Eggsy 8,280 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 "The Special Counsel's Office has accused Paul Manafort of attempting to shape potential witnesses' testimony and has asked to send him to jail as he awaits his trial, according to a filing in DC District Court on Monday night." Spoiler (CNN)The Special Counsel's Office has accused Paul Manafort of attempting to shape potential witnesses' testimony and has asked to send him to jail as he awaits his trial, according to a filing in DC District Court on Monday night. Manafort is currently out on house arrest and a $10 million unsecured bail, and is awaiting a trial in Virginia scheduled for late July and a trial in DC scheduled to begin in September. He has pleaded not guilty to charges related to his failure to disclose his lobbying work for a foreign government. Tampering with a witness is a crime in itself — and it's one Manafort has not yet been charged with. Manafort's lawyers did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment Monday night. While never naming the people who were allegedly contacted by Manafort, prosecutors say Manafort "repeatedly contacted" two people who worked for him and previously assisted in his lobbying and public relations efforts for Ukrainian politicians. Manafort sought to "secure materially false testimony concerning the activities of" an influential group of European leaders, called the Hapsburg group, that Manafort once used to lobby on behalf of Ukraine, the prosecutors say. After Manafort's charges were adjusted in DC federal court related to his lobbying work in late February -- on the same day Rick Gates pleaded guilty to lying to investigators about the group -- Manafort called one of the people's cell phones and texted the person encrypted messages, prosecutors say. "We should talk. I have made clear that they worked in Europe," Manafort's text said. He also called the person twice the week after Gates' plea, according to prosecutors. One of the terms of Manafort's bail and supervised release was that he not commit any crimes. Another Manafort colleague attempted to contact the employees to help Manafort get in touch with them. One of those contacts was an encrypted message that outlined Manafort's "summary," prosecutors said, "that the Hapsburg group never lobbied in the United States." One of the people told investigators that Manafort's attempts to contact them were "an effort to get them to relay a message to the Hapsburg group: if the members of the Hapsburg group were contacted by anyone, they should say that their lobbying and public relations work was exclusively in Europe -- a representation that would be contrary" to what investigators have found, the prosecutors wrote. The prosecutors argue that they have "little confidence that restrictions short of detention will assure Manafort's compliance" with the court and keep him from committing more crimes before his trial, the filing said. https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/politics/mueller-manafort-witness-tampering/index.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
baptism 2,670 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 lock him up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imnotyourbabe10 6,120 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Gotta have respect for Bob Mueller. He is quite honorable in US Politics although the Tr**psters would say (well, lie) otherwise. Also, since it's HuntyDaily/GGD, he is a good looking dude young and old Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidSnake 2,804 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Just now, imnotyourbabe10 said: Gotta have respect for Bob Mueller. He is quite honorable in US Politics although the Tr**psters would say (well, lie) otherwise. Also, since it's HuntyDaily/GGD, he is a good looking dude young and old He comes from that old breed of Republicans that are almost extinct now. Classy, patriotic to a fault, and men of high moral standard. Its a clash between him and the new alt-right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imnotyourbabe10 6,120 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, SolidSnake said: He comes from that old breed of Republicans that are almost extinct now. Classy, patriotic to a fault, and men of high moral standard. Its a clash between him and the new alt-right Agreed. It's interesting watching the two party system collapse. There is, seemingly, a great deal of polarization between (and evolution of) the parties these days. You see the Anti-Fa, Alt-Right, Republican/Democrat, Green, Independent. Not sure what an answer is to the competing interests but clearly people are not on the same page (politically or otherwise) in the US. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,920 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Manafort needs to be locked up for life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retron 2,605 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Guys, I have a feeling this Manafort dude may not quite be on the level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALGAYDO 35,379 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 He should be slapped upside the head for making Trump pick Mike Pence as VP, so this news is just so delicious to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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