Mueller accuses Paul Manafort of attempted witness tampering

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Federal prosecutors on Monday accused President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, of attempting to tamper with witnesses in his federal tax and lobbying case.

In court documents, prosecutors working for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, said that Mr. Manafort tried to contact witnesses by phone and through an encrypted messaging program.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/us/politics/paul-manafort-mueller-witness-tampering.html

 

mueller moves to rescind Paulie's release conditions....what's gonna happen to his two ankle bracelets?

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14 hours ago, Jacque67 said:

Federal prosecutors on Monday accused President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, of attempting to tamper with witnesses in his federal tax and lobbying case.

In court documents, prosecutors working for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, said that Mr. Manafort tried to contact witnesses by phone and through an encrypted messaging program.

just a suggestion. Why dont you put the link and any excerpts you wish to highlight in the original post.  It makes it hard to follow when you make multiple multiple  posts  on the same story, that no one has replied and the OP does not link to the story.

 

It also reduces the enjoyment of the forum for everyone.

 

Also I am pretty sure posting a post with copyrighted material and no link for credit.. is a TOS violation.

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I always post the link. Sorry if my computer skills aren't up to scratch.

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Back on topic, this is a tough one on Paulie, as he's worked with plenty of people who know how to commit murders across national borders... He's gonna be tough to crack...

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Despite the risk of being jailed until trial, “this kind of behavior is surprisingly typical when high-powered individuals have their first encounter with the federal criminal-justice system,” said Caroline Polisi, a criminal-defense attorney who handles federal and white-collar cases. “They can’t get it through their heads that they are not above the law and that the government is constantly monitoring them. They also can’t come to terms with the fact that they are no longer in control.” Manafort was indicted as part of a broad-reaching inquiry into whether the Trump campaign aided a Russian effort to swing the 2016 election in Trump’s favor, and whether the president attempted to obstruct that investigation.

“Sometimes, strong-willed clients want to take matters into their own hands,” said Harry Sandick, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who now handles white-collar criminal-defense cases. “The same types of errors in judgment that lead people to find themselves on the receiving end of an indictment also leads them to make bad judgments after they’ve been indicted in federal court.”

 

the Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/what-is-paul-manafort-doing/562118/

Edited June 5, 2018 by Jacque67

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Manafort's lawyer gets a lawyer...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort-lawyer/lawyer-to-ex-trump-campaign-aide-manafort-taps-ethics-adviser-idUSKCN1J22LJ