Tales of the parallel universe: Convicted criminal says he was innocent before he got pardoned by previous guy because Omertà allowed him not to flip. He’s neither a political prisoner nor a victim.
Former Donald Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort was part of the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. But amid the investigation, it was discovered that Manafort was skirting international lobbying laws, falsifying his tax returns, bank fraud and other charges. Now, the publishing house Simon And Schuster is giving Manafort a book deal.
A jury found him guilty of eight charges, but Manafort has played the victim as a kind political prisoner because the crimes were discovered while Trump was under investigation. Trump then rescued Manafort with a pardon.
According to the book, Manafort is alleging that he was sent into solitary confinement because he refused to turn on Trump. It's a false allegation. Manafort was put into solitary where he had his own shower, phone line, computer and kind of office where other prisoners did not. Manafort would not have had such perks if he was with the general prison population.
Manafort's lawyers then complained about how far away the jail was from their area and that they had to drive a considerable distance to access their client. The judge then put Manafort in the harsh Alexandria federal prison. Even there, Manafort was given special treatment as a kind of VIP prisoner.
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no such thing as bad publicity or propaganda:
Political Prisoner finally exposes the lies left unchallenged by media who pronounced Paul guilty long before his case ever saw the inside of a courtroom. Not only is it untrue that Victor Yanukovych or any of Paul’s clients were “pro-Putin,” it is the opposite of the truth. Paul’s work in Ukraine and throughout his career was 100 percent aligned with US interests in the countries he worked in, sometimes even acting as a back channel for the White House itself.
Political Prisoner tells the real story of Paul’s life and career, exploding the lies about his work in Ukraine, his previous work with foreign governments and business interests in other countries, his involvement with the Trump campaign, and the “process crimes” for which he was wrongly convicted and sent to prison. It is no exaggeration to say that everything most Americans think they know about Paul Manafort is false.
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