Mike Allen on Manafort Trial: People in Oshkosh Are Thinking the Swamp Is Not Just in ‘House of Cards,’ ‘It’s Live’

‘Rick Gates knew he was facing 100 years in prison’

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ALLEN: "What I make of it is that Rick Gates knew he was facing 100 years in prison. Manafort maybe even more than that. Gates there saying he made the smart choice. But, Dana, two takeaways so far as we have seen this coverage on your air. The million-dollar wardrobe, the affairs, the trips, the crazy contracts these people have. This is what people think D.C. is like. You are known by the company you keep this was the campaign chairman Rick Gates as you know right in there in Trump Tower. Not good for them. But, second, Dana, this is bad for The Swamp. If I’m watching this, in Oshkosh, I’m thinking this is what I thought D.C. was like. People try and tell me this is only House of Cards? But here it is. It’s live. And so, Dana, what you are seeing here is that these things do happen. Especially these insane contracts to serve foreign governments. Very high amounts there. But this is rare. But it does happen and we’re seeing it."

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