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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 14

      Wow. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/14/manafort-plea-mueller-probe-825753 …pic.twitter.com/zdBlck7rLF

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      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 14

      I mean, John Dowd and Rudy G and Sarah HS can claim this is not a BF deal. But Mueller sure seems to think it's a BF deal. [So do I.]

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        2. Peter Jones‏ @Peter_TJones Sep 14
          Replying to @emptywheel

          “But he’s accepted responsibility … He wanted to make sure that his family was able to remain safe and live a good life.” Wasn't an open question why his wife wasn't charged? Maybe this answers it.

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        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 14
          Replying to @Peter_TJones

          Yeah, ask @bmaz.

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        4. bmaz‏ @bmaz Sep 14
          Replying to @emptywheel @Peter_TJones

          Great question, and I can almost guarantee it was a significant factor.

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        5. Peter Jones‏ @Peter_TJones Sep 14
          Replying to @bmaz @emptywheel

          Thanks so much for the response. Much appreciated.

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        1. a Dark River‏ @xcaliburrnity Sep 14
          Replying to @emptywheel

          I'm liking Mueller's mode: no comments to the press; just cranking out the legal trail, running down these crooks, connecting the dots, a string of flips, plea bargains & convictions; like Jaws or something: Run Silent, Run Deep... duunnn dunnn… duuuunnnn duun… dun dun dun dun.

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        2. Ferik‏ @On_Politike Sep 14
          Replying to @emptywheel

          What's next after Manafort? I am assuming Jr. time under the barrel is coming? Then what? Trump pardons everybody and resigns?

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        3. v‏ @imthewalruz Sep 14
          Replying to @On_Politike @emptywheel

          Stone next. Does he go for Don Jr and Kushner before he goes for DJT? Tjat just seems to be drawing it out unnecessarily. Mueller seems to be pretty efficient. Lets hope he just pardons and resigns, but I bet it's nastier.

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        4. Ferik‏ @On_Politike Sep 14
          Replying to @imthewalruz @emptywheel

          I assumed Mueller already has Stone

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        2. moe‏ @moe_is_god Sep 14
          Replying to @emptywheel

          I still don't understand why it's though the plea deal is pardon-proof. Trump pardons, Manafort loses 5th amendment rights. Then what? Manafort still can be pardoned by Trump for federal crimes. Trump can even preemptively pardon.

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        3. GRRRRR GORY‏ @Grrrregory Sep 14
          Replying to @moe_is_god @emptywheel

          Empty wheel wrote in some detail about this.

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        4. moe‏ @moe_is_god Sep 14
          Replying to @Grrrregory @emptywheel

          Yeah, I read her blog. Color me dumb, but I don't see why loss of right to remain silent makes endangers Manafort. As I stated, couldn't Trump just issue more pardons. It becomes like whack-a-mole.

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        5. John Nesler‏ @Jpnesler Sep 14
          Replying to @moe_is_god @Grrrregory @emptywheel

          They constructed the charges so that Manafort would be exposed to charges in New York State, Virginia, and elsewhere that would be more than sufficient to keep him in state prison for the rest of his life. And he'd still be obliged to bear witness to state crimes by others.

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        1. Xavier Marra M‏ @xavier_marra Sep 14
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Episode I has finished. Episode II: The White House is going to be....

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        2. GRRRRR GORY‏ @Grrrregory Sep 14
          Replying to @emptywheel

          pic.twitter.com/2670Mfus8k

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        3. Dani Nickel‏ @DaniDooRight55 Sep 14
          Replying to @Grrrregory @emptywheel

          Whatcha hear Starbuck?

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        2. bb‏ @beebigelow Sep 14
          Replying to @emptywheel

          dare we say pivotal? big doings, at least

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        3. Beach Bum  🎤‏ @mjdibatt87 Sep 14
          Replying to @beebigelow @emptywheel

          Pivotal yea this is Henry Hill Sammy the Bull effing HUGE pivotal. Cheeto is toast. They got his CFO & Manafort to flip. They are all going down the crapper.

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        4. A Birdie Told Me‏ @BirdieTold Sep 15
          Replying to @mjdibatt87 @beebigelow @emptywheel

          Dinner at the Whitehouse on 9/14/18:pic.twitter.com/sP7TDpSUVM

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        1. Jakvar Austin‏ @JakvarAustin Sep 14
          Replying to @emptywheel

          This is the moment when the impeachment case against Trump truly began. He’s cooked as Prez. I don’t believe Mueller will indict him, but I do believe Don Jr and Manafort will be indicted.

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        1. Ombudsman4Truth‏ @ombudsman4truth Sep 14
          Replying to @emptywheel

          It's only a big deal if Manafort spills the beans on Russian Collusion. But he doesn't have any beans.

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