SCOOP: PAUL MANAFORT suggested he could broker a deal for the handover of JULIAN ASSANGE to the U.S. during a mtg last May with Ecuadorian president-elect @LENIN, who wanted debt relief in exchange. The talks went nowhere. Days later, MUELLER was appointed https://t.co/isgKirsDYY— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) December 4, 2018