I Think His Arrogance Is Making Him Stupid...

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:37 pm

A federal judge could soon revoke Paul Manafort's bail after Mueller charged him with witness tampering

On Tuesday, a federal judge scheduled a hearing for June 15 about whether to revoke or revise bail for Paul Manafort, the former chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign.

US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson's decision came after the special counsel Robert Mueller's office asked the court to restrict the conditions of Manafort's release in a bombshell motion filed Monday. The reason, the FBI said, was that Manafort had attempted to influence witness testimony in the Russia probe.

FBI special agent Brock Domin said Manafort attempted to communicate via phone and encrypted messaging with two people associated with the Hapsburg Group — a group of former senior European politicians who work to advance Ukraine's interests. They were named in the court filing as Person D1 and Person D2.

Jackson has asked Manafort's lawyers to respond to Mueller's filing by June 8.

"Mr. Manafort is innocent and nothing about this latest allegation changes our defense," Manafort's spokesperson said in a statement to Business Insider on Tuesday. "We will do our talking in court."

In February, the FBI accused Manafort of secretly paying the Hapsburg Group more than 2 million euros, through four different offshore accounts, to lobby on behalf of the Ukrainian government in 2012 and 2013, when it was controlled by the pro-Russian strongman Viktor Yanukovych.

In addition to Manafort, Mueller's office also said another person, denoted in Monday's court filing as "Person A," reached out to witnesses associated with the Hapsburg Group.

While Person A's identity is also not clear, other details provided by the FBI in previous court filings indicate the individual is an associate of Manafort's, and the description bears similarities to that of Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian-Ukrainian operative who has long been suspected to have ties to Russian intelligence.

Persons D1 and D2 told the FBI that they believed Manafort and Person A reached out to them in an effort to coax them to alter their testimony to line up with Manafort's version of events.

The identities of Person D1 and Person D2 are not clear. But media reports suggest the witnesses could be Romano Prodi, the former prime minister of Italy, and Alfred Gusenbauer, the former chancellor of Austria.

http://www.businessinsider.com/paul-man ... rge-2018-6

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:08 pm

Fun Fact: Manafort and I share the same birth date -- April 1, 1949.

PS. I have never tampered with a witness.

PPS. My stupidity is not due to arrogance.

Carry on.

ex-khobar Andy · Post by **ex-khobar Andy** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:27 am

Paul Manafort anagrams to 'a foul man part.' I thought you'd like to know.

Sue U · Post by **Sue U** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 1:28 am

Not sure I really needed to know that, but thanks, I guess.

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 3:53 pm

BREAKING: Judge Sends Manafort To Jail After Revoking His Bail

A federal judge Friday revoked the bail of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and ordered him taken into custody after he was accused of tampering with witnesses in special counsel Robert Mueller’s criminal case against him.

“I have struggled with this decision,” U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said before announcing her decision.

Any bets on how many days behind bars before he starts singing like a canary?

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 4:15 pm

I'm not sure about the singing...

I'd love to see that happen, but even before this no one has had more reason to sing than Manafort...(a lot of the charges against him are slam dunks because they're based on documents, and don't even require witness testimony.)

There's a theory that I believe has at least 50% chance of being true, that Manafort isn't cooperating because he's more afraid of what his previous Putin-crony paymasters may do (to him and/or his family) than he is of Mueller...

No matter how much time he might get sentenced to, at least Mueller isn't going to have him or anyone in his family tossed out a window or injected with polonium...

Sue U · Post by **Sue U** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 6:39 pm

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 6:42 pm

Looks like it's been done...

rubato · Post by **rubato** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 11:36 pm

Hi Ho,
Hi Ho,
It's off to jail you go
In chains all day
Your cell is grey,
Hi Ho,
Hi Ho

yrs,
rubato

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