{"id":41075,"date":"2018-11-30T08:08:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T13:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41075"},"modified":"2018-11-30T08:08:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T13:08:23","slug":"the-guardian-faceplants-as-manaforts-passport-stamps-dont-match-fabricated-assange-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41075","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian Faceplants As Manafort&#8217;s Passport Stamps Don&#8217;t Match &#8220;Fabricated&#8221; Assange Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-11-29\/guardian-faceplants-manaforts-passport-stamps-dont-match-fabricated-assange-story\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">The Guardian Faceplants As Manafort&#8217;s Passport Stamps Don&#8217;t Match &#8220;Fabricated&#8221; Assange Story<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1021\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1021\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Further evidence that\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0&#8220;entirely fabricated&#8221; a report that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort visited Julian Assange in 2013, 2015 and the spring of 2016;\u00a0<strong>his passports&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/manafort%20suit_0.jpg?itok=79OUXRAt\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/manafort%20suit_0.jpg?itok=79OUXRAt\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/manafort%20suit_0.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/manafort%20suit_0.jpg?itok=79OUXRAt 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"cad03931-dd39-4e67-a151-3e9552aa220a\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Washington Times<\/em>\u00a0reports that Manafort&#8217;s three passports reveal just two visits to England in 2010 and 2012, which support his categorical denial of the &#8220;totally false and deliberately libelous&#8221; report in\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em>, which said that Manafort visited Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy &#8211; ostensibly to coordinate on the WikiLeaks release of Hillary Clinton&#8217;s emails.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u00a0does note that Manafort could have conceivably entered the UK from another European country and not received a stamp &#8211; however a representative for Manafort insisted to the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u00a0that Manafort has only made those two visits to England since 2008,\u00a0<strong>and that a libel suit against the Guardian is under discussion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While two of Manafort&#8217;s passports were entered as evidence at his tax evasion trial &#8211; something that\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em>&#8216;s Luke Harding and Dan Collyns could have easily looked up &#8211; the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u00a0has obtained a copy of his third passport which confirms the two visits.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>His attorney explained the passports this way: One was lost, one was used to submit to foreign embassies for visas, and one was used as a backup.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/manafort\/\">Manafort<\/a>\u00a0later found the third passport. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2018\/nov\/29\/paul-manafort-denies-meeting-julian-assange-passpo\/\">Washington Times<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a id=\"pagebreak\" name=\"pagebreak\"><\/a>WikiLeaks immediately fired back at\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>betting the paper &#8220;a million dollars and its editor&#8217;s head that Manafort never met Assange.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar TweetAuthor-avatar--ancestor Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"WikiLeaks (screen name: wikileaks)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/512138307870785536\/Fe00yVS2_normal.png\" alt=\"\" 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