Shouldn’t Manafort have negotiated this BEFORE being already convicted on a host of charges?
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If part of his job, in pursuing a Trump pardon, is to learn everything he can from discovery, he had to go to trial to learn what Gates gave Mueller.
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Hard to believe that Mueller would strike a non-cooperation agreement with Manafort...
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It is in both sides interest to avoid the expense and time commitment of a second trial. Both are actually focused on the case in chief.
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I understand the issue of avoiding the cost & effort in a 2nd mostly duplicative trial, but you don't see Mueller holding out for a cooperation agreement as part of a Manafort plea? If so, curious as to why not.
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I think they realize they're not going to get it and suspect they've got what they need via Gates and other entities.
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Which then tends to reinforce the Manafort expectation of receiving, at the very least, a Trump commutation. Then there is the forfeiture issue that surely Manafort wants desperately to avoid. Wonder if Mueller is willing to let the confiscation slide as part of the plea.
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Speaking of the forfeiture issue, I keep forgetting that Trump can also make that go away.
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This is abhorrent. There must be hundreds of lobbyists not FARA registered who should be for it to be lawful. Go for the King Scumbag & best not miss...take Manafort to trial & make the case. Scare the other swamp creatures stiff.
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What incentive to Mueller is there to do that?
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Mueller’s interest is the sunken costs & credibility to have brought a full case against Manafort. So do it. Go to trial. I’m not suggesting he start a FARA hunt, trap & kill practice on the taxpayer dime. That’s what district AUSAs can (& should do).
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Is this a flip
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i agree to me this is another way of manafort telling 45 give me a pardon
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Yeah haven't they been doing this for weeks now?
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