Paul Manafort Loses His Plea Deal

Robert Mueller has announced that Paul Manafort, one time campaign manager to Donald Trump, has lost his plea deal with the Federal Government for a very simple reason - he lied. He lied and then he lied again and then he lied again. He cannot stop lying, very much like his pal Donald.

Bottom line - Manafort is going to jail for a long time.

And now the election is over, Thanksgiving weekend is over, Trump and his lawyers answering written questions - also over. George Papadopoulos went to jail today, and there are still rumors of multiple indictments from Grand Juries. Roger Stone and his pal Jerome Corsi seemed poised to go to jail. Trump Jr. is just as culpable as Manafort. What will happen next? Stay tuned and make lots of popcorn.

Manafort Update: "After signing the plea agreement, Manafort committed federal crimes by lying to the FBI and the SPC on a variety of subjects" and now, in breach of his plea agreement, his sentencing should get underway. https://t.co/9AdSvJmJKs@CourthouseNews

— Brandi Buchman (@BBuchman_CNS) November 26, 2018

.@AshaRangappa_ just brought up a good point with @ChrisCuomo: Per Giuliani, Trump & Manafort still have a joint defense agreement, which means they can share information to get their defenses in line. So if Manafort lied, did Trump'lawyers know (and/or conspire to lie)?

— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) November 27, 2018

Turns out I’m not the only one who’s thinking about the different layers a foot.
1) Flynn & Gates terminated their joint defense agreement with Trump
2) Manafort never did
3) @AshaRangappa_ is WAY smarter than I am, so don’t take my word for possible scenarios, listen to her pic.twitter.com/sUX2C9ihdd

— SpicyFiles (@SpicyFiles) November 27, 2018

Looking at Manafort and Trump on one side and Mueller on the other, one is reminded of the old adage of one side "playing chess" and the other "playing checkers." Although with today's developments, maybe it's more like chess and Candy Land.

— Dan Rather (@DanRather) November 27, 2018

The #MuellerInvestigation is about to blow -- in one direction or the other.

— Howard Fineman (@howardfineman) November 27, 2018

Paul Manafort appears to be a congenital liar. And can’t even tell the truth to help himself out of prison time. And had the arrogance repeatedly to think he could get away with it — witness tampering too. He’s a pretty rare bird. You can see why Trump was drawn to him. https://t.co/Eabh29HMlv

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) November 27, 2018

Seriously, who can sleep?

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) November 27, 2018

"If I were Trump, I would be unnerved that Mueller's office knows enough about the facts of this case to say 'you're lying.' How do they know that? Who told them? What documents do they have? What tapes do they have? THAT has gotta be unnerving" --@JeffreyToobin pic.twitter.com/DiMpAxSZVP

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 27, 2018

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— Caitlin Kelly (@caitlin__kelly) November 27, 2018

~ Jacob Wohl - Watch me attack Mueller and Avenatti. There’s no one dumber than me!
~ George Papadopoulos - C’mon, little man, let me show you how it’s done!
~ Jerome Corsi - Boys, boys, boys. Step aside, you’re amateurs!
~ Paul Manafort - Hold my ostrich jacket..

— TrentaCapelli (@OkCallMeAL) November 27, 2018

Manafort did not cease to cooperate, but WAS CAUGHT TELLIN’ LIES. That most likely means he was makin’ statements consistent with Trump’s statements.

Yet Mueller knew he was lyin’, most likely via hard evidence. Get it? This is why Mueller waited till Trump answered.

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) November 27, 2018

Kinda feels like Manafort is maybe just, like, addicted to doing crimes?

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) November 27, 2018

The Blue Wave Was Real

Yes indeed, there was a Blue Wave during election 2018 and some of the races are still ongoing. There were some disappoints to be sure: Ted Cruz beat out Dem rock star Beto O'Rourke for senate in Texas; insidious Marsha Blackburn summoned both Trump and Pence to Chattanooga, Tennessee, for a huge last minute rally to help her blast Democratic moderate Phil Bredesen; and somehow racist Steve King hung on in western Iowa while the rest of the state turned solid blue. Due in part to election day chaos, Dems Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams are barely hanging onto governor races in Florida and Georgia respectively while recounts and lawsuits are ongoing.

But in spite of those blips, there WAS a Blue Wave. The House of Representatives will now be have Dem Leadership on every committee and they are ready to investigate Trump and all his cronies in depth. TThe Blue Wave was great for women and minorities, sending a diverse group of House newbies to Washington to speak for the people starting in January. Dems have turned nearly every New England state blue from their state legislatures up, with only Republican Senator Collins hanging on in Maine. Some blue states are almost solid blue now, such as California, which ousted many Republicans at every level. And there were wild cards - a seat pickup in Oklahoma, and a vote in Idaho to expand Medicaid.

Democrats have picked up 33 seats in the House and could get to 39. Despite feeling a let down on election night, Democrats' House gains are their biggest since the wave election following Watergate. https://t.co/IgpzB6OsFD #USRC pic.twitter.com/rWA9a4Mn8p

— U.S. Reality Check🗽 (@USRealityCheck) November 14, 2018

Yeah @realDonaldTrump I’m pretty sure this is what a #BlueWave2018 looks like.
Congrats to all the Dem candidates and voters who came out pic.twitter.com/PL8lbT6sob

— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) November 16, 2018

100 women elected.

82 to the House.

10 to the Senate.

8 as governor.

38 women of color.#YearOfTheWomanhttps://t.co/wNlZ1NGKHy pic.twitter.com/cknZkiGiPK

— Jessica Bennett (@jessicabennett) November 7, 2018

CAN YOU SEE IT NOW?!?! #BlueWave2018 #BlueWave2020 🌊🗳😈 pic.twitter.com/5j5M5XVRHW

— Ariadne Boudica (@WiseWarrior69) November 15, 2018

Congressional districts in Orange County, Calif. in 2016 and in 2018 pic.twitter.com/TWRQ1pPzS4

— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) November 16, 2018

the #BlueWave was real. It will be larger in 2020 pic.twitter.com/19ZtSwCkUm

— Stop Trump 🍷 (@StopTrump2020) November 15, 2018

You know who's not enjoying last week's election? The guy who lost. https://t.co/fRNlKNpbPb

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) November 15, 2018