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https://www.yahoo.com/news/roger-st...good-despite-coming-indictment-223127822.html

Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort is “in an amazingly good mood” and is still “entirely loyal” to the president, despite having been informed by special counsel Robert Mueller that he will be indicted, according to his former business partner Roger Stone.

Manafort “does not want to go down in history as John Dean,” Stone said Monday, referring to the former White House lawyer who revealed Richard Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate coverup to federal prosecutors and Congress. “And — and I don’t think he will.”

Stone said in the interview he reached out to his old friend Manafort last week after reports surfaced that the FBI had picked the lock of his house during a pre-dawn, unannounced search of his house as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

Manafort sounded “very combative,” Stone said, and told him he believes Mueller’s team is “guilty of multiple violations of the law and due process in their efforts to investigate him.” Manafort was “outraged” by the search — during which FBI agents went into his closet and took photographs of “all his custom-made Italian suits,” Stone said. Manafort viewed it as an “intimidation tactic” to get him to turn on Trump.

But, Stone added, “the notion that they could go to Manafort, for example, and say ‘all right, Manafort, we’ve got you on money laundering, tax evasion, whatever. But if you’ll just tell us that you were colluding with the Russians, and Trump knew everything, we’ll let you walk.’ That’s not going to work. That might work with a drug dealer. I don’t think it’ll work in this case. … He still maintains that he’s broken no laws, that there is no Russian collusion. And I believe him.”

Stone said he also asked Manafort if the reports were true that he has been told by Mueller’s prosecutors that he will be indicted.

“He said, ‘Yes.’ I said, ‘Do you know when?’ He said, ‘No.’ I said, ‘Do you know for what?’ He said, ‘No.’ Pretty straightforward.”

 

[Grexeno]

He flipped.

 

[Surfinn]

Why

Why is he even doing this interview

Why do any of them

But please.. continue, Mr. Stone

 

[HariKari]

Stone is going down with the rest. Talking only gives Mueller more ammo.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Blatant hit piece against Mueller and the investigation. Stone is probably just as dirty as Trump and co and he's a top contender for me as to seeing a political entity bite it.

 

[Nafai1123]

Manafort “does not want to go down in history as John Dean,” Stone said Monday, referring to the former White House lawyer who revealed Richard Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate coverup to federal prosecutors and Congress. “And — and I don’t think he will.”

This seems really dumb to say as it implies that he has the knowledge to do so.

 

[Surfinn]

It's like everybody surrounding Trump is in a direct competition to see if they can be fucking dumber than Carter Page

 

[Garrett 2U]

Dumb Watergate confirmed?

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Why is he saying anything at all?

 

[Xe4]

Stone is likely next. There's no way he's clean. Dude is an ex Nixon dirty trickster FFS.

Anyhow, I don't care how Manafort feels. What matters is that he goes down.

 

[Wallach]

Stone is one of the sleaziest humans on the planet, even given the current competition. Assume he is lying with every word he ever speaks and you'll be right more than you are wrong.

 

[Shauni]

He's either full of shit and just talking or Manafort has the promise of a pardon from Trump

 

[Surfinn]

Why is he saying anything at all?

Maybe they're all in agreement to use the "if I talk maybe I look less guilty" strat from Trump's playbook

 

[DietRob]

Competition for dumbest co-conspirator is still going strong I see.

I'm really glad these guys are complete dumb asses if they were even half as good at their job as anyone on Obama's staff we could be in real trouble.

 

[Slayven]

This seems really dumb to say as it implies that he has the knowledge to do so.

Yeah, I was looking at that, that is an quite a specific comparison to give.

"Even if i had dead bodies in my refrigerator, I am not saying I am Jeffery Duhmer"

 

[Africanus]

I cannot wait for the Mueller movie in 20 years.

 

[Strike]

Stone shouldn't get too comfortable either.

 

[Cabbagehead]

He flipped.

Yep

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

He flipped.

Or he knows Trump will pardon him. But people only want to make baseless assumptions on what they want.

 

[Zolo]

Or he knows Trump will pardon him. But people only want to make baseless assumptions on what they want.

Hopefully they can get him on state charges.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Stone is an idiot.

 

[GrooveCommand]

I take what Roger Stone says with a grain of salt. That said he is a fascinating character; there's a great documentary called "Get Me Roger Stone" that provides an overview of his career and in particular, his role in the 2016 Presidential Election. I recommend it.

 

[buttery fistful]

Am I wrong for getting a Baghdad Bob feeling from this?

 

[BKatastrophe]

I take what Roger Stone says with a grain of salt. That said he is a fascinating character; there's a great documentary called "Get Me Roger Stone" that provides an overview of his career and in particular, his role in the 2016 Presidential Election. I recommend it.

Same.

 

[the1npc]

I take what Roger Stone says with a grain of salt. That said he is a fascinating character; there's a great documentary called "Get Me Roger Stone" that provides an overview of his career and in particular, his role in the 2016 Presidential Election. I recommend it.

I rolled my eyes so hard at the nixon tattoo.

 

[kevin1025]

Irrelevant man tries to be relevant again; offers nothing relevant.

Although, it is hilarious that Manafort was outraged by them taking photos of his suits, haha.

 

[Wilsongt]

Someone please take down Roger Stone, also.

 

[Tripon]

John Dean actually got away pretty cleanly. Yeah, he had to plead guilty to a felony and serve jail time, but he's still able to make a living and doesn't have a stink of being a part of the wrong side of Watergate.