Once again, sleazy influence peddler extraordinaire Paul Manafort claims he can't find a jury of his peers in the home of sleazy influence peddlers.https://twitter.com/MikeScarcella/status/1034810658842394626 …
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One more thing abt Manafort's change of venue request; recall that the influence peddling he's on trial for in the DC case is a bipartisan affair, featuring a guy named Podesta. So why should Hillary support in DC matter?
Are we confident this story wasn't strategically leaked by the Manafort camp to signal their current state of desperation and possibly force Trump's hand on a pardon?
Well, seeing as how Mueller doesn't leak, it'd have to come from Manafort somewhere. Q is why? And yes, pressuring Trump is logical guess.
Could it also be that Manafort’s lawyers went to Trump/WH lawyers to let them know Manafort was close to cracking, and the story leaked from Trump world because Trump world is divided on the question of pardoning Manafort?
Sure. Via Manafort one way or another, though. He clearly wanted that story out.
That would seem so. I find myself a bit persuaded, though, by arguments claiming Manafort was trying to avoid disclosure in open court of certain evidence. According to this scenario, his bid foundered on Mueller's demand Manafort allocute to facts supporting each guilty plea.
Manafort offered to move to Russia if Mueller dropped all charges.
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