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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe one very big question about Rick Gates' plea deal
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/02/23/politics/rick-gates-mueller-analysis/index.html?__twitter_impression=trueBy Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
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2. Gates can help flip Manafort
It's quite clear from Mueller's aggressiveness regarding Gates and Manafort over the last 48 hours that the special counsel is upping pressure on both men to cut plea deals.
Gates has flipped. That makes Manafort's situation even more perilous. If Gates worked hand in hand with Manafort for a decade and is admitting that he broke the law -- and is willing to cooperate with Mueller's broader probe -- that leaves Manafort as a man on an island.
"Notwithstanding that Rick Gates pled today, I continue to maintain my innocence," Manafort said in a statement Friday afternoon. "I had hoped and expected my business colleague would have had the strength to continue the battle to prove our innocence. For reasons yet to surface he chose to do otherwise."
For all of Trump's attempts to dismiss the role Manafort played -- "Paul Manafort was replaced long before the election took place. He was only there for a short period of time" -- there are two crucial facts to remember about Manafort.
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The one very big question about Rick Gates' plea deal (Original Post)
applegrove
Feb 2018
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struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)1. Manafort might gamble they only see the tip of the iceberg
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)2. It would take a combination of...
extreme arrogance and blind stupidity for Manafort to dismiss Mueller at this point. The stakes are too high. Manafort will flip if he doesnt get assassinated first.
OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)3. Cillizza is a rat. He was all in on Trump.