Mueller releases list of more than 500 pieces of evidence against Manafort

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http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/397812-mueller-releases-list-of-more-than-500-pieces-of-evidence-against

Mueller releases list of more than 500 pieces of evidence against Manafort
By John Bowden - 07/19/18 08:42 AM EDT


Robert Mueller's special counsel office released a list of itemized pieces of evidence prosecutors are considering for use against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort on Thursday as the former Trump aide's Washington D.C. trial approaches.

The list, first reported by Politico, contains about 500 items ranging from immunity agreements to texts between Manafort, Ukraine's former president and a fellow U.S. political consultant.

Other items on the list include photographs and documents of expensive purchases prosecutors say Manafort made with money he attempted to hide from U.S. authorities after working for pro-Russian political parties in Ukraine. Manafort is charged with a slew of financial crimes including bank fraud and money laundering over the alleged scheme.

Mueller's attorneys have also not ruled out the possibility of introducing further evidence against the former Trump campaign chair, who plead not guilty last year and has maintained his innocence despite being ordered to jail last month for violating the terms of his bail agreement.

“The government further respectfully requests leave of the Court to file additional exhibits if necessary," reads the end of Mueller's latest court submission.

None of Manafort's charges relate to accusations of contacts with Russia during the 2016 election, but Manafort remains in jail awaiting his Virginia trial later this month. A separate trial in Washington D.C. is slated for September.

The latest indictment from Mueller's team last week named 12 Russian military officers in the scheme to spread stolen information hacked from the servers of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during the campaign.

Manafort has maintained that he was not involved in any election interference, and none of the charges he faces yet relate to collusion with Russia's government.

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1. Mueller, piece by piece

patiently, methodically builds the public case.

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2. How will the gop react? Nada

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3. "You didn't see that," says Sarah Huckabee Sanders. "And Manafort who?" n/t