Mueller Just Guaranteed He Can Issue a Public Report - Marcy Wheeler

[swag]

https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/11/26/manafort-tests-the-theory-of-an-unpardonable-plea/

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"Now, it is true that Trump can pardon Manafort (though that probably won’t happen right away). That’s the only sane explanation for doing what he did, that he is still certain he’ll be pardoned. But many of these charges can still be charged in state court.

Just about the only explanation for Manafort’s actions are that — as I suggested — Trump was happy to have Manafort serve as a mole in Mueller’s investigation.

But Mueller’s team appears to have no doubt that Manafort was lying to them. That means they didn’t really need his testimony, at all. It also means they had no need to keep secrets — they could keep giving Manafort the impression that he was pulling a fast one over the prosecutors, all while reporting misleading information to Trump.

And that “detailed sentencing submission … setting forth the nature of the defendant’s crimes and lies” that Mueller mentions in the report?

There’s your Mueller report, which will be provided in a form that Matt Whitaker won’t be able to suppress."

[Grasswire2]

1. one of the legal beagles on MSNBC has been saying...

...that Mueller's case against Trump will be spelled out in the cases against the others. Purposefully.

[swag]

2. I like this idea.

I like it very much.

[allgood33]

3. Be mindful that there is a case out there to claim double jeopardy for state prosecutions of Fed

crimes headed for Trump's SCOTUS. After Trump's bashing of the court and judges, less likely for them to bend over backwards to look for ways to rule in Trump's favor.

[triron]

5. hmmm

[UTUSN]

4. K&R