Huge opportunity here for Mueller to push more material into public view.
Stay tuned....
Mueller will tell the court (also the public) about Manafort's "crimes and lies, including those after signing the plea agreement herein."
See, here’s the genius part. In order to decide that Manafort lied, the judge will have to make “findings of fact.” These are binding against anyone who’s in privity with Manafort. As manager of Trump’s campaign, Trump and Manafort are contractually in privity.
Yup. Mueller delayed this until after Trump handed in his open book test.
Releasing a list of the lies Manafort told provide another opportunity to tell a story. A report, if you will.
MUELLER JUST GUARANTEED HE CAN ISSUE A PUBLIC REPORT
MORE:
https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/11/26/manafort-tests-the-theory-of-an-unpardonable-plea/
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5280674/D-D-C-1-17-Cr-00201-ABJ-455-0.pdf
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