Posted on 08/02/2018 7:14:58 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot
Wow! Interesting information from Judge Andrew Napolitano. He pointed out on Fox News yesterday that Rod Rosenstein led a team of Prosecutors investigating Paul Manafort 8 YEARS AGO for the same things he’s being prosecuted for now by Special Counsel Robert Mueller – and Rosenstein exonerated Manafort, deciding NOT to charge him.
Mueller is trying to squeeze Manafort into turning on Donald Trump. The Money-Laundering charges against Manafort are a vehicle to try and destroy Trump by putting so much pressure on Manafort he will make something up against Trump to save himself. Napolitano said Manafort’s lawyers may call Rosenstein as a witness and ask him to explain to the jury why he decided not to prosecute Manafort 8 years ago! . . .
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Remember when the Constitution used to protect against double jeopardy? Boy, those were great times.
I don’t see how this could be double jeopardy since he was not tried the first go-round.
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