That really is a wow. I thought double jeopardy was not allowed. Oh that’s right the government is free to do whatever it darn well pleases. Something the foolish youth, and sadly too many adults, fail to realize, and/or accept, as the reality of a strong large government.
There was no trial so there is no double jeopardy.
“I thought double jeopardy was not allowed.”
That was my first thought also. I guess there’s no double jeopardy because he wasn’t charged first go-round..??
Manafort was not tried for anything 8 years ago. He was investigated and no charges were filed. Double jeopardy doesn't play into it.
Oh that’s right the government is free to do whatever it darn well pleases.
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That’s what happens when you have an Attorney General who would rather watch re-runs of “Gomer Pyle” than actually do his job or hold criminals to account ... and a Congress who threatens to pull a hissy fit if the President fires him because, after all, he’s a member of the “club.”
“I thought double jeopardy was not allowed.”
Double jeopardy exists when you are tried a second time for a crime you have been tried for once before and were exonerated by a “not guilty” verdict. In this case Manafort was investigated and the prosecutors decided not to prosecute. Since he was not tried at the time, and found not guilty, he remains in jeopardy of charges being brought.
If you got caught cheating on taxes once, it does not give you freedom to cheat again. You can be convicted again and again for the same crime.