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I wonder if Manafort's lawyer deliberately "bungled" the redactions (Original Post) pnwmom Jan 2019 OP
I don't think so. They were already communicating with him. manor321 Jan 2019 #1
Polling info was shared by Manafort during the 2016 campaign. brush Jan 2019 #3
Where are you getting that info about the Madrid meeting in 2017? pnwmom Jan 2019 #4
I feels more like a move of the firm to save face pecosbob Jan 2019 #2
 

manor321

(3,344 posts)
1. I don't think so. They were already communicating with him.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 06:45 PM
Jan 2019

Also, FYI, Manafort's lawyer clarified that the Madrid meeting was in 2017, after the election.

brush

(53,871 posts)
3. Polling info was shared by Manafort during the 2016 campaign.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 06:52 PM
Jan 2019

The 2017 meeting was just called on CNN a keeping touch meeting—probably Manafort, desperate for cash, trying to somehow monetize it.

pnwmom

(108,995 posts)
4. Where are you getting that info about the Madrid meeting in 2017?
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 06:56 PM
Jan 2019

This article among others says it was during the campaign.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/08/politics/manafort-russia-court-deadline/index.html

Manafort's filing also acknowledges he met with Kilimnik in Madrid while he worked on Trump's presidential campaign. That would now total three known meetings Manafort had with Kilimnik during the campaign.

The sentences revealed in the filing certify for the first time Mueller's interest in Kilimnik's political actions during the campaign. Manafort has not been charged with crimes related to his work for Trump. Kilimnik only faces a charge from Mueller related to allegedly helping Manafort tamper with witnesses following his arrest.

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