On July 26, FBI agents descended on Manafort’s Alexandria, Virginia, home in a pre-dawn raid to secure documents and other materials under terms of a search warrant.
The search warrant seems to indicate that investigators may have had reason to believe Manafort could not be trusted to turn over all of the records requested in response to a grand jury subpoena, the Post reported, citing people familiar with the special counsel investigation.”
There are those pesky, unidentified “people familiar with the special counsel investigation” spreading innuendo again.
Manafort spokesman Jason Maloni confirmed news reports of the raid and noted that Manafort has been cooperative throughout the process.
Mr. Manafort has consistently cooperated with law enforcement and other serious inquiries and did so on this occasion as well.”
In late March 2016, the Trump campaign brought Manafort on board to spearhead the effort to secure enough delegates to win the Republican presidential nomination.
He stayed on as campaign manager until August 2016 when questions arose regarding his business dealing in The Ukraine. In addition to his work with Republican politicians, Manafort has worked with international clients in eastern Europe.
This past June, Manafort officially registered as a foreign agent for work he did on behalf of a Ukrainian political party from 2012 to 2014.
More recently, he’s been under scrutiny for his participation in the meeting between Donald Trump, Jr., and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya.
The Senate Judiciary Committee had requested both Trump Jr. and Manafort provide documents related to that meeting. An August 2 deadline was set for the provision of the materials.
Committee spokesman George Hartmann said Manafort provided 400 pages on Aug. 2. Two days later, the president’s son handed over 250 pages.”
All the drama around the congressional and Mueller investigations continues to be hyped by the media well beyond its significance.
The drama of the July 26 pre-dawn raid at the Manafort residence points to a contrived effort to make it appear he was engaged in some type of wrongdoing or not cooperating with authorities. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The same holds true for Donald Trump, Jr., whose meeting as a private citizen with a private Russian lawyer would seem to fit the description of a “nothing burger.”
After more than a year of the Russia collusion story, without one shred of evidence being produced, it seems what’s happening might fit the classic definition of a “witch hunt.”
Source: The Washington Post, Fox News
we should close down thepost as an enemy agent
I see a big big law suit in the making here Muller may be standing on the corner holding a cardboard sign soon
This should have been the end of Mueller. This needs to end immediately. The real criminals are at large desperately trying to cover their tracks.
I heard this morning that the FBI only confiscates items they identify as part of their investigation. I DISAGREE…our company was raided by the FBI based on a f**e report by Diane Sawyer and my personal items were taken ….CD’s and other personal items………The FBI are not honest and were led by the biggest crook of all…………MPA
The FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation is part of the deep state and inked with the enemy. Why isn’t Obama and Hitlary in prison? Because the FBI and the DOJ will not do their job.
Start investigating the DEMS… you ll find all kinds of collusion.
Maybe the people needs to be doing their own investigation … We no longer need the corrupt investigating the corrupt…