New filing related to Mueller: US vs Patten

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Link to tweet

Relate to this?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/us/politics/patten-fara-manafort.html

[manor321]

1. Yeah, that was due today

Still under seal so it doesn't tell us much.

We know Patten is cooperating and he's an associate of Manafort.

[triron]

2. Thanks so you were aware it was due today? Whoa.

Why no media coverage I wonder?

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3. American political consultant admits foreign money was funneled to Trump inaugural

By Rosalind S. Helderman and Spencer S. Hsu
September 1, 2018

An American political consultant who is cooperating with federal prosecutors admitted in court Friday that he steered $50,000 from a Ukrainian politician to Donald Trump’s inaugural committee — the first public confirmation that illegal foreign money was used to help fund the January 2017 event.

W. Samuel Patten, 47, pleaded guilty Friday to failing to register as a foreign lobbyist while working on behalf of a Ukrainian political party. He says he was helped by a Russian national who has been linked to Russian intelligence by U.S. prosecutors and who was also an associate of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

As part of his plea deal, Patten agreed to assist prosecutors, including special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, who is investigating whether Trump’s campaign coordinated with Russia during the 2016 campaign ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/washington-consultant-for-ukraine-party-set-to-plead-guilty-to-violating-lobbyist-disclosure-law/2018/08/31/172cf2c8-ad23-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1370_story.html?utm_term=.b3639e8f6529

Maybe W. Samuel Patten didn't cooperate as fully as he should have ....

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5. Maybe or maybe additional charges?

Sure would like a peek at that filing.

[SunSeeker]

4. Keep those filings coming, Mueller!