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U.S. investigators seek to turn Manafort in Russia probe: sources
Reuters ^ | 07/22/2017 | Julia Edwards Ainsley and John Walcott

Posted on 07/22/2017 8:01:24 AM PDT by Rusty0604

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. investigators examining money laundering accusations against President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort hope to push him to cooperate with their probe into possible collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia, two sources with direct knowledge of the investigation said.

    Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team is examining Manafort's financial and real estate records in New York as well as his involvement in Ukrainian politics, the officials said.

    Between 2006 and 2013, Manafort bought three New York properties, including one in Trump Tower in Manhattan. He paid for them in full and later took out mortgages against them. A former senior U.S. law enforcement official said that tactic is often used as a means to hide the origin of funds gained illegally. Reuters has no independent evidence that Manafort did this.

      The sources also did not say whether Mueller has uncovered any evidence to charge Manafort with money laundering, but they said doing so is seen by investigators as critical in getting his full cooperation in their investigation.

    "If Mueller's team can threaten criminal charges against Manafort, they could use that as leverage to convince him to cooperate," said one of the sources.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: manafort; mueller; muellerinvestigation; trumpmueller; trumprussia; turnmanafort
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To: butlerweave
Hmmm..that is a real mystery. Image result for donna brazile not made up
21 posted on 07/22/2017 8:27:00 AM PDT by Leep (Less talk more ACTiON!)
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To: stylin19a

What does Trump’s personal finances for the last twenty years have to do with anything? It’s a witchhunt.


22 posted on 07/22/2017 8:28:10 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Hostage

Good questions.


23 posted on 07/22/2017 8:30:02 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604

So Reuters is just reporting baseless allegations as “news”.

The Left SOP.


24 posted on 07/22/2017 8:30:20 AM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: usconservative

He was dealing with some..ahem...Interesting characters in the time frame of those transactions.

Notorious..and ruthless.


25 posted on 07/22/2017 8:30:35 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: usconservative

How can someone who did not break the law, in other words pay cash for a property, be held accountable just because he’s asked where the money came from and he decides it’s none of anybody’s business and refuses to answer the question?


26 posted on 07/22/2017 8:31:39 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: Leep

“as a means to hide the origin of funds gained illegally.”

Uh, not really, it is pretty junior league. The original transaction is public record. Not much cover for illegal funds.


27 posted on 07/22/2017 8:32:27 AM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: armourenthusiast

Another Deep State smear job - money laundering? The Trump DOJ needs to start the indictments of Clinton, Podesta, and other Clintonistas for public corruption and money laundering at the Clinton Foundation...


28 posted on 07/22/2017 8:32:33 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (You for avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: Rusty0604

How about this wild theory. “Let’s keep poking Trump and his team with such outlandish accusations that he will eventually lash out with a clearly illegal retaliation! Then we have got him.”


29 posted on 07/22/2017 8:32:51 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: navysealdad

Another #Fakenews smear job...my question is when is Trump going to turn the tables and start exposing the skeletons these “reporters” have in their closets.


30 posted on 07/22/2017 8:35:24 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (You for avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: usconservative

Yet this was way before Trump ever decided to run for president. This investigation is not limiting itself to Russian interference in the 2016 election.


31 posted on 07/22/2017 8:35:27 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: usconservative

Does he really want to open Pandora’s box?


32 posted on 07/22/2017 8:38:07 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (You for avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: I am Richard Brandon

How about investigating Clinton’s campaign managerJohn Podesta?


33 posted on 07/22/2017 8:40:15 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (You for avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: Rusty0604

This is the danger of Mueller/Mueller’s very “Special” Council.

Unrestrained witch hunt against American citizens.


34 posted on 07/22/2017 8:41:37 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

How about cracking the CFI’s funding - from DAY ONE - wide open, Mueller?

Lot’s of “Russia” trails there, most likely.


35 posted on 07/22/2017 8:43:33 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: navysealdad
Important Line: “ Reuters has no independent evidence that Manafort did this.”
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A lot of words for a nothing burger.
36 posted on 07/22/2017 8:43:49 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Rusty0604

Some argue that this is scope creep

But mueller has broad authority. He finds a thread..he can follow it.

Weissmann is an expert at this...and knows all the details of felix sater and his shenanigans. The lawyer for jody kriss is quoted about the unfettered criminal rampage.

Being a CI for loretta lynch..and a cia asset..has given sater an unbelievable latitude

In any case..mueller has a NY team...that are experts at money laundering. Weissmann took down a mafia Don


37 posted on 07/22/2017 8:44:10 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: JonPreston

Everyone he knows or has dealt with in the past 20 years should be pardoned publicly and prophylacticly.


38 posted on 07/22/2017 8:45:27 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: RummyChick

The tone of your comments consistently implies hidden wrongdoings by Trump, or at least his inner circle, which will lead to the president’s downfall. Do I read your tea leaves correctly?


39 posted on 07/22/2017 8:51:37 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Mariner

Yep, it renders Mueller useless.


40 posted on 07/22/2017 8:51:38 AM PDT by JonPreston
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