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Mueller deputy reiterates that Trump is NOT a target (link)

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Date: April 25th, 2018 9:21 AM
Author: chartreuse dashing theatre ladyboy

http://www.businessinsider.com/mueller-paul-manafort-russia-backchannel-trump-2018-4

Michael Dreeben, a seasoned prosecutor working on Mueller's team, pushed back and said they were justified in probing Manafort because of his status as Trump's campaign chairman and his "long-standing ties to Russia-backed politicians."

"Did they provide back channels to Russia?" Dreeben said. "Investigators will naturally look at those things."

Manafort also had his share of financial entanglements with entities related to Russia when he joined the Trump campaign.

In July, The New York Times reported financial records Manafort filed in Cyprus that showed he was $17 million in debt to pro-Russian interests when he joined the campaign. Shell companies connected to Manafort during his time working for the Party of Regions bought the debt, according to The Times.

Manafort is also associated with Oleg Deripaska, a wealthy Russian oligarch. Deripaska's representatives claimed, in legal complaints filed in the Cayman Islands in 2014, that Manafort had disappeared after Deripaska gave him $19 million to invest in a failed Ukrainian TV venture.

Deripaska is a longtime ally of the Kremlin and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Manafort's relationship with Deripaska, meanwhile, stretches back years and relates to the two men's work pushing pro-Russian interests on the world stage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3959304&forum_id=2#35915423)



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Date: April 25th, 2018 9:33 AM
Author: chartreuse dashing theatre ladyboy

Mueller's office said in an April 2 court filing that any investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia "would naturally cover ties that a former Trump campaign manager had to Russian-associated political operatives, Russian-backed politicians, and Russian oligarchs."

"It would also naturally look into any interactions they may have had before and during the campaign to plumb motives and opportunities to coordinate and to expose possible channels for surreptitious communications," it added. "And prosecutors would naturally follow the money trail from Manafort's Ukrainian consulting activities. Because investigation of those matters was authorized, so was prosecution."

Manafort and Kilimnik met in May and August during the 2016 campaign.

Three days before his August meeting with Manafort, Kilimnik wrote in an email to the Trump campaign chairman that he had "met today with the guy who gave you your biggest black caviar jar several years ago," a reference to Deripaska's previous loans to Manafort. "We spent about 5 hours talking about his story, and I have several important messages from him to you," he wrote.

"I need about two hours because it is a long caviar story to tell," he added.

Manafort said he and Kilimnik discussed the Trump campaign and the recent hack of the Democratic National Committee during the August 2, 2016 meeting. Kilimnik, meanwhile, said they did not discuss the campaign, but talked about "current news" and "unpaid bills."

Within hours of the meeting, a private jet linked to Deripaska arrived in Newark, New Jersey, which is close to where Manafort and Kilimnik met. It left within 24 hours.

Manafort was also one of three Trump campaign officials to meet with two Russian lobbyists offering kompromat on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in June 2016.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3959304&forum_id=2#35915508)



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Date: April 25th, 2018 11:20 AM
Author: chartreuse dashing theatre ladyboy



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Date: April 25th, 2018 8:48 PM
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Date: April 26th, 2018 8:14 AM
Author: chartreuse dashing theatre ladyboy



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