Bob Mueller's Opening Salvo [UPDATED]

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🗓️ 31 October 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Virginia Heffernan chats with former DoJ flack and current MSNBC justice and security analyst Matthew Miller about George Papadopoulos' guilty plea and why it was released after the Manafort and Gates indictments. Stick around after Virginia and Matt's chat for a conversation between Jacob Weisberg and Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mr. Manafort, can you tell us why you're going to the courthouse?
0:07.0	Mr. Manafort has no comment.
0:10.0	Today's announcement has nothing to do with the president.
0:13.0	Has nothing to do with the president's campaign.
0:15.0	This is the beginning of the criminal case against Paul Manafort.
0:19.0	Why was Paul Manafort involved in this campaign?
0:22.0	He is someone who was doing Vladimir Putin's bidding.
0:26.0	Who's he working for? What side is he on?
0:31.0	Hello and welcome to Trumpcast. I'm Virginia Heffernin.
0:36.0	Trumpcast is the show about the man, uh,
0:39.0	or it was indicted today.
0:41.0	I mean not to take pleasure in anyone suffering,
0:43.0	but Paul Manafort is a mauve homme.
0:45.0	See how I didn't say bad, Ombre?
0:48.0	That's because I'm gearing up to use my French straight from Ben Withas La Faire.
0:53.0	Rousse.
0:54.0	Yep, we're in the thick of La Faire Rousse today with the caped crusader Robert Mueller
0:58.0	forcing the surrender of Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign manager,
1:01.0	and his creepy associate Rick Gates.
1:04.0	They faced 12 charges, including money laundering and conspiracy against the USA,
1:09.0	our great nation.
1:10.0	In that first charge, Manafort was accused of funneling millions of dollars
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