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[tijd.livejournal.com]

Во время республиканского съезда в июле 2016 Пол Манафорт одобрил использование речевки “Lock her up!”, в том числе во время выступления Майкла Флинна.

Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort defended Republican delegates’ chants of "lock her up" — "her" being former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — during New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s Wednesday night speech, saying they reflect the attitudes of many Americans.
https://www.prweek.com/article/1402991/trump-campaign-chief-defends-lock-up-convention-chant

Вчера карма настигла его. Манафорт отправился на нары для предварительного заключения в ожидании суда. Судья изменила ему меру пресечения, согласившись с запросом Мюллера.

A federal judge revoked Paul Manafort’s bail and sent him to jail on Friday to await trial, citing new charges that Mr. Manafort had tried to influence the testimony of two government witnesses after he had been granted a temporary release.
Mr. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, had posted a $10 million bond and was under house arrest while awaiting his September trial on a host of charges, including money laundering and making false statements.
But Mr. Manafort cannot remain free, even under stricter conditions, in the face of new felony charges that he had engaged in witness tampering while out on bail, said Judge Amy Berman Jackson of United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/politics/manafort-bail-revoked-jail.html

В старом скетче SNL (ноябрь 2017) Трамп (в исполнении Алека Болдуина) говорит Манафорту: "I have a proposition for you, Paul. All I need from you is to go to prison for a very very long time. And in return, I still get to be president, which I hate, but I'm too proud to quit 'cause that's not fair."

В реальной жизни Трамп говорит про бывшего руководителя своей избирательной кампании: “Manafort has nothing to do with our campaign”. Он также устами Руди Джулиани намекает Манафорту, чтобы тот держал язык за зубами, обещая закончить дело помилованием: “When the whole thing is over, things might get cleaned up with some presidential pardons.”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/giuliani-trump-might-clean-up-mueller-probe-with-pardons.html

В тюрьме, однако, давление на Манафорта, чтобы тот раскололся и пошёл на сотрудничество со следствием, только усилится.

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