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If reports are correct, this Trump Campaign manager, with enough Russian Dirt to fill the Trump Tower’s Basement — may be about to “skip town”.
Or more precisely, “Leave the Country on — ahem, ‘Business’.”
How can this guy still be getting these “foreign lobbying gigs” — even after being caught “red-handed” — taking “millions” under the table, from a Putin-connected Secret Ledger?
With Loot like that, couldn’t someone easily afford a last minute Iraqi vacation … with a (one-way) hop-off point in Moscow?
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The Kurdistan Regional Government had paid millions to Washington lobbying firms with deep connections to both Democrats and Republicans, including more than $1.5 million over the last three years, according to Justice Department records. But it has also worked to build support for independence from think tanks and scholars who might be willing to vouch for the referendum’s fairness, and use it to win bipartisan support in Washington for Kurdish independence, according to people familiar with the outreach.
Mr. Manafort agreed to assist with the referendum, including a planned push for Western recognition, after he was approached several months ago by an intermediary for Mr. Barzani’s son, Masrour Barzani, according to two people familiar with the arrangement.
Mr. Manafort has traveled to the region since then to advise the Barzanis’ allies on the referendum, according to Kurdish independence advocates. One of Mr. Manafort’s lieutenants is in Erbil preparing for the referendum, and Mr. Manafort himself may return to the region in the coming days for the vote, according to the advocates.
The countdown clock is Ticking. From another NYTimes.com article on the topic:
But the Kurdistan Regional Government says the vote will go forward as scheduled on Sept. 25, and will be binding. Assuming it passes, Kurdish officials say, it will set in motion a formal breakaway process, including negotiations with the Iraqi government and a diplomatic push to win the support of regional powers.
Manafort has very little incentive to return to the USA, what with the FISA warrants and wire-tapped evidence, and all the un-reported income on his own personal ledger —
What is the world is Mueller waiting for?
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Why warn the guy you’re going to Indict him — then give him enough time to … evade that very same Indictment?