BREAKING: Mueller asking judge to put Manafort in jail or revise his bail tonight, providing evidence Manafort used encrypted messaging apps to tamper with witnesses. This is wow. pic.twitter.com/kouqUh2bwU
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) June 5, 2018
Oughta know to leave those tech toys to The Youngs…
Manafort called and texted witnesses in an effort to induce them into giving false testimony, Mueller says in new filing.
And, oh yeah, Mueller has everything pic.twitter.com/k8srOx98WT
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 5, 2018
I can hear Manafort and his lawyers.
Lawyers: WE TOLD YOU NOT TO TALK TO ANYONE
Manafort: BUT IT WAS IN COOODE, WITH AN AAAAAAPPPP
Lawyers: Yeah, you're going to need to increase your fee deposit
Manafort: How much?
Lawyers: Write zeroes asshole. We'll tell you when to stop.— NarowlyDecidedHat (@Popehat) June 5, 2018
So how did the witnesses preserve the encrypted messages? Screenshot?
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) June 5, 2018
And that breaks the encryption, as the app helpfully warns you: pic.twitter.com/DiqY5QxKlY
— Charlie (@dukes_mayo) June 5, 2018
This Manafort news is yet more evidence that he's not exactly a genius. He got away w/ all of this shit for so long not because he was smart but because the feds let him (& others) get away w/ this shit because they just…let them. For years.
— phillip anderson (@phillipanderson) June 5, 2018
This is the kind of brazen lawbreaking you do when you know you have a presidential pardon coming.
— Definitely NOT Pete Ricketts' Burner Account (@davesund) June 5, 2018
Or maybe you know nothing the federal government might do to you & your family is remotely as bad as what the Russians might do to you & your family. https://t.co/YiV8tmk61A
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) June 5, 2018
Even though cooperation cld likely avoid or dramatically reduce jail time, Paul Manafort is fighting this like his life, his wife's life, his kids and grandkids lives and perhaps his dogs and pet ferrets lives depend on it.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 5, 2018
I’ve wondered the same thing you’re wondering. There are worse things than life in prison and loss of all wealth. https://t.co/SE8J0T8Rkp
— Barton Gellman (@bartongellman) June 5, 2018
Die of polonium poisoning on the street like a man, Paul. https://t.co/EAY7zwD5rG
— ?????????????????????? (@MisterJayEm) June 5, 2018
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