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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria Division
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR.,
Defendant.

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Criminal No. 1:18-cr-00083-TSE
Judge T. S. Ellis, III

DEFENDANT PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR.’S REPLY TO THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL’S OPPOSITION TO HIS MOTION TO DISMISS COUNT ELEVEN
OF THE SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT
Defendant Paul J. Manafort, Jr., by and through counsel, submits his reply to the
Special Counsel’s opposition (Dkt. # 66) to his motion to dismiss Count Eleven of the
Superseding Indictment (Dkt. #’s 41 & 42). The Special Counsel’s response to the
defendant’s motion to dismiss indicates that the Special Counsel timely applied for, on an
ex parte basis, and thereafter received, an order under 18 U.S.C. § 3292 suspending the
running of the statute of limitations. (Dkt. # 66 at 2-3). The secret application by the
Special Counsel was not disclosed to the defendant prior to moving to dismiss Count
Eleven in the Superseding Indictment, nor was the district court’s subsequent order. Id. at
4. Accordingly, with the Court’s permission, the defendant will withdraw his pretrial
motion to dismiss Count Eleven because of the newly disclosed information from the
Special Counsel. The defendant expressly reserves all rights to challenge this particular
count (and any other counts) in the Superseding Indictment in subsequent proceedings
before this Court that were not required to be raised under Rule 12(b) of the Federal Rules

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of Criminal Procedure, and/or for which the basis for such a motion was not reasonably
available to the defendant to raise to the Court in a pretrial filing. See Fed. R. Crim. P.
12(b)(3), 12(c)(3).
Dated: May 21, 2018

Respectfully submitted,
s/ Kevin M. Downing
Kevin M. Downing (pro hac vice)
Law Office of Kevin M. Downing
601 New Jersey Avenue NW
Suite 620
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 754-1992
kevindowning@kdowninglaw.com
s/ Thomas E. Zehnle
Thomas E. Zehnle (VSB No. 27755)
Law Office of Thomas E. Zehnle
601 New Jersey Avenue NW
Suite 620
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 368-4668
tezehnle@gmail.com
s/ Jay R. Nanavati
Jay R. Nanavati (VSB No. 44391)
Kostelanetz & Fink LLP
601 New Jersey Avenue NW
Suite 620
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 875-8000
jnanavati@kflaw.com
Counsel for Defendant Paul J. Manafort, Jr.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the 21st day of May, 2018, I will electronically file the foregoing
with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will then send a notification of
such filing (NEF) to the following:
Andrew A. Weissman
Greg D. Andres
U.S. Department of Justice
Special Counsel’s Office
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20530
Telephone: (202) 616-0800
Email: AAW@usdoj.gov
GDA@usdoj.gov

s/ Jay R. Nanavati
Jay R. Nanavati (VSB No. 44391)
Kostelanetz & Fink LLP
601 New Jersey Avenue NW
Suite 620
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 875-8000
jnanavati@kflaw.com
Counsel for Defendant Paul J. Manafort, Jr.

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