Posted on 10/30/2017 5:02:58 AM PDT by simpson96
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort and his former business associate Rick Gates were told to surrender to federal authorities Monday morning, the first charges in a special counsel investigation, according to a person involved in the case.
The charges against Mr. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, and Mr. Gates, a business associate of Mr. Manafort, were not immediately clear but represent a significant escalation in a special counsel investigation that has cast a shadow over the president’s first year in office.
Mr. Gates is a longtime protégé and junior partner of Mr. Manafort. His name appears on documents linked to companies that Mr. Manafort’s firm set up in Cyprus to receive payments from politicians and businesspeople in Eastern Europe, records reviewed by The New York Times show.
Mr. Manafort had been under investigation for violations of federal tax law, money laundering and whether he appropriately disclosed his foreign lobbying.
Attempts to reach Mr. Gates on Monday were not successful. A spokesman for Mr. Manafort did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Here we go
The charges have nothing to do with the 2016 election.
All of this has nothing to do with collusion or Trump. It was for alleged monetary irregularities which took place 4-5 yrs ago and some of which were investigated and dropped by the FBI.
This may not be bad news. The charges seem unrelated to Trump, and the defense will likely go after Mueller’s entire operation.
In context, Manafort was associated with Tony Podesta, not DJT. But the NYT has to spin it to smear Trump.
I notice that Trump is mentioned three times in this brief article, in an attempt to tie him to Manafort, but the fact that the activity they’re questioning occurred long before Manafort joined the Trump campaign is not mentioned AT ALL.
“The Cyprus documents detail transactions that occurred in 2012 and 2013, during the peak of Mr. Manafort’s decade-long tenure as a political consultant.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/paul-manafort-russia-trump.html
All of this, if true, is just the equivalent of a slow day’s work for the Clintons.
Thanks simpson96.
Is this it?!? Is this their best shot???
All we need is for Paul Ryan to run his mouth and we know there is nothing here.
Perfect timing. The fishing expedition yields a ham-sandwich indictment a week before the November elections.
Deep state just set the rules: open fishing season, any species, no limit.
As Podesta will unravel the entire Uniparty/deep state crime sweater, let’sget it on!
Huh. Do this stuff as a presidential candidate, get free pass. Do it before working for Trump’s campaign, it’s a dark shadow over the Trump presidency...
Difference? Hillary’s a Democrat.
True, but that's not the way they're going to spin it.
what years did manafort work for posesta?
How many millions of dollars did this absurdity cost ?
It means that Manafort has nothing on Trump worth trading
I see this one as Mueller’s bargaining chip: squeezing Manafort toward turning against Trump.
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