Posted on 09/13/2018 3:40:59 PM PDT by Coronal
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has tentatively agreed to a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller that will head off his upcoming trial, sources familiar with the negotiations tell ABC News.
The deal is expected to be announced in court Friday, but it remains unclear whether Manafort has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors or is simply conceding to a guilty plea, which would allow him to avoid the stress and expense of trial, according to three sources with knowledge of the discussions.
Manafort and his most senior defense attorneys spent more than four hours Thursday in discussions with a team of special prosecutors who are involved in the ongoing investigation into whether there was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
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I hope the plea deal is that Manafort goes free and Mueller goes to jail, taking Comey with him.
More than likely he will plea guilty. He is already up for 80 years, what’s the point?
Yawn. None of it has anything to do with Trump or the campaign.
He may composed....which basically mean lying about someone that the prosecutors really want in exchange for leniency on sentencing... but it’s clear that Trump will pardon Manafort eventually
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