THREAD: What does today's news that Manafort is blocking Mueller from receiving the transcript of his Congressional interview mean?
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1/ In this
@CNN article, Manafort's attorneys claimed Mueller's office agreed it would not receive his interview. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/09/05/politics/russia-mueller-hill/index.html …pic.twitter.com/pcbLdXuvN7
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2/ Mueller can't stop Congress from doing what it wants with Manafort's interview, so Manafort isn't claiming that Mueller blocked Congress.
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3/ Instead, Manafort's attorneys are saying that in their talks with Mueller's team before the Congressional interview, they were told
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4/ that Mueller wouldn't get the transcript. This looks to me like they're trying to argue that their client waived the Fifth because they
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Replying to @renato_mariotti @CNN
You might want to at least consider what happened w/SJC that very day before you make these conclusions.
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Replying to @emptywheel @CNN
Will you explain the point you're making? I'm interested.
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I'll write it up and link back.
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