Every time the right wingers say, "No evidence of collusion, I have to wonder why the talking heads like Chuck Todd, for instance, fail to cite this well-known fact:
"Paul Manafort, the former chair of Donald Trump’s
presidential campaign, had a long professional relationship with a man
connected to Russian intelligence. And special counsel Robert Mueller
says that man, Konstantin Kilimnik, was still working with Russian
intelligence in 2016, when Trump was running for president.
Kilimnik had worked with Manafort since 2005, helping with Manafort’s clients in Ukraine, and continued to talk with Manafort’s team during the election.
Mueller’s team made the link public on Wednesday, saying that Kilimnik was still working with Russian intelligence when he was communicating with the Trump team in September and October of 2016".
https://www.vox.com/2018/3/29/17177948/konstantin-kilimnik-manafort-mueller-trump-russia-intelligence
https://is.gd/CbfOMF
Name-calling, arm-flapping, and appeals to mockery will not change the facts, boys. *S*
"The Mueller link between Kilimnik and Russian intelligence comes from court documents filed in the case of a lawyer who worked with Manafort and Rick Gates."
https://www.vox.com/2018/3/29/17177948/konstantin-kilimnik-manafort-mueller-trump-russia-intelligence
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Paperwork filed by Mueller in federal court:
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4424937/Sentencing-Memorandum.pdf
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From Mueller's filing IN federal court:
Case 1:18-cr-00031-ABJ Document 19 Filed 03/27/18
"That Gates and Person A were directly communicating in September and October 2016 was pertinent to the investigation. Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agents assisting the Special Counsel’s Office assess that Person A has ties to a Russian intelligence service and had such ties in 2016. During his first interview with the Special Counsel’s Office, van der Zwaan admitted that he knew of that connection, stating that Gates told him Person A was a former Russian Intelligence Officer with the GRU."
https://is.gd/bpRc27
