If you launder money for Iran, then you want tough sanctions to continue. Because that's how YOU make YOUR money.
And the tougher the sanctions are to circumnavigate, the more Iran will pay you to launder (your vig). They can only use clean money.
Get it?
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WSJ: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent at least 11 messages to his closest adviser, who oversaw the team that killed Jamal Khashoggi, in the hours before and after the journalist's death, according to a highly classified CIA assessment. https://t.co/BBtcjlEY4o
THREAD: Michael Cohen’s guilty plea directly implicates President Trump and raises serious questions about whether he has been honest with the American people about his ties to Russia.
Candidate Trump and his team sought stolen dirt from Russia on @HillaryClinton, while seeking to build and make money in Moscow. Then they lied about it. #TheyColluded
What Trump says: If Democrats play tough I will declassify “devastating documents.”
What he means: If Democrats do legitimate oversight I will burn sources and allies by selectively declassifying info so my legal team can misrepresent it to the public.
Why he’s doing it: Fear.
So, after being accused of a series of lies regarding his work, Paul Manafort was accused of trying to get others to lie, and then, after being convicted of some lies, he reached a plea agreement to avoid a trial on the other lies, after which he is accused of telling more lies.
A question some journalist should ask Giuliani tonight is if—in the view of Trump's legal team—any sort of joint defense agreement still exists between Manafort and Trump, and whether, when, and to what effect they or their client have been in touch with Manafort or his lawyers.
Reuters: U.S. SPECIAL COUNSEL MUELLER'S OFFICE SAYS FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN MANAFORT LIED TO FBI AND SPECIAL COUNSEL IN BREACH OF PLEA AGREEMENT -COURT FILING