“FBI agents executed a search warrant at one of Mr. Manafort’s residences. Mr. Manafort has consistently cooperated with law enforcement and other serious inquiries and did so on this occasion as well.”
When given no option by a pre-dawn warrant, Manafort was, I’m sure, willing to share any information that he hadn’t already squirreled away in Moscow.
Oh, there will be porn, too. And not the nice kind, either.
I’m old enough to remember GOP hacks complaining about all those leaks about the investigation that must be originating from Mueller’s office. Well, if his office was leaking, surely this information would have come out before now. So I guess they’ll have to look elsewhere- maybe a mirror.
From the WAPO article:
The search warrant indicates investigators may have argued to a federal judge they had reason to believe Manafort could not be trusted to turn over all records in response to a grand jury subpoena.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-conducted-predawn-raid-of-former-trump-campaign-chairman-manaforts-home/2017/08/09/5879fa9c-7c45-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html?utm_term=.eb28648d5205
Manafort might not have been turned in late July, but there is nothing like having a search warrant served late at night to focus your attention on the possibility of spending time as a guest of the Feds. Given his threat to Putin and Putin’s MO for dealing with threats like Manafort, the FBI’s witness protection program is probably looking pretty good right now.
Draining the swamp.
Yep, and I think they were right to have those suspicions.
Surely he realized that he would be a target for this. Did anyone who read the story think “Whoa! Didn’t see that coming!”
But their arrogance may win out.
How long will it be before Manafort passes away from a rare unexpected (convenient) illness? He is in the position where everyone is after him and some significant fraction of those people want him removed. If he is smart, he will ask to be placed in protective custody. I doubt he is leaving the house or having pizza delivered to it.
Did the find the shredder working in high gear?
The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
And a wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too,
T’was the witch of November come stealin’
“FBI agents executed a search warrant at one of Mr. Manafort’s residences. Mr. Manafort has consistently cooperated with law enforcement and other serious inquiries and did so on this occasion as well.”
That’s very admirable. When armed FBI agents show up at your house with a search warrant, what alternative is there other than to cooperate?
When you’re as dirty as Manafort’s kids believe he is you have to keep records of all that crooked accounting. This isn’t he killed somebody and has to hide the body–this is a decades-long professional criminal enterprise. The real books exist somewhere.
Isn’t any FBI investigation potentially a criminal investigation?
No. Sometimes, they’re counter-intelligence operations.
Yes. I corrected in an edit. Thanks.
The raid occurred on the morning of July 26th. Let’s go check what Trump was tweeting about.
Looks like distraction, then obstruction. Fun.
The BBC story noted that the raid occurred the day after Manafort’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee. I wonder if he got caught in a lie that triggered the raid. They also say materials taken reportedly include notes of the meeting with the Russian lawyer, Kushner, and Don Jr.
The notes were about Russian adoptions, right?
Great news about Manafort. Trump, his band of criminals, and his lawyers don’t have a chance against Mueller and his team.
So why did our complacent media not report this story for two weeks? Why did they help Trump cover this up?