READ: Mueller Releases Filing On Why Manafort Broke Plea Agreement (UPDATED)

[Julian Englis]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Special Counsel Robert Mueller released a detailed — but redacted — filing on Tuesday outlining why he believes Paul Manafort violated his plea agreement with prosecutors.
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The declaration lays out the background of Manafort’s purportedly brief period of cooperation with the government, including an episode after his guilty plea to witness tampering in which he denied that his Russian associate, Konstantin Kilimnik, attempted to tamper with witness testimony.

For instance, it appears that during a grand jury session on October 26, 2018, Manafort was asked to discuss his interactions with Kilimnik, who has been tied by Mueller to the Russian intel agency that hacked Democrats in 2016.
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The filing also says that Manafort lied to prosecutors about his contacts with the Trump Administration in front of the grand jury. The political consultant supposedly told prosecutors that he had no contact “with any member of the Administration and did not try to have such contact.” The filing goes on to say that “evidence demonstrates that Manafort’s statements were false.”

Read the filing below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1URnVx0dDVwz4NOhRqNCJhverPjDaJinA/view

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/read-mueller-releases-filing-on-why-manafort-broke-plea-agreement

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There is also mention of an unspecified “DOJ Investigation” where Manafort first told a more incriminating version but in later testimony toned down the events.

[guillaumeb]

1. From the filing:

"and Manafort changed his explanations after Manafort was told the above facts".

Translation: Manafort is a liar who continues to lie.

[CharleyDog]

2. he still thinks he will be pardoned and all his treason will be shoved under the carpet

He's probably right

[Chichiri]

3. I'm having fun reading this aloud.

"The contract between blank and the blank did not record the 'commission' split with blank. Blank said that blank held the 3% 'commission' for blank and blank directed blank how to spend it. Blank followed blank instructions and directed blank payment to blank from blank 3% funds. Blank did not know why blank directed the money to be paid to Manafort's blank."

Damn proper redacting.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Not "why"; "how" or "what ways" or even "ways"

The text is English, the headline lies.

Text says "why {Mueller} believes ...".

Headline should be: Mueller Releases Filing on Ways Manafort Broke Plea Agreement

or even this (if one extra character is too long):

Mueller Files on Ways Manafort Broke Plea Agreement

[Nitram]

5. That was my reaction, too, Bernardo. A pet peeve of mine.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

6. TPM changed the headline.

Mueller Releases Filing On How Manafort Broke Plea Agreement

Better.