would be nothing on them.
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There might be a few, but AT&T and VZ would provide the bulk, particularly for affluent players who rely on their phones like Trump associates. Big exception is burners.
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Yeah - I was thinking burners, although by definition it would be tough for law enforcement to seize one. ;-)
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Wait, I'm really confused -- why should we expect that he's also gotten Verizon warrants?
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If he's giving all this (and more) it's also explains how sweet his plea deal was, no?
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