Manafort's lawyer gets a lawyer.

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Rachel Maddow MSNBC @maddow

Manafort's lawyer gets a lawyer.

(Reuters) - A lawyer involved in several real estate deals that U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating in his criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort has hired his own ethics adviser.

Marc Garfinkle, a New Jersey ethics attorney, told Reuters that he has been retained by Bruce Baldinger, a longtime lawyer for Manafort also based in New Jersey, as a legal consultant to advise him about “attorney confidentiality and privilege issues that may arise” in the case. He did not elaborate on the details.

Baldinger declined to comment, as did Jason Maloni, a spokesman for Manafort.

Prosecutors have alleged that two of Manafort’s New York companies were part of a scheme to take tens of millions of dollars earned overseas and launder it in the United States, including through real estate investments.

read: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort-lawyer/lawyer-to-ex-trump-campaign-aide-manafort-taps-ethics-adviser-idUSKCN1J22LJ?il=0'

[PoorMonger]

1. MAGA

Make Attorneys Get Attorneys

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3. beat me to it lol

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. See?? Full employment as promised!

[TheRealNorth]

2. I guess that answers one question

Whether Manafort's lawyer knew Manafort was engaged in witness tampering.

Guess Manafort did find himself a CRIMINAL lawyer.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Yep, that is what Rachel said the other night.

If some of the contacts involved his attorneys then they would need to get their own as well. She saw that one coming.

[Pachamama]

6. When your lawyer is getting a lawyer that's a bad sign

I think John Dean’s tweet today advising Paul Manafort to go into witness protection was a very good suggestion

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