Tensions rising between Mueller, Manafort over level of cooperation: Sources

[neohippie]

Source: abc news

Talks between Special Counsel Robert Mueller and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort have grown increasingly tense over Manafort's apparent lack of cooperation with the investigation, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

Prosecutors from Mueller's office have been asking Manafort about a wide range of topics in nearly a dozen meetings since Manafort agreed to cooperate in September, sources said, but the Mueller team is "not getting what they want," said one source with knowledge of the discussions.

The consequences of failing to fully cooperate could be dire when it comes time for Manafort to be sentenced.

"Should it be judged...that the defendant has failed to cooperate fully, has intentionally given false, misleading or incomplete information or testimony...the defendant will not be released from his pleas of guilty but the Government will be released from its obligations..." his plea agreement reads.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tensions-rising-mueller-manafort-level-cooperation-sources/story?id=59086047

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Manafort appears to be walking on thin ice with Mueller's team, not really surprised here, he probably thought he could get away with minimal cooperation but he may end up regretting his decision.

Maybe the deal to cooperate was just an attempt for him and his legal team to get more information on what Mueller's investigation looks like from an internal perspective, and share it with Trump's advisers, but I would guess that this will come back to haunt Manafort one way or another

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Okay, well enjoy decades in prison, Paulie.

What else can we tell you?

[Pantagruel]

4. If he rolls over on the

Russian mafia, prison may be the only place he has a chance of staying alive.

[watoos]

16. As long as he

stays away from people with padlocks in their socks.

[brush]

26. Can't believe how dumb some of these supposedly smart characters turn out to be.

Manafort has no bargaining power. He's been in jail for months and will be there for years.

Mueller has the power to lessen his stay if he cooperates and he is refusing.

Not smart. WTF is he thinking?

[iluvtennis]

12. Ditto.

[Phoenix61]

2. His stupidity is matched only by his arrogance. nt

[sandensea]

3. The treasonous oil slick is holding out for a pardon

And yes, there are state charges that could be leveled in response.

But he's no doubt been told that Cheeto's planning to short-circuit any and all limits to his pardon powers.

[rurallib]

10. provided SCOTUS doesn't say that state and federal charges for the same crimes are

double jeopardy. Manafort is betting on some long shots here, but we have seen some real game changing actions from the Trumpsters already. These people have no consciences.

[iluvtennis]

13. +++ agree.

[sandensea]

15. +1. "And just this once..."

Bush v. Gore style.

To Republicans, the Constitution is written in pencil.

[bluestarone]

5. Take all his family's money

If that is what he chooses to do!

[Corgigal]

6. Got to find his address,

so I can mail him a sword to fall on. Such a hero. Indict his wife too.

[sfwriter]

7. Still holding out for a pardon...

I hope Trump goes without giving him one.

[red dog 1]

8. "Mueller has been asking Manafort questions about his time working with (Roger) Stone

from the mid 1980s through their time with the Trump campaign.."
[From ABC News]

Apparently, Manafort doesn't want to talk about Roger Stone....I wonder why?

[ffr]

9. You have to know he sees the news like everybody else. tRump is snuffing the investigation out

So Manafort probably thinks he can stall long enough before tRump defunds Mueller.

[watoos]

17. He only sees one side of the news,

no one knows what Mueller has or what his plans are. I'm betting on Mueller, if Manafort is betting on Trump he's going to die in prison.

It looks like Cohen is smarter than Manafort, it looks like Cohen bet on Mueller.

[Joe Nation]

11. I'm only surprised that Manafort hasn't committed suicide yet.

People like him usually don't know that their goose is cooked until they are right at the end. He's pretty close.

[iluvtennis]

14. Is the second Manafort trial still on the table or was it eliminated when he started "cooperating"

[Izzy Blue]

22. I haven't read anything else since this was reported.

"Bucking Mueller deal, judge to set Manafort sentencing date"
By CHAD DAYOctober 11, 2018

https://apnews.com/90fa9f48e4964be3b9b5862de2c4eef1

[iluvtennis]

23. Thank you. That's my recollection as well.

[Honeycombe8]

18. Maybe once Kavanaugh was appointed, Manafort thinks he has a get-out-of-jail card.

Maybe he's right, you know.

[NastyRiffraff]

19. He's an idiot

He's looking at the DC charges plus the 8 charges the jury was hung on. That's a LOT of prison time. He's going down anyway, but his only shot at reducing the sentence(s) is to cooperate fully. Fully in this case means answering every single question he's asked, fully and completely. Oh, and he can't lie.

[elmac]

20. hmmm

[Maxheader]

21. Maybe he thinks daddy is coming to save him.

Since firing the oklahoma dwarf..

[Grasswire2]

24. He's holding out for a pardon, apparently.

Enduring his imprisonment, not giving everything up, and hoping for that pardon.

They already seized his assets, though, I think.

[brush]

27. What a fool, holding out hoping trump will save him.

trump doesn't give a shit about anyone but trump, and maybe his kids—maybe.

Manafort, wake the fuck up. You have no bargaining power when you're rotting in jail. Duh!

[duforsure]

25. There's more than enough other crimes he hasn't answered for

That'll put in him jail the rest of his life . He's a fool for acting up this way now. He'll learn the hard way what a fool he's been while serving for life.

[calimary]

28. But one thing always to keep in mind with this criminal bunch:

they are used to getting away with it. Pulling strings, buying people’s silence, using bullying and intimidation tactics, making threats, tying people up in court, lying, lying, and more lying. Every sort of two-step tap-dance or fancy maneuvering, every imaginable delay tactic, every kind of baloney-slinging, and always getting away with it. At least up til now.

They don’t win by running on the issues that people genuinely care about. They win only by lies, distortion, fear, and CHEATING.

THAT’S how they “win.”

[2naSalit]

29. Guess he'll die in prison then...nt

[bluestarone]

30. MY thoughts here are if RUMP died from heart attack, Manafort would

SING LIKE A CANARY!!!! Pardon possibility gone. (Of course i guess he still has pence)

[Takket]

31. Is the case against drumpf really hinging on Manafort's testimony?

If not, fuck him. I know it would be nice to have a wall of evidence but there is already a wall of evidence and several others that have flipped. We need to get this show on the road now that the House is turning blue and we don't need Manafort screwing around with the Feds to try to protect drumpf.

Pull the deal, and let him rot in a cell for the rest of his miserable treasonous life.