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Political operative who prosecutors say is tied to russian intelligence. from the transcript, here's the judge. quote, we have now spent considerable time talking about multiple clusters of false or misleading or incomplete or needed to be prodded by counsel statements, all of which center around the defendant's relationship or communications with mr. kilimnik. the judge continues, quote, this is a topic at the undisputed core of the office of special counsel's investigation. as paragraph b of the appointment order put it. she's quoting the appointment order that established the special counse...

And in the course of making that argument to the court, we learned from the special counsel's office today that some of the gru defendants, some of these russian military intelligence officers who have been charged by mueller for interfering in the election, some of those defendants, according to prosecutors, quote, interacted directly with roger stone concerning stolen materials posted online. prosecutors also explain how they ended up with evidence against roger stone when they seized material for the russian military intelligence case. quote, as alleged in the gru indictment, in 2016 the gr...

But since that comment is coming from a person who is married to a senior white house staffer, that at least serves as some evidence of what the white house may be expecting from bill barr now that he is taking over at the justice department. and it may be so. maybe now that bill barr has started as attorney general, maybe mueller will be gone soon, but mueller was definitely still at work today. part of the reason i said right at the top here that this is one of those days when a lot is going on all at once is that three big things happened in quick secession this afternoon and into tonight o...

First day on the job as head of the justice department, leading the husband of one senior white house staffer to proclaim online that william barr starting as a.g. means, quote, mueller will soon be gone. as william bar took the reins at the justice department for his first day today, this is what prosecutors in robert mueller's office told a federal judge tonight, who is starting the sentencing process for president trump's campaign chairman, paul j. manafort. quote, the united states of america, by and through special counsel robert s. mueller, files this submission to address the sentencing...

The eight felony counts for which he was convicted in virginia. so separate and apart from whatever he might get in d.c., mueller's prosecutors are recommending that the president's campaign chairman spend between 19 1/2 years and 24 1/2 years in prison. again, just for the felonies for which he was convicted in virginia. separate and apart from what he's going to get in d.c. now for a man who is about to turn 70, that means prosecutors are recommending what is in effect a natural life sentence for paul manafort. you will recall that there is no parole in the the federal prison system. so 19 t...