Mueller Team Hints At Still-Unrevealed PR Firms Involved In Manafort Case
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Tierney Sneed | May 23, 2018 1:27 pm
Special Counsel Robert Muellers team suggested Wednesday that there were other yet-to-be-revealed public relations firms involved in Paul Manaforts Ukraine lobbying scheme beyond those already referenced specifically in the indictment.
The hint came in a hearing in front of a federal judge in Washington D.C. concerning Manaforts request for whats known as a bill of particulars. Manafort is asking the judge to require the prosecutors to give him more details about the charges being brought against him.
Manaforts attorneys pointed specifically to a line in the indictment referring to alleged unregistered foreign lobbying work done by Company A, Company B, Company C and others.
Company A and Company B are Mercury Public Affairs and the Podesta Group respectively, its been reported. Company C refers to a PR firm allegedly hired by Manafort to promote a report assembled by the law firm Skadden Arps justifying the imprisonment of the political rival of Manaforts Ukrainian client.
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