Manafort's Attorneys : "Its not me its you" You is Gates who is 100% responsible

[grantcart]

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/manafort-trial/index.html

Before you choke with laughter you have to consider what would you say if you were representing someone who got caught red handed on camera with fingerprints?

They literally have nothing. Manafort is going down hard and his only defense is he hired the wrong guy.

Who he then also hired to run Trump's campaign.

Paul Manafort's defense attorney Thomas Zehnle told the jury his team planned to pin all the crimes the government has accused Manafort of on his longtime deputy Rick Gates.

Gates pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge and lying to federal investigators in February. Gates was charged with several crimes in the Virginia case, but after his plea, those charges were dropped.

Manafort's "trust in Rick Gates was misplaced," Zehnle said. Gates changed his story over time — to the point of saying anything to the government, he said. And Gates found himself in a legal bind "because he embezzled millions of dollars from his longtime employer" — Manafort, Zehnle said.

This is the first time Manafort's team has revealed its strategy in full. It's a bold move, especially given that Gates could also be a key witness in other pieces of Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election.

[manor321]

1. LOL

If Manafort is an innocent victim, he wouldn't have cooperated with Gates for so long in the run up to the court case. Ha!

[Xipe Totec]

2. I am rubber you are glue... What is this, elementary? nt

[SeattleVet]

3. HAHAHAHA!!!

Gates has pleaded guilty to conspiracy; it takes at least two to conspire. I don't recall any other names being mentioned, other than Paul 'Really just going through the motions and waiting to hear my sentence' Manafort.

[Cary]

4. "Now the food here ain't so good no more"

"And they closed the package store."

- Steeley Dan

[miyazaki]

5. Oh ya? How many ostrich jackets did Gates have? nt