ROBERT MUELLER'S LATEST STRATEGY JUST BLEW UP IN HIS FACE
On Monday a federal judge ruled on Monday that the criminal case being made by special
counsel Robert Mueller against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort must include
the names of the five witnesses that the case is built around.
Politico reports:
"U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III gave the order to unseal the witnesses'
identities, as well as a complete list of who is going to be called by prosecutors to
testify, at the end of a 30-minute hearing in his Alexandria, Virginia, courtroom that
primarily revolved around Manafort's motion to postpone his case until he's finished
fighting a separate suite of charges brought by Mueller in Washington."
While there is a plea for the case to be delayed, the jurors are currently slated to begin arriving
on Tuesday to hear arguments for the case on Wednesday.
Prosecutors expect the case to take three weeks in all, considering the hundreds of
pieces of evidence that they have already submitted for the trial.
The case against Manafort involves "allegations of money laundering and failing to register
as a foreign agent in connection with his Ukraine-related lobbying work is scheduled
to begin Sept. 17."
"Mueller initially filed charges against Manafort last October and has since added
new indictments.
He says the longtime GOP operative made tens of millions of dollars working as an unregistered
lobbyist for a Ukrainian political party, channeled his income into offshore accounts,
and then used the money in the U.S. to buy houses, cars, sports tickets, jewelry and
other goods while lying to tax and banking officials about his earnings and wealth.
The special counsel didn't identify the people, but told the court they were 'third
parties who have not been charged in this matter, and who have not been identified publicly
with the case.'"
There has been a plethora of speculation as to who those witnesses are that landed Manafort
in so much trouble, in the days leading up to this hearing.
Fox News' Tucker Carlson even speculated that Tony Podesta, Hillary Clinton's 2016
Presidential campaign manager might be one of the damning voices.
Podesta has not responded
to requests
for comment.



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