include a cooperative agreement!

I'm reluctant to read much more into it than that.

I really don't think he has much to offer Mueller that he doesn't already know. I also think he would not make a very good witness. If I was a juror I would not believe a word he said.

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If so:

So far the version of the ABC article is silent on whether Manafort has agreed to cooperate with Mueller. This was evidently the big sticking point earlier. If there is no agreement to cooperate, then it is clear that Manafort is counting on a pardon

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17:03
- Crowd: A witch! A witch! A witch! We found a witch! We've got a witch! A witch! A witch! We have found a witch. May we burn her?
- How do you know she is a witch
- She looks like one.
- Bring her forward.
- I'm not a witch! I'm not a witch !
- But you are dressed as one.
- They dressed me like this. - No, we didn't.
- And this isn't my nose. It's a false one.
- Well? - We did do the nose.
- The nose? - And the hat. But she is a witch !
- Did you dress her up like this? - No, no!
- Yes. A bit.
- She has got a wart.
- What makes you think she's a witch?
- She turned me into a newt!
- A newt?
- I got better.
- Burn her anyway!
- Quiet! Quiet!
- There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
- Are there? What are they? Tell us. - Do they hurt?
- Tell me, what do you do with witches?
- Burn them!
- And what do you burn, apart from witches?
- More witches! - Wood!
- So why do witches burn?
- 'Cause they're made of wood? - Good!
- How do we tell if she is made of wood? - Build a bridge out of her.
- But can you not also make bridges out of stone?
- Oh, yeah.
- Does wood sink in water?
- No, it floats. - Throw her into the pond!
- What also floats in water?
- Bread. - Apples.
- Very small rocks. - Cider! Great gravy.
- Cherries. Mud. - Churches.
- Lead. - A duck!
- Exactly.
- So, logically--
- If she weighs the same as a duck...
- she's made of wood.
- And therefore?
- A witch!
- A duck! A duck! - Here's a duck.
- We shaIl use my largest scales.
- Burn the witch !
- Remove the supports!
- A witch!
- It's a fair cop.
- Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?
- I am Arthur, king of the Britons.

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I suspect he might have to be brave man now because he realizes Putin might have him or members of his immediate family killed.

If Manafort has flipped, this scandal could implode on Trump quickly ...

I hope ....

Can you imagine Trump tonight ... Woodwards book sales breaking records, Manafort flips and Trump still hasn't found the anonymous author of the OpEd ... He'll be a raving maniac tonight.

Sounds good to me

On to the next stage sooner, and no risk of hung juries to slow things down. Only takes one bozo juror to muddy up the works like last time. I'd say both sides got something here, and the action is in Trump Tower not tax evasion.

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The NY case doesn't involve conspiracy with "Rusher" or obsruction. He'd plead guilty in return for limited or no jail time.

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He could just go into court and plead guilty. He doesn't have to cut any deal to do that. He just takes his sentence and waits for a pardon that may or may not come. If he's pardoned, he'll have to testify before a federal grand jury and he'll still be subject to state prosecution.

If he cuts a deal including cooperation, he can probably get his jail time reduced and maybe the feds will step in and persuade VA/NY not to prosecute him for crimes committed in their states. Trump can still pardon him regardless.

G'day!

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Donny Two Scoops will henceforth refer to him as "Paul the Coward Manafort."

If someone gets to him in prison, I will not mourn for Manafort. The people he has help put into power have been responsible for many deaths.

Even his daughter said that.

Manafort is broke and can’t afford his lawyers. By copping a guilty plea he gets out of having to pay them for a trial. He doesn’t need to fight the charges...

Because he KNOWS Trump is going to pardon him. It’s as simple as that. It will happen before he checks in to prison.

ManaFART would have to plead guilty to those as well or spend the time and $$$$ defending himself. Mueller could also file charges agains Mrs. ManaFART who no doubt is as crooked as he is. She signed false tax returns, loan documents, etc.

I don't think Mueller is coming out on the short end of the ManaFART stick by any means.

My guess is that it's only a guilty plea.

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