Another BREAKING thing I wrote about several days ago. https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/10/30/the-footnote-clearly-shows-manafort-was-hiding-willingness-to-reach-out-to-russia/ …https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/925786043902840832 …
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Nicely done, Marcy. You also suggest reference in July 14 email was to Manafort, but what do you think about
@lrozen pnt (could be Clovis)?
I think it's quite possible. The plea clearly focuses on Clovis and Lewandowski as named titles; Manafort is not given a named title.
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And it seems clear that Toensing is trying to 1) spin 2) telegraph and 3) reframe Clovis' GJ testimony. https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/10/31/victoria-toensings-story-about-sam-clovis-grand-jury-appearance/ …
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While the public discrepancy isn't irreconcilable, my bet is the non-public discrepancy is much bigger.
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Also seems clear Clovis' testimony is one thing that Mueller locked in before releasing the Papa documents, meaning he expected discrepancy
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And there's
@joshtpm's point: Clovis (in named ref) was clearly directing the pro-Russian goal of campaign.http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-did-clovis-say-russia-was-a-principal-focus-of-the-campaign … -
All of which is to say Papa will hurt Manafort plenty (esp wrt June 9 meeting) but his testimony seems focused more directly at Clovis.
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Though Manafort is in that very important footnote 2 (Manafort tells Gates to send the low-level person).
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Sure but not "named" as a capitalized reference. He's just some random other high ranking official.
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