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    1. Cristian Farias‏Verified account @cristianafarias Aug 27

      Looks like Paul Manafort will be phoning in his defense in the upcoming Washington trial against him. This is from a joint pretrial statement filed last Friday.pic.twitter.com/VsYxL36HXp

      5 replies 17 retweets 42 likes
      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 27
      Replying to @cristianafarias

      yeah, and that's not the only thing in that filing. They're totally unprepared for a second trial. Gotta believe the plea negotiations get back on track for the DC case, at least.

      3:28 PM - 27 Aug 2018
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        2. Cristian Farias‏Verified account @cristianafarias Aug 27
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Yeah. Manafort team has done ... nothing, essentially. It’s a striking doc.

          2 replies 5 retweets 16 likes
        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 27
          Replying to @cristianafarias

          Yep. Maybe they know something...

          1 reply 1 retweet 14 likes
        4. Byron Sebastian‏ @sebastian_byron Aug 27
          Replying to @emptywheel @cristianafarias

          Do you think they are assuming a pardon?

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 27
          Replying to @sebastian_byron @cristianafarias

          Dunno. They've got full discovery on Gates, which may reveal that Mueller has the goods on the case in chief, or maybe even know something is imminent on that front. So yeah: pardon or indictment?

          1 reply 2 retweets 19 likes
        6. Mirriam Richard Marx @ me Seddiq‏Verified account @mirriam71 Aug 27
          Replying to @emptywheel @sebastian_byron @cristianafarias

          Do you really think this means they have no defense or they just aren't telling what it is? Which makes sense at this point. I haven't read all the docs though.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        7. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 27
          Replying to @mirriam71 @sebastian_byron @cristianafarias

          I'm less interested in their claim that they may not mount a defense (likely but not surprising) than that they punted on some of the more important things, like jury instruction.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        8. Mirriam Richard Marx @ me Seddiq‏Verified account @mirriam71 Aug 27
          Replying to @emptywheel @sebastian_byron @cristianafarias

          Did they miss the deadlines? Or just agree with the government? I should just go read the stuff myself.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        9. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 27
          Replying to @mirriam71 @sebastian_byron @cristianafarias

          They had asked for an extension, didn't get it, and on a number of issues did the minimum of raising objections w/o getting into specifics. But, NAL.

          0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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        2. bmaz‏ @bmaz Aug 27
          Replying to @emptywheel @cristianafarias

          Same thing as in EDVA, what defense they going to put on?? And expert or two that get carved up by the prosecution? Still can't put Manafort on. They really don't have a substantive defense case to put on even if they wanted to.

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 27
          Replying to @bmaz @cristianafarias

          Right. But they're also offering mostly cursory objections to jury instruction etc etc.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        4. Rosatom Ulbricht 🔥‏ @screenslaver Aug 27
          Replying to @emptywheel @bmaz @cristianafarias

          if Manafort is counting on a Trump pardon, why not just plead out to the DC charges now to avoid trial, which will surely damage GOP showing in midterms?

          3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
        5. bmaz‏ @bmaz Aug 27
          Replying to @screenslaver @emptywheel @cristianafarias

          Because he doesn't know if he can count on it, it immediately becomes admissible in state courts, and some of the counts would look pretty bad, e.g. the ConFraudUS

          3 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
        6. Rosatom Ulbricht 🔥‏ @screenslaver Aug 27
          Replying to @bmaz @emptywheel @cristianafarias

          ahhh i see. Thank you!!!

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        7. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 27
          Replying to @screenslaver @bmaz @cristianafarias

          Also if the pardon is premised on doing damage, pleading to ConFraudUs may be problematic.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        8. Hilory‏ @hilory Aug 27
          Replying to @emptywheel @screenslaver and

          Did we ever find out who is paying Manafort's legal fees? Trump? RNC? Other? This 2nd trial is far more complex, and someone has foot the bill for 7 figures in fees thus far.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        9. bmaz‏ @bmaz Aug 27
          Replying to @hilory @emptywheel and

          Not fully to my knowledge.

          0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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        2. Laura Rozen‏ @lrozen Aug 27
          Replying to @emptywheel @cristianafarias

          and one doubts DC judge could be as bizarrely prickly to the prosecution as Judge in EDVA

          3 replies 3 retweets 12 likes
        3. Mark‏ @gardibolt Aug 27
          Replying to @lrozen @emptywheel @cristianafarias

          You clearly don't have much experience with federal judges. Many of them could charitably be called "mental."

          1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
        4. Sean Carman‏ @seancarman Aug 27
          Replying to @gardibolt @lrozen and

          Nah, she’s a good judge. It will be like night and day.

          1 reply 3 retweets 8 likes
        5. bmaz‏ @bmaz Aug 27
          Replying to @seancarman @lrozen and

          Yep, seconded. There will be no TS Ellis histrionics out of ABJ.

          0 replies 2 retweets 4 likes
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