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policies. But the internet in particular was seen as an irresistible force that could render censorship of any kind impossible. In 2000, President Bill Clinton compared China's efforts to control inter- net content to "trying to nail Jell-O to the wall." Third, a growing number of experts began to identify

atements by then secretary of state Hillary Clinton were meant as a signal to the opposition to launch a color revolution in Russia. (The theme of Clinton as the puppet master behind a plot aimed at regime change in Russia was revived during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, when the Russian media

ing the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, when the Russian media displayed a clear preference for Republi- can candidate Donald Trump and disdain for Clinton.3) For Putin, the events of late 2011 and early 2012 were evidence of weakness and political incompetence. A ruling partywhose triumph requires that

publicans, including presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. But by the time he became Donald Trump's campaign chairman in 2016, Manafort was best known for his work on behalf of foreign political leaders, including several with distinctly autocratic pedigrees: Ferdinand Marcos, the

ovych, president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014, when he was forced to abandon the presidency and flee to Russia in the wake of nationwide protests. Manafort's work to dress up the images of Marcos and Mobutu stood out at a time when American consul- tants seldom represented dictators or authoritarians.

f I firms. Now, thirteen months after his inauguration, he was facing p sonal legal trouble at least as great as that faced by Richard Nixon and E Clinton, and doing so with what seemed like, at best, a Court Street lei team. But Trump appeared to be oblivious to this exposed flank. Ratch' ing up his

convince liberals that the populist way ought to be their way, too. Early in the year, Bannon went to Cambridge to see Larry Summers, who had been Bill Clinton's Treasury secretary, Barack Obama's director of the National Economic Council, and, for a time, president of Harvard. Summers's wife refused to allo

lared wannabe and marginal players. The president had never met them, could not remember them, or had a limited acquaintance with them. "I know Mr. Manafort—I haven't spoken to him in a long time, but I know him: declared a dismissive Trump, pulling a line from the "who dat?" page of his playbook. The

ormer campaign man- ager Paul Manafort, his former national security advisor Michael Flynn, the eager-beaver junior adviser George Papadopoulos, and Manafort's business partner and campaign official Rick Gates. This series of legal moves could be classically read as a methodical, step-by-step approach to

there are a host of other matters that come to light," said Bruce Udolf, who worked for the independent counsel's office that investigated President Bill Clinton. "And you start turning over those stones as well." In addition to the 34 people charged by Mueller, other crimes have been uncovered in other juri

they originally looked at," said Julian Zelizer, a presidential historian at Princeton University. The independent counsel appointed to investigate Clinton in 1994 started with a suspicious real estate transaction in Arkansas, for example. Four years later the office finished by probing the president's

SDNY News Clips, February 22, 2019 SDNY News Clips Friday, February 22, 2019 Contents Public Corruption 2 Ulrich 2 Manafort 4 Mueller 7 Inauguration Committee 14 R. Kelly 16 General Crimes 22 Okoumou 22 Civil Division 24 NYCHA 24 Civil Frauds 27 FEMA 27

will still face prison time even if the president pardons him for his federal crimes, according to several people with knowledge of the matter. Mr. Manafort is scheduled to be sentenced next month for convictions in two federal cases brought by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III. He faces up to 25 yea

there are a host of other matters that come to light," said Bruce Udolf, who worked for the independent counsel's office that investigated President Bill Clinton. "And you start turning over those stones as well." In addition to the 34 people charged by Mueller, other crimes have been uncovered in other juri

they originally looked at," said Julian Zelizer, a presidential historian at Princeton University. The independent counsel appointed to investigate Clinton in 1994 started with a suspicious real estate transaction in Arkansas, for example. Four years later the office finished by probing the president's

will still face prison time even if the president pardons him for his federal crimes, according to several people with knowledge of the matter. Mr. Manafort is scheduled to be sentenced next month for convictions in two federal cases brought by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III. He faces up to 25 yea

s like Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and right-wing commentator Dinish D'Souza. Bloomberg reported that the Manhattan top prosecutor began his probe of Manafort months before the launch of the Mueller investigation. The Special Prosecutor's office brought charges of conspiracy, bank fraud and failure EFTA00

as Monica Lewinsky and Ken Starr were to the Clinton White House, and he saw the model for escaping a mortal fate in the Clinton response. “What the Clintons did was to go to the mattresses with amazing discipline,” he explained. “They set up an outside shop and then Bill and Hillary never mentioned it aga

ven weeks in office, Trump saw his own predicament as unique and overwhelming. Like no other president before (though he did make some allowances for Bill Clinton), his enemies were out to get him. Worse, the system was rigged against him. The bureaucratic swamp, the intelligence agencies, the unfair courts, th

artment to prompt them to develop DOJ relationships and sources, and now they were always up on DOJ gossip. Flynn was going to throw him in the soup. Manafort was going to roll. And it wasn’t just Russia. It was Atlantic City. And Mar-a-Lago. And Trump SoHo. Both Chris Christie and Rudy Giuliani—each a sel

d ever receive close scrutiny, would now be subjected to microscopic review. His nemesis, Oleg Deripaska—still pursuing his $17 million claim against Manafort and himself looking for favorable treatment from federal authorities who had restricted his travel to the United States—was continuing his own deep i

wich also "said Thursday that McCabe will soon sue the Justice Department over his firing." McCabe Breaks With Schiff Over Whether Precedent Set In Clinton Emails Case. The Washington Examiner (2/24, Yilek, 345K) reports former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe broke with House Intelligence Chairman Ada

former Cambridge professor Stefan Halper, have been publidy identified as sources for the FBI in the Russia probe." Mueller's Sentencing Memo Says Manafort "Repeatedly And Brazenly" Broke The Law. ABC World News Tonight (2/23, story 7, 1:05, Llamas, 5.37M) reported, "Tonight, special counsel Robert Mu

sympathy for Paul Manafort, and now the New York Times reporting that the Manhattan District Attorney is filing additional criminal charges against Manafort to ensure that he faces some jail time." The CBS Weekend News (2/23, story 2, 1:15, Ninan, 3.35M) reported, "Special counsel prosecutors unleashed w

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itical consultant Roger Stone, were connected to Russian officials. 81[559) Russian agents were overheard during the campaign saying they could use Manafort and Flynn to influence Trump.156°) Members of Trump's campaign and later his White House staff, particular l Flynn, were in contact with Russian of

n and distribute damaging information about Hillary Clinton—and, indeed, within days of the Don Jr. meeting, WikiLeaks announced that it had obtained Clinton emails. Less than a month later, it started to release them. ¢ The wide-eyed Trump campaign, largely still playacting at running for president— and

gn chairman, Paul Manafort, and the campaign’s most influential voice, Jared Kushner, because: (a) a high-level conspiracy was being coordinated; (b) Manafort and Kushner, not taking the campaign very HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020076 seriously, and without a thought of any consequence here, were merely entertained

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ho pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the Mueller investigation. Many seemed to be most taken aback by Trump's tweet about Jackson, including Clinton, his Democratic opponent in 2016. In the tweet, Trump questioned Jackson's treatment of Clinton, probably referencing her dismissal in 2017 of a wr

himing in, calling Jackson "truly evil" and slamming her as "a far-left activist Judge." But, the tweet misrepresented Jackson's involvement in the Manafort case since the judge only sentenced Trump's former campaign manager to 7% years and was not responsible for the conditions of his confinement while

ty to lying to the FBI during the Mueller investigation. EFTA00094535 Many seemed to be most taken aback by Trump's tweet about Jackson, including Clinton, his Democratic opponent in 2016. In the tweet, Trump questioned Jackson's treatment of Clinton, probably referencing her dismissal in 2017 of a wr

himing in, calling Jackson "truly evil" and slamming her as "a far-left activist Judge." But, the tweet misrepresented Jackson's involvement in the Manafort case since the judge only sentenced Trump's former campaign manager to 7% years and was not responsible for the conditions of his confinement while