The plea agreement reached between Paul Manafort and the special counsel’s office requires Manafort to cooperate “fully, truthfully, completely, and forthrightly” with the government on “any and all matters” identified by the government.
Though early reports on plea deal negotiations indicated Manafort was hesitant to agree to a deal that required his full cooperation, the agreement reached is broad and sweeping in outlining the former Trump campaign chairman’s obligation to cooperate, with zero exceptions.
The plea agreement filed Friday afternoon requires Manafort to attend all meetings requested by investigators regarding his participation in or knowledge of criminal activities. He must also give the government all documents and materials related to the investigation and participate in directed “undercover activities.” Manafort is also required to testify in legal proceedings and must always give “complete, truthful, and accurate information.”
Read the section of the plea agreement regarding cooperation:
I’m betting that the word “fully” has a lot of Trump’s team and family members really nervous.
This news has me doing my giddy happy dance. I guess he could do a Papadopoulos and slow-walk his cooperation. In fact given how reptilian and amoral Manafort is I’d say it’s all but certain he’ll try that somewhere. But this is yuuuuuuugggge
Donnie’s gonna have a sad. And a major mad.
Meanwhile, Don Jr. is shitting himself.
Don’t forget all the potential state criminal charges (not subject to pardon by Trump) still hanging over Manafort’s head. He’s going to cooperate.
A flip-flop, flippity flip, a flip, flip, flop and you don’t stop