.MaddowBlog: Pres. Trump’s new ‘proof’ of exoneration in Russia scandal is imaginary.
Close video The Rachel Maddow Show, 3/13/19, 9:00 PM ET With prison time added, Manafort fixates on 'no collusion mantra' Rachel Maddow points out the bizarre behavior by Paul Manafort’s lawyers who insist that their client has been vindicated of collusion with Russia despite not having been tried for collusion with Russia, a clear appeal to Donald Trump for a pardon, and share tweet email save Embed Judge Amy Berman Jackson couldn’t have been much clearer yesterday.
Manafort’s attorney, Kevin Downing, heard all of this and proceeded to lie to reporters anyway, telling assembled journalists outside the courtroom, “Judge Jackson conceded that there was absolutely no evidence of any Russian collusion in this case.” The absurd falsehood may have been intended to improve the odds of a presidential pardon, but it didn’t make his comments any less foolish.
“It was a hoax. It was all a big hoax. And now you are seeing it. Today again no collusion. The other day no collusion. There was no collusion.” In other words, a federal judge said the case had nothing to do with question of collusion; she conspicuously rejected the “ ‘no collusion’ mantra”; and Trump apparently thought it wise to publicly declare that she’d said the opposite.
Trump then said the Justice Department inspector general’s office had “totally” exonerated him in the Russia scandal. That was both wrong and kind of bonkers.
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