People keep asking about Manafort pardons. Set aside the state crim problem. Starting last Monday, Manafort spoke to Mueller’s team to get a deal. A pardon cannot unring that bell. He can be called as a witness with *immunity* to tell the truth (Pardon doesn’t create immunity)...
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But so what? I mean, he’s 70. If I’m him, and my options are guaranteed fed term vs chance (even likely chance) that I’ll be state convicted a few years down the road, this is a no brainer.
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I'm not sure I understand your scenario. Trump pardons Manafort for FARA & Money laundering Mueller charges Manafort as a spy in an indictment in which POTUS is co-conspirator in weeks
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And Trump doesn’t pardon that next offense why?
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can you issue a meaningful pardon of a co-conspirator? if a pardon can be obstruction, then the obstruction is attributable to all other members of the conspiracy... and you just resurrected the thing you just attempted to destroy.
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I mean, this presupposes Mueller even would indict Trump. But let’s assume yes arguendo. Trump could issue a sweeping pardon that covered all of this.
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No. It doesn't. It presupposed Mueller would name Trump an co-conspirator.
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What fact pattern do you suggest in which M is indicted for spying and T is a co-conspirator?
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Partly a very weedy obsession in recent weeks abt the litigation over FARA v 951, including a comparison of Butina and Manafort. https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/09/03/spy-versus-spy-the-two-alleged-agents-of-foreign-powers-sitting-in-the-alexandria-jail-part-two-mariia/ …
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There has been very little consideration of why Manafort took this plea, when it really didn't give him much (and cost him $16M). Here are my thoughts on why. https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/09/14/the-objection-that-made-muellers-case/ …
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