update:
A spokesman for Manafort clarified the wording in the filing on Tuesday about the Madrid meeting. Jason Maloni, the spokesman, said Manafort’s meeting with Kilimnik in Madrid happened in January or February 2017, after the Trump was elected. https://t.co/cKloTCrld5
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) January 8, 2019
Why would a Russian want campaign data unless they were going to use it for their interference efforts? This sure looks like collusion to me.
BREAKING NEWS: This is the previously missing link in the Trump/Putin conspiracy. The secret polling data enabled Kremlin to help Trump win in exchange for Trump help to Putin vs Ukraine. All that’s missing is a ribbon to tie it together. THIS IS HUGE!!https://t.co/T37Ry01xwV
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 8, 2019
.@maggieNYT tweeted this the day after the election
Today we learned that Manafort shared election polling data with a Kremlin-linked associate in Ukraine and for some reason felt the need to lie about it. https://t.co/3vaHpCugCB
— 🗽 (@Anthony) January 8, 2019
Why would Manafort share 2016 polling data with a Russian intelligence operative? One could draw the conclusion that the Kremlin had a stake in the outcome of the election or that Manafort sought aid to the campaign from the Kremlin. https://t.co/HuuVt4KuBV
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) January 8, 2019
These failed redactions show Manafort had a meeting with Kilimnik in Madrid, gave him campaign polling data, and discussed a Ukrainian peace plan with him – then lied about all of it. Very normal contacts between a US presidential campaign manager & a Russian intelligence asset. https://t.co/9tt5sjdVVb
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) January 8, 2019
Things we learned today from Manafort's lawyers' redaction errors: Manafort is alleged to have met in Madrid w/Kilimnik; shared polling data with him; and discussed a Ukraine peace plan w/him more than once. Is that the same peace plan that Cohen delivered to Flynn in Jan 2017?
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 8, 2019
A Madrid meeting between Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik, a man the FBI believes to be Russian intelligence, during the 2016 campaign was not publicly known.
They have previously acknowledged they met in the US while Manafort was with the campaign.The Madrid meeting is new— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) January 8, 2019
Trump Campaign Chairman shared 2016 polling data with Russian connected with Russian Intelligence. https://t.co/gIFylJVRTI
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) January 8, 2019
Sad! 