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First I read the news that a Treasury Department agent was arrested for leaking information to the mainstream media. She was arrested in posession of the leak information. She faces 10 years in prison if convicted.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/treasury-department-employee-natalie-mayflower-sours-edwards-arrested-for-allegedly-leaking-files-on-paul-manafort-rick-gates-maria-butina
I asked, what could this be about? As the article above says the leaks were information about Manafort and Gates. Manafort already pled guilty to Mueller on the charges of lying and failing to register as a foreign lobbyist. Manafort and Gates are both cooperating with Mueller.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/manafort-plans-to-plead-guilty-to-second-set-of-charges/2018/09/14/a1541068-b5c9-11e8-a7b5-adaaa5b2a57f_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.da81ac7c022f
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/11/politics/gates-robert-mueller/
My questions are
1. How much of Mueller's information came from government leakers like the above Treasury Department employee?
2. Wouldn't that place everything Mueller has accomplished in jeopardy as fruit of the forbidden tree?
And now we find out that this Treasury Department leaker has ties to a top member of Mueller's prosecution team.
Breaking: Yesterday’s Indicted Leakers Are Linked to Mueller Team Member ANDREW WEISSMANN and DOJ Fusion GPS Collaborator BRUCE OHR
On Tuesday, 40-year-old Natalie May Edwards, the senior advisor in the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, was arrested and criminally charged for leaking confidential financial documents relating to former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, the Russian embassy and accused Russian spy Maria Butina.
Ms. Edwards, who leaked the documents related to the Manafort case, was interviewed by Ronan Farrow six months ago. It now looks like that was an attempt by her to set herself up as a whistle blower rather than the leaker she is –
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Ms. Edwards leaked the FinCEN documents to Jason Leopold, a reporter for BuzzFeed according to Wednesday’s announcement by Manhattan federal prosecutors. Hidden in the DOJ complaint is the fact that Edwards’s BOSS at FinCEN is a criminal co-conspirator and he holds the title of Associate Director.
Investigative reporter Sean Davis reported that there are only six positions at FinCEN with that title (associate director) –
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Additional reporting from Sean Davis shows that one of the Assistant Directors at FinCEN is Thomas Ott. Mr. Ott worked for Fusion GPS collaborator Bruce Ohr at the DOJ. Also, Mr. Ott worked for RICO with Andrew Weissmann at the DOJ –
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Weissmann is part of the Mueller ‘witch hunt’. He is known for his seedy actions in the past. Weissmann destroyed thousands of Arthur Anderson lives in the early 2000’s when his actions were considered ‘over reaching’ by the courts. Unfortunately, Arthur Anderson was out of business when the verdict was received.
Also a couple of days before being added to the corrupt Mueller ‘witch hunt’ team, Weissmann met with AP reporters and then the AP released an article about suspicious financial activity by Manafort –
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It’s suspected that the AP article was sourced with information from Weissman and the only way Weissman could have supplied the information to the AP was through the FinCEN. This information is classified and if Weissmann provided it, it may have been leaked to him by the individuals indicted yesterday. (Remember Weissman and Mr. Ott are connected.)
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This may be the tip of the iceberg. Tony Shaffer, retired Intel Operative, states that many more need to be arrested and hints that more are yet to come......
.....Fruit of the forbidden tree. Mueller only obtained the guilty plea and cooperation via illegally-leaked information. Manafort's guilty plea should be forfeit. All information provided by Manafort and Gates should be forfeit as well.
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