Let me see if I have this straight: Manafort tells a witness that lobbying efforts undertaken by him were in the EU, not the US, which is one the things he's charged with. So Manafort is saying he is innocent.blindey said:
Ok so I just read that.
Was that a joke?
I thought they were seriously burying the lead. Until I got to the end and I realized there was no lead.
This is a pure tactical play to try to get any pressure on Manafort before judge Ellis ends their world abruptly.
Which I think Ellis will do regardless.
Is that suborning perjury? Saying he is innocent?
But I do remember Judge Berman Jackson coming unglued when Manafort tweeted that he was innocent and was going to fight the charges against him right after the Gates guilt plea was announced. Merely asserting one's innocence with no further comment apparently violates her gag order on defendants but not on Team Mueller's leaks to the press.
What a farce!