Just a little reminder that might brighten your evening.
Robert Mueller is due to deliver a report to a federal judge tomorrow on Paul Manafort’s cooperation.
A judge is about to learn how Manafort has been helping.
Maybe we will too.https://t.co/mdjjbk0jBJ
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) November 26, 2018
End of a long, and for some people stressful, weekend.
… Lawyers in the case… asked U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington for an extension until Nov. 26. They didn’t explain why, saying in a brief filing on Thursday [11/15] that they will then submit “a report that will be of greater assistance in the court’s management of this matter.”
Nothing else in the two-paragraph document indicates what, if anything, may be happening in the next 10 days. But the filing could suggest that Manafort’s cooperation with Mueller may be nearing a critical point…
“If Manafort is a key figure in a soon-to-be-made public indictment, such that he’s a major witness or co-conspirator, that would be a pretty big event,” [former federal prosecutor Patrick] Cotter said. “They may want to say to the judge, ‘You’re going to have his sentencing way back because Manafort is going to be a key witness in a brand new case.’”
Prosecutors may also still be debriefing Manafort and need more time, Cotter said.
Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig said the filing “tells us that something significant and public will be happening within the next 10 days. That will enable the prosecutors to give them a better sense of where Manafort is in terms of the overall process.”…
And George ‘Coffee Boy’ Papadopoulus isn’t looking forward to tomorrow, either…
A federal judge on Sunday ruled that George Papadopoulos must report to prison as scheduled on Monday, rejecting a bid by the former Trump campaign adviser to delay the start of his sentence while a constitutional challenge to the special counsel’s investigation of Russian election interference remains unresolved.
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