<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">A tribute to Paul Manafort . . .<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/A_Tribute_to_Paul_Manafort.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/A_Tribute_to_Paul_Manafort.mp3</a><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Dec 26, 2018, at 8:05 AM, Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Courtesy of <i>NBC News </i>at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/president-donald-trump-s-10-biggest-falsehoods-2018-n949121">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/president-donald-trump-s-10-biggest-falsehoods-2018-n949121</a><br><div><br></div><div>——————————————-</div><div><br></div><div><h1 class="headline___CuovH f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 founders-cond lh-none f10-xl" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; line-height: 1;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">President Donald Trump's 10 biggest falsehoods of 2018</span></font></h1><div class="articleDek dekSummary___GcgCT f4 f5-m f6-l f7-xl publico-hed lh-copy fw3 ls-normal mb3 mb6-m" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5rem;"><b>3. THE RUSSIA PROBE IS WITCH HUNT.</b></div></div><div><div>“There was no crime,” the president said in November 2018 from the White House. “We’ve wasted enough time on this witch hunt,” he said weeks later.</div><div><br></div><div>Trump called special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe a "witch hunt" more than 100 times. But it's a federal investigation <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/mueller-may-submit-report-attorney-general-soon-mid-february-say-n949961" target="_blank" class=" vilynx_listened" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(48, 98, 255); font-family: PublicoText, Georgia, TimesNewRoman, "Times New Roman", Times, Baskerville, serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">that has so far resulted</a> in 33 people being charged with crimes, and seen three senior Trump associates convicted.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The president's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/manafort-convicted-8-counts-n901231" target="_blank" class=" vilynx_listened" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">was convicted at trial of multiple felony counts</a> of tax and bank fraud unrelated to his work for candidate Trump. His longtime former personal attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, will go to jail for three years for a slew of crimes including lying to Congress about plans to build a Trump Tower in Russia. Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was recently excoriated by a federal judge in open court for having worked as an unregistered foreign agent to Turkey while advising Trump's campaign and is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials. All three have cooperated with the special counsel's office to varying degrees — though <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/us/politics/mueller-paul-manafort-cooperation.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Manafort breached the deal he struck with them</a> after his conviction by lying, prosecutors said.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who until recently oversaw Mueller's probe, has said the investigation is "appropriate and independent" — not a witch hunt.</div><div><br></div></div><div>——————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>