Tensions rising between Mueller, Manafort over level of cooperation: Sources
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
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
(43,219 posts)What else can we tell you?
Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)Russian mafia, prison may be the only place he has a chance of staying alive.
watoos
(7,142 posts)stays away from people with padlocks in their socks.
brush
(53,924 posts)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
(19,882 posts)Phoenix61
(17,021 posts)sandensea
(21,688 posts)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
(62,465 posts)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
(19,882 posts)sandensea
(21,688 posts)Bush v. Gore style.
To Republicans, the Constitution is written in pencil.
bluestarone
(17,067 posts)If that is what he chooses to do!
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)so I can mail him a sword to fall on. Such a hero. Indict his wife too.
sfwriter
(3,032 posts)I hope Trump goes without giving him one.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)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
(22,674 posts)So Manafort probably thinks he can stall long enough before tRump defunds Mueller.
watoos
(7,142 posts)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
(963 posts)People like him usually don't know that their goose is cooked until they are right at the end. He's pretty close.
iluvtennis
(19,882 posts)Izzy Blue
(282 posts)By CHAD DAYOctober 11, 2018
https://apnews.com/90fa9f48e4964be3b9b5862de2c4eef1
iluvtennis
(19,882 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Maybe he's right, you know.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)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.
Maxheader
(4,374 posts)Since firing the oklahoma dwarf..
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)Enduring his imprisonment, not giving everything up, and hoping for that pardon.
They already seized his assets, though, I think.
brush
(53,924 posts)trump doesn't give a shit about anyone but trump, and maybe his kidsmaybe.
Manafort, wake the fuck up. You have no bargaining power when you're rotting in jail. Duh!
duforsure
(11,885 posts)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
(81,527 posts)they are used to getting away with it. Pulling strings, buying peoples 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 dont win by running on the issues that people genuinely care about. They win only by lies, distortion, fear, and CHEATING.
THATS how they win.
2naSalit
(86,841 posts)bluestarone
(17,067 posts)SING LIKE A CANARY!!!! Pardon possibility gone. (Of course i guess he still has pence)
Takket
(21,644 posts)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.