NBC’s Dilanian Admits: Judge Was Right, ‘Manifestly True’ Mueller Using Earlier Dirt to Push Manafort to Flip

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DILANIAN: "It was remarkable hearing. It was supposed to be a routine hearing on Paul Manafort's motion to dismiss the charges against him in Virginia. The Republican pointed judge T.S. Ellis just Teed off on the entire premise of the Mueller investigation. Now, he was really engaging in provocative rhetoric and he may end up ruling with the government in the end. You've been inside courtrooms, you've seen this many times. But he did raise some fundamental questions about how these bank fraud charges against Paul Manafort that go back to 2005 relate to the question of Russia collusion. And he especially asked how it could be that the justice Department previously investigated these charges yet now the Mueller team says these charges arose from their investigation. The Mueller lawyers responded that, look, Paul Manafort was a key figure in the trump campaign, they investigated his ties to Russia, this he followed the money and these are the crimes they found in terms of bank fraud and money laundering. The judge pretty much said, look, you just want to squeeze Paul Manafort to flip on Donald Trump. Which is manifestly true. But the Mueller team didn't want to admit that in court, Ari."