Paulie’s (Manafort) Dirty Laundry
We’re talking literally here!
I was halfway through “The Pelican Brief” (the book — not the movie) when a quick passage tickled my funny bone. The President and one of his subordinates are considering their options regarding nominations for two vacant supreme court justice positions when the henchman reports “the FBI has checked his underwear and he’s very clean.” Now, why would that be funny to anyone? Here’s your answer:
Just two days after Paul Manafort exited my cell at MCC to go back to Laretto from where he came (yes, Paul Manafort was my celly while I was in prison), I chose a Chinese guy to be my new bunky. He wasn’t exactly the perfect choice (nobody in prison is), but MC was intelligent, college-educated, and computer-savvy. Good enough. But computer science wasn’t MC’s only area of expertise. He was also so exceptional at washing and folding laundry (pardon the stereotype) that he appointed himself laundry orderly, which meant everybody (or most inmates) came to him to have MC do their laundry in exchange for a payment of two mackerel packs. Nice work if you can get it!
Predictably, and considering what a swell Paul Manafort is, he hired MC to wash his clothing. Rather than pay MC outright, Paul waited a week (to MC’s consternation) and then regifted kitchen food another inmate had given Paul (to gain his…
