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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHERE THEY ARE: The Manafort sentencing documents
Link to tweet
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5747652-Mueller-s-Sentencing-Memo-In-Manafort-s-Case.html
ON EDIT:
Here are 246 pages of attachments. I assume that the rest of the 800 pages MSNBC is reporting is part of Attachment G, which requires payment on Pacer.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6183591/525/1/united-states-v-manafort/
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)He notes that he hadn't realized that Manafort had been a lobbyist for Saudi Arabia from 1984-86.
Seth Abramson
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5m5 minutes ago
5/ No big dealManafort was only involved in lobbying related to *arms deals with Saudi Arabia* (which certainly wasn't a clandestine issue during the 2016 campaign, as Saudi Arabia hoped for nuclear tech from a prospective Trump administration and colluded with him to get it):
lamp_shade
(14,836 posts)13/ If I had much work yet to do; if I trusted DOJ to handle my final report (whenever it comes) responsibly; if disclosing more info on Manafort would endanger sources or methods; if I didn't want future defendants to get a jump on what's comingI would do what Mueller did here.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)triron
(22,006 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)
40/ The attachments confirm it: Manafort was working for Kremlin interests lobbying the US government as that very government was putting sanctions on the Kremlin*the* key political issue that Putin's fear of a Clinton presidency and promotion of a Trump presidency was based on.
41/ The sanctions discussed here are potential pre-annexation U.S. sanctions relating (in 2013) to an entirely different issue (stemming from the actions of pro-Kremlin Ukrainian politicians), but it's still fascinating to see Manafort working directly on fighting U.S. sanctions.
fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)Hitler was bold too. Dumb people fall for this weakness all the time.
Delphinus
(11,831 posts)is going to take a bit of time to read - thank you.
eggplant
(3,911 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)Was about to post it and saw your link.
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)Just like Donald J. Trump and anyone who claims him as a friend.