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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: mystery-ak on September 13, 2018, 10:42:08 pm
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Paul Manafort and special counsel reach tentative plea deal: Sources
By Katherine Faulders,
Trish Turner,
JOHN SANTUCCI
Matthew Mosk
Sep 13, 2018, 6:28 PM ET
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has tentatively agreed to a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller that will head off his upcoming trial, sources familiar with the negotiations tell ABC News.
The deal is expected to be announced in court Friday, but it remains unclear whether Manafort has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors or is simply conceding to a guilty plea, which would allow him to avoid the stress and expense of trial, according to three sources with knowledge of the discussions.
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tentative-deal-reached-manafort-special-counsel-sources/story?id=57809113
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I find it difficult to believe there’s no cooperative agreement as part of the deal. Every other guilty plea so far has included one.