Here's how Manafort's lawyers describe his sleazy influence peddling. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0WW6B2On5rVeWVVanZESlR4ZjQ/view …pic.twitter.com/qMOamEaihX
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How dare you reinvent FARA as a law by noting my client's $1M of laundered antique rugs?pic.twitter.com/rDnBR93UUk
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3 passports are cool in the abstract but nope, we're not going to explain precisely why our client has them.pic.twitter.com/vYt4mrAGM9
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Please don't make our client secure his bond or we'll never get paid.pic.twitter.com/ZnRinkX1JJ
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Multiple passports are normal for people who, for example, travel to Israel AND Saudi Arabia. Can't enter one if passport stamped by other.
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Yes, I spent much of yesterday explaining that. Tho 3 gets you beyond just an Israel and non-Israel passport.
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Personally know a (German) businessman with more than 3 passports. Simply more convenient than stupid border questions (esp. entering U.S.)
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I'm not contesting there are good reasons for it. But explaining he needed to do so to hide travel fr CBP prolly won't fly here.
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It’s definitely not weird to have 3 passports from the same country- avoids conflicts between rivals and time delays when obtaining visas.
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Yeah, I know. I spent much of yesterday explaining that. But much of Manafort's recent travel hasn't been to visa countries.
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Also: are they saying he has non-US passports with fake names?
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No. And that has not been alleged. There was a lot of conflation (by former prosecutors who should know better) of the various allegations.
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Okay. Weird phrasing then, isn't it?
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Usual when you travel a lot to visa-restrictive places as can take months without passport to get a visa. Also the israel/muslim world thing
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Yup. Spent much of yesterday explaining that. 3 gets you beyond the Israel/non-Israel rule explanation tho.
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2 US - one is eg at Indian or Chinese consulate getting visa-stamped, which can take months, so you need another to travel.
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Conversations with world service journalists a few years back where they had 3 or even 4 each, between visas and obscuring travel history.
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