Paul Manafort had secret talks with Julian Assange in Ecuador embassy
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/27/manafort-held-secret-talks-with-assange-in-ecuadorian-embassy
Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort held secret talks with Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and visited around the time he joined
Trump’s campaign, the Guardian has been told.
Sources have said Manafort went to see Assange 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 would have wanted to see Assange and what was discussed. But the last apparent meeting is likely to come under scrutiny and could interest Robert
Mueller, the special prosecutor who is investigating alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
A well-placed source has told the Guardian that Manafort went to see Assange around March 2016. Months later WikiLeaks released a stash of Democratic emails stolen by Russian
intelligence officers. Manafort, 69, denies involvement in the hack and says the claim is “100% false”. His lawyers declined to answer the Guardian’s questions about the visits.
In a series of tweets WikiLeaks said Assange and Manafort had not met. Assange described the story as a hoax. Manafort was jailed this year and was thought to have become a star
cooperator in the Mueller inquiry. But on Monday Mueller said Manafort had repeatedly lied to the FBI, despite agreeing to cooperate two months ago in a plea deal. According
to a court document, Manafort had committed “crimes and lies” on a “variety of subject matters”.
His defence team says he believes what he has told Mueller to be truthful and has not violated his deal. Manafort’s first visit to the embassy took place a year after Assange sought
asylum inside, two sources said. 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”.
According to the 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. Manafort’s 2016 visit to Assange lasted about 40 minutes, one source said, adding that the American was casually dressed when he
exited the embassy, wearing sandy-coloured chinos, a cardigan and a light-coloured shirt.
According to sources, Manafort’s acquaintance with Assange goes back at least five years, to late 2012 or 2013, when the American was working in Ukraine and advising its Moscow-
friendly president, Viktor Yanukovych. Why Manafort might have sought out Assange in 2013 is unclear. During this period the veteran consultant was involved in black operations
against Yanukovych’s chief political rival, Yulia Tymoshenko, whom Yanukovych had jailed. Manafort ran an extensive lobbying operation featuring European former politicians.
He's either super fucked or dead. The Russians can't be happy this stuff is getting out.
I believe he's in solitary confinement for his own safety now.
Weird, seeing that literally everyone and their dog who visited the embassy was reported on instantly, except this dude who just conveniently pops up now
Timeline shamelessly stolen from reddit
March 2016: Manafort joins Trump campaign as an advisor
Spring 2016: Manafort meets with Assange in person
June 9, 2016: Trump Tower meeting
June 20, 2016: Manafort is appointed Trump's campaign manager
July 2016: Wikileaks releases hacked DNC emails
Worth noting that he didn't accept payment for being campaign manager which is highly unusual.
so one russian operative talking to another one who then talked directly to Trump....
British Intelligence had to have known and either passed it on to U.S intelligence and never acted on it. This Embassy is probably monitored 24/7.
Explains why the Intelligence community does not like Trump.
Especially considering his grave money problems.
Man, when Pamela Anderson brought him fucken oranges it was reported on all fronts, some journalist ought to have noted Trump's campaign manager going to meet Assange, after all Trump is all they love talking about
