A curious thing happened #LaborDay2018 -One of #Mueller’s ⭐️ witnesses burst into flames on national TV – but no one seemed to notice.
Former Republican lobbyist & Manafort associate, Sam Patten, only pleaded guilty on Friday, but on Sunday a world leader leveled a serious allegation of criminal conduct committed after his plea bargain.
In the (never-ending) continuing coverage of McCainFuneral, former Georgian President Mikhail 'Misha' Saakashvili appeared on CNN to discuss his relationship with McCain.
Before discussing McCain, Saakashvili started talking about Patten and his work in Georgia and the Ukraine. Suddenly, Saakashvili pulled out his cellphone in the interview and purportedly read from a text from Patten that he described as unmistakable Russian-style blackmail.
The text was allegedly sent the very same day & AFTER Patten became a Mueller ⭐️witness. Now, ⭐️witnesses is allegedly threatening a former world leader to delete prior comments or he will destroy him in what Saakashvili says is a signature move of Russian intelligence.
Saakashvili said that he had worked briefly with Patten but that he returned in 2011-12 “as part of a Russian operation” to spread “propaganda” & “dirty news.”
He recalled Manafort being involved & said that they worked directly against the interests of the United States. One could certainly discounted those allegations from an opponent, but then he pulled out his cell phone and started reading Patten's threats.📲
📲. 'Patten threatened:
👉“Start releasing things about Misha” if he continued to talk about his work for the Russians & he'd better 👉“call him off” or he would 👉Destroy Him.
👉Patten wanted prior comments 👉“ERASED” and that 👉“Misha knows what I am talking about.”
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