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