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pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 11:07 PM Jun 2018

Here is today's court filing alleging Manfort witness tampering.

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.190597/gov.uscourts.dcd.190597.315.0_2.pdf


https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/04/russian-investigation-robert-mueller-on-witness-tampering.html

The special counsel said Manafort's alleged actions constituted a violation of the conditions of his release.

The filing says Manafort used encrypted messaging application to try and reach certain witnesses.

One potential witness told the government, according to the filing, that "he understood Manafort's outreach to be an effort to 'suborn perjury'" — that is, an attempt to persuade that witness to commit perjury.

The next step is a response from a federal judge and any filings from Manafort's team. If the judge ultimately decides to revoke his bail, Manafort may be placed in jail until at least his trial later this year.
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Here is today's court filing alleging Manfort witness tampering. (Original Post) pnwmom Jun 2018 OP
He should have been put in jail from the start. BigmanPigman Jun 2018 #1
+1. flibbitygiblets Jun 2018 #2
You are clever. I bet that is what Mueller did. BigmanPigman Jun 2018 #3

BigmanPigman

(51,608 posts)
1. He should have been put in jail from the start.
Tue Jun 5, 2018, 01:22 AM
Jun 2018

He wrote an op ed with a former Ukrainian pal and thought he would never get caught and now this. He can NOT be trusted!

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
2. +1.
Tue Jun 5, 2018, 11:07 AM
Jun 2018

Although... whoever he's communicating with, their fates are now sealed as well. Maybe that was what Mueller was hoping for?

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