MANAFORT’s team says that MUELLER’s “attempt to vilify Mr. Manafort as a lifelong & irredeemable felon is beyond the pale,” & accuses MUELLER of “spreading misinformation about Mr. Manafort to impugn his character in a manner that this country has not experienced in decades.” pic.twitter.com/vJhogFfSHs
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) March 1, 2019
MANAFORT doesn’t like that MUELLER referred to the oligarchs who funded Manafort’s Ukraine work as … “oligarchs.”
And Manafort complains that Mueller doesn’t give Manafort credit for communicating with the US embassy in Kiev while working for Russia-aligned interests there. pic.twitter.com/KIHt58elhq— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) March 1, 2019
BTW: MANAFORT only went to work for MARCOS after:
-Marcos’ fam was embezzling $$$
-Marcos rival Ninoy Aquino was assassinated
-USA urged Marcos to shape up or ship out
Amid all this, Manafort allegedly stole $10M Marcos wanted to illegally donate to Reagan https://t.co/uyexjHbN05— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) March 1, 2019
ahem…
Manafort’s lawyers ask for leniency, arguing that his crimes were “unrelated to the 2016 campaign or any collusion with the Russian government,”
so the 2016 campaign and collusion with the Russians is way worse?
good to know