Paul Manafort – GO BLINDLY

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The U.S. Will Seize $11M in Manafort Property, Funds Under Forfeiture Order

13 Mar 201918 Mar 2019

Eleven million dollars. $11,000,000. That is the amount the court has decreed Paul Manafort must forfeit in a final order issued today after his sentencing in the Washington D.C. District…

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Paul Manafort’s Sentencing Documents

24 Feb 201919 Mar 2019

UPDATED 25 February 2018. DEFENDANT PAUL MANAFORT'S SENTENCING MEMORANDUM, DISTRICT OF COLOMBIA - FILED 25 FEBRUARY 2019 Below are links to the court documents filed on behalf of Special Counsel…

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The Demise of Paul Manafort

14 Feb 201924 Feb 2019

He will die in jail. That seems the likely end of Paul Manafort, the once rising star of Republican lobbyists, who hooked himself to Kremlin kryptonite. No more exotic birds…

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Michael Cohen: The Sad-Eyed Center of It All

8 Feb 20199 Feb 2019

The instruments of darkness tell us truths. -Wm. Shakespeare Michael Cohen is not a happy man. Look at the dark bags under his eyes, the turned-down mouth, the grim expression.…

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Manafort Lawyers Ask for Extra Time to Respond to the Special Counsel

17 Jan 201926 Jan 2019

Paul Manafort's legal team requested an extension to respond to the Special Counsel's recent filing regarding his plea agreement breach. The papers were filed on 16 January with the D.C.…

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Court Filing: Breach of Manafort Plea Agreement

17 Jan 201928 Jan 2019

It's 31-pages long and has more than 800 pages of exhibits but a reader would never know it. The latest filing from the Special Counsel's Office (SCO) is titled "Declaration…

Here a Fixer, There a фиксаж: The Cohen-Kosachev Rendezvous

28 Dec 201829 Jan 2019

Prague, the Czech Republic's capital is historically known as the City of Steeples and more recently as a center of burgeoning high-tech enterprises. Now, it is the setting for significant…

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Three Friday Filings: Manafort and Cohen

7 Dec 201829 Dec 2018

To access the Southern District of New York (SDNY) sentencing for Michael Cohen, go to this link. To access the Special Counsel's (SCO) sentencing filing on Michael Cohen, go to…

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Manafort Admits Smear Campaign Against Hillary Clinton

15 Sep 201829 Dec 2018

Take it away, Rachel! https://twitter.com/MaddowBlog/status/1040773962207305728

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Manafort Trial Day 5 Preview

6 Aug 201829 Dec 2018

The prosecution is crafting a seamless, fact-based case against Paul Manafort, using his own financial team and tomes of documents to prove his guilt. This is trial number one…

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Manafort Trial Day 4 Preview

2 Aug 201811 Aug 2018

This could be a newsworthy day, as the prosecution has hinted Rick Gates could take the stand. The former deputy of Paul Manafort and Trump campaign official has pleaded guilty…

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Manafort Trial Day 3

2 Aug 20182 Aug 2018

During the opening two days of the Paul Manafort trial, the Special Counsel has questioned nine of the 35 people on its Witness list. The prosecution is moving ahead of…

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Manafort Trial Must Read: 377Union

31 Jul 20182 Aug 2018

More than a little curious about the trial of Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager for Donald Trump? Have a penchant for getting in the weeds with his real…

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USA v. Manafort: Reference List

30 Jul 20183 Aug 2018

Here is a reference list of legal documents filed in the Manafort prosecution by the Special Counsel. Additional links will be added if they become available. The second half includes…

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The Manafort Witness List

30 Jul 20182 Aug 2018

The trial of Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, is set to start July 31. In preparation, the Witness List for the prosecution has been released. It includes 35…

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The Manafort Hidden Vendor List

30 Jul 20181 Aug 2018

Paul Manafort will face a massive tranche of evidence prepared by Robert Mueller in pursuit of his prosecution. The exhibits support the grand jury indictment and - with a bit…

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The Manafort Evidence

30 Jul 20181 Aug 2018

If people question why the Mueller investigation is taking so long, consider the evidence in the trial of Paul Manafort. The Special Counsel has tediously sought out, reviewed, filtered and…

Congressional Hearings…

Who Are These Russians?

11 Aug 20175 Feb 2019

[Updated on 4 February 2019 with a link to a BuzzFeed article on Rinat Akhmetshin] On 19 July 2017, the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary committees sent written requests to Jared Kushner,…

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DOUBLE WHAMMY: Mueller’s Grand Jury Coincides With Senate Requests for Info

4 Aug 20177 Oct 2018

The Special Counsel's grand jury matches the timing of requests from two Senate committees, making this a double whammy for the beleaguered Trump administration. Special Counsel Robert Mueller convened a…

Christopher Steele Had It Right – And Trump Jr Just Verified The Dossier

11 Jul 20179 Jan 2019

The New York Times articles implicating Donald Trump, Jr, Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner in what looks like collusion with Russia corroborate the very first entry in the Christopher Steele…

The Abbreviated Steele Dossier

3 Apr 201728 Jan 2019

Since its appearance some ten months ago, the Steele dossier, a binder of revelations compiled by former UK spy Christopher Steele has been discussed, dissected and investigated by a number…

Olbermann: Who’ll be the first to make a deal and flip on Trump? {Video}

28 Mar 201726 Jan 2019

Who'll be the first to make a deal and flip on Trump, Treason and Russia? I mean intentionally; Nunes doesn't count pic.twitter.com/hIecEOP5uG — Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 28, 2017

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“Good night. Tomorrow will be worse.”

1 Nov 20169 Jan 2019

Sometimes, there's just too much to encapsulate. Let's start with Friday 28 October when FBI Director James Comey gave us all a big nothing bite of a paragraph with the…