It was probably my crazy schedule at times that I don't necessarily get all the details to the news. I thought Manafort had a confidential arrangement to withhold information about his crimes, but, there they are "conspiracy against the U.S. and conspiring to obstruct justice."
Interestingly enough, I have read a few reports about the Russian affiliated soldiers. They aren't doing well. Ukraine seems to be turning the tide on the eastern border with Russia. They weren't reports out of major news media, but, they seemed fairly trustworthy.
It is incredible to think about in relation to the Manafort involvement in the elections of Yanukovych. It has been years and hundreds of people dead if not thousands since the turmoil over the 2004 Constitution and President Yanukovych. An American should never be involved with such processes. Russia is not a democracy and there is no reason to believe any Russian politician will actually value democratic principles. It was just wrong and has caused a great deal of suffering.
October 1, 2018
By Darren Samuelsohn
The sit-down stems (click here) from a guilty plea that requires the former Trump campaign chairman to cooperate with the special counsel's probe.
Paul Manafort met Monday with special counsel Robert Mueller’s office as part of his cooperation agreement in the special counsel’s investigation into Russia interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The sit-down at the special counsel’s downtown Washington D.C. office stems from Manafort’s guilty plea last month, which requires the former Trump campaign chairman to cooperate “fully, truthfully, completely, and forthrightly…in any and all matters as to which the government deems the cooperation relevant.”
Spokesmen for Manafort and Mueller declined comment on the meeting.
POLITICO spotted two attorneys for Manafort — Richard Westling and Tom Zehnle — outside Mueller’s office early Monday afternoon speaking with one of the special counsel’s lead prosecutors, Andrew Weissmann. The men parted ways to buy lunch and then were seen returning with their food to the secure building where the special counsel’s team is headquartered.
Manafort pleaded guilty last month in a federal court in Washington to conspiracy against the U.S. and conspiring to obstruct justice. As part of the plea, Mueller’s team dropped charges against Manafort including money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent for his work on behalf of Ukrainian political parties. They also agreed to dismiss deadlocked bank- and tax-fraud charges from a Virginia trial with the condition Manafort would conclude a “successful cooperation” with the special counsel....
