'They're Going to Be in Some Trouble': MSNBC Analyst Identifies Two Key Issues Mueller Will Grill Paul Manafort About That May Imperil Trump's Team
October 1, 2018 in Blogs
On Monday, POLITICO reported that President Donald Trump's former campaign chair and convicted felon Paul Manafort met with prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller, as part of his cooperation agreement in the Russia investigation.
On MSNBC's “Deadline: White House, Republican host Nicolle Wallace asked analyst Tim O'Brien what the legal implications could be for Mueller — and for Trump's team.
“You're here, and I'm glad you're here, because I made a quick list, but I'm sure you can make a longer one, of things that Manafort could tell Mr. Mueller and his team about,” said Wallace. “The Trump Tower meeting. The platform change where it became pro-Putin for the first time in GOP platform change history. An offer to brief Deripaska, Russian oligarch. He's pleaded guilty, he's been convicted of, or didn't plead guilty but he's been convicted of eight felonies. How useful do you think Manafort could be to Mueller's team?”
“I think narrowly useful,” said O'Brien. “I think there's been a lot of hope from Trump critics that Manafort owns some keys to the kingdom, and unlocking secrets or problems in Trump's past. I think a lot of that probably isn't problematic for the president, but as you've pointed out, there are two very salient things. One is the Trump Tower meeting, because that gets at whether or not in June of 2016, members of Trump's campaign met with people who had kompromat on Hillary Clinton in an effort to tilt voters against her campaign. That gets to things like fraud against the United States, etc, etc, there's real problem there.
“It's the conspiracy,” said Wallace.
“It's the conspiracy,” agreed O'Brien. “I think the president, on some of the collusion and conspiracy stuff, has less vulnerability than some people have thought, but nonetheless—”
“Do you think it's for the same reason that his friends tell me privately?” cut in Wallace. “That he was too stupid to collude? That's what his friends …read more
Source: ALTERNET
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