Manafort Met With Assange: In London at Ecuadorian Embassy for Several Years

Paul Manafort & Julian Assange: Secret London meetings 

over 3-year period

Report from the Guardian:

Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort held secret talks with Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2013, 2015, and in spring 2016 — during the period when he was made a key figure in Trump’s push for the White House.

It is unclear why Manafort wanted to see Assange and what was discussed. 

But, the last meeting in March 2016 is likely to come under scrutiny and could interest Robert Mueller still investigating alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

It was later after that when WikiLeaks released a stash of Democratic emails stolen by Russian intelligence officers and later showed up in WikiLeaks.

Significant notes:

1.  A separate internal document written by Ecuador’s Senain intelligence agency and seen by the Guardian lists “Paul Manaford (sic)” as one of several well-known guests. It also mentions “Russians.”

2.  According to two sources, Manafort returned to the embassy in 2015. He paid another visit in spring 2016, turning up alone, around the time Trump named him as his convention manager. The visit is tentatively dated to March.

3.  Manafort’s 2016 visit to Assange lasted about 40 minutes. Noteworthy is that visitors register with embassy security guards and show their passports. Sources in Ecuador, however, say Manafort was not logged.

Related from CBS News (April 20, 2018): “DNC sues Russia, WikiLeaks, and Trump campaign associates alleging conspiracy”

One link clearly established. Who is next?

(Roger Stone and pal Jerome Corsi likely)

My 2 cents: Mueller keeps getting good info on Manafort – I suspect he will go away for years before all is said and done maybe along with Don Jr., Kushner, Stone, and a few others – no, wait: Pardons pending signature – bet on that Trump angle.

So, would the public stomach mass pardons from Trump to a bunch of obvious criminals to get them off the hook so easily?

If their cases go outside the Federal circle, then it’s bye, bye “lock ‘em up” time. That seems reasonable for justice to prevail, don’t cha’ think?

I sure do. Stay tuned.

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