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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 14

    emptywheel Retweeted Del Quentin Wilber

    This was obvious from the way this went down. Mueller got him to do ... something with that 1.5 hour delay this morning. So it's too late for Trump to avoid that testimony w/a pardon.https://twitter.com/DelWilber/status/1040622275735822337 …

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    Del Quentin WilberVerified account @DelWilber
    !!! Prosecutor says that Manafort is cooperating with special counsel investigation !!!
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      2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 14

        Honestly, there is not a way in hell that no reporting team confirmed he was not cooperating. So you knew he was cooperating by the failure of anyone to get clarity on that. Mueller has basically delayed that news until after Manafort already gave them key evidence.

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 14

        One other thing that has gotten too little attention. Manafort learned what Gates already testified to in prep for the EDVA trial. So he knows that Gates had already gotten Mueller 90% of the way to the Russian conspiracy charge.

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      4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 14

        Reasons why this is pardon proof: 1) Mueller already got the key pieces of testimony a pardon would thwart. 2) Manafort is subject to civil forfeiture; he loses $46M even w/pardon. 3) The dropped charges can be filed in states. A pardon, at this point, does nothing. Nothing.

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      5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 14

        From January: Trump Has Told Friends and Aides that Paul Manafort Can Incriminate Him https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/01/30/trump-has-told-friends-and-aides-that-paul-manafort-can-incriminate-him/ …

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      6. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 14

        So Mueller's day (so far): 1) He just paid for the investigation. 2) He got the witness that EVEN TRUMP has said has the goods on him. It's not even lunch time yet.

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      7. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 14

        Remember, too, that in the wake of the Gates plea, Mueller got warrants for the phones of probably around 10 Trump aides. Manafort will probably get him to more.

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      2. NCSteve‏ @TCFKA_NCSteve Sep 14
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Bigger still, Rudy has obviously been dangling a pardon for silence under cover of a supposed joint defense agreement. If he did that, it's obstruction and witness tampering. If that happened, Manafort spilled it. If Trump pardons him now, it's a second count or each.

        1 reply 4 retweets 34 likes
      3. NCSteve‏ @TCFKA_NCSteve Sep 14
        Replying to @TCFKA_NCSteve @emptywheel

        Also worth noting that if Rudy did that explicitly, or was clumsy in how he did it tacitly, he's personally criminally liable.

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      2. Jeffrey Greer‏ @BaculumKing Sep 14
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Manafort decided Trump's promise of a pardon wasn't enough because Trump never keeps his word. He wanted his pardon NOW.

        1 reply 1 retweet 13 likes
      3. artsycarol‏ @artsycarol Sep 14
        Replying to @BaculumKing @emptywheel

        He knew state charges were still on the table. He gave up $46 million in property so what was he able to keep?

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Gallery Chapel‏ @gallerychapel Sep 14
        Replying to @artsycarol

        Narrator: Not even his life insurance policy.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Kat Capps‏ @KatCapps Sep 14
        Replying to @emptywheel

        No more “Manafort is a good and brave man“ type tweets from Trump then.

        1 reply 1 retweet 15 likes
      3.  ❄I, Daneel Giskard (D.G.) Baley  ❄ 💚‏ @i400s Sep 14
        Replying to @KatCapps @emptywheel

        The question is, will Trump go with a tweet storm (a sign he's rattled a little bit/ego is slighted) or will he go radio silent (a sign he's really - really - worried) and then a tweet storm (usually on other things to distract)?

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      2. Al-on Musk‏ @DejaVuBoy Sep 14
        Replying to @emptywheel

        People still seem to think Mueller is some kinda patsy who Trump’s “legal” team will be able to outsmart

        3 replies 1 retweet 18 likes
      3. (((Lordy  🇯🇲 DocHolly 🌊)))‏ @docholly Sep 14
        Replying to @DejaVuBoy @emptywheel

        It's so amusing to watch Rudy http://et.al . think they can outsmart #TeamAmerica

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      1. sharon k‏ @kamsharon Sep 14
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Did he squeal on pence too, i hope

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      1. Sue Duff‏ @Wolvie58 Sep 14
        Replying to @emptywheel

        you know, this Mueller guy is pretty savvy. 😁 ( TG )

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      1. Prophet M0tive‏ @ProphetM0tive Sep 14
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Can't wait to hear Rudy try to spin this...

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      1. Baron von Poopsadoop‏ @AR_cynic Sep 14
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I'm jaded enough now to not believe it until I see the proffered evidence.

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