Posted on 08/23/2018 4:59:31 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Balderdash.......
Newt Gingrich said it best.
Democrat are orgasmic over Cohen, Manafort......and some boobalicious ladies Trump knew.
But midterm elections will center on the murder of Mollie Tibbetts at the hands of an illegal.
I think judge Ellis might sentence Manfart to time served.
If I were Trump, I wouldn’t pardon Manafort. Even though Manafort might never have been prosecuted if they weren’t going after Trump, I think Manafort is dirty.
But I absolutely would pardon General Flynn and George Papadopoulos.
I think Manafort was sent as a plant by Oleg Deripaska.
Judge Ellis will do no such thing following a conviction. As to the article, Trump would not dishonor the jury with a pardon, because his pardon power is part of our system. But a full pardon would not be justice, because Manafort was guilty. And Manafort faces a second trial.
Good points especially Flynn, but he made a pardon more difficult by cooperating.
“this does not seem like the place for him to make his stand.”
Yes, Donald should let the corrupt system run over people for political purposes.
Same with illegals murdering people..just look the other way.
It’s all for the “greater good”
If I were Trump I would announce that I would not consider pardoning Manafort if the Podestas were being investigated but that if they were not then I would take that as indicating malice on the part of Mueller in prosecuting only Manafort. A malicious prosecution deserves a pardon.
The author and the juror he cites may really believe that Manafort was prosecuted for tax crimes only because he worked for President Trump. I think he was prosecuted for tax crimes because they couldn't prosecute him for being a Russian mole in the Trump campaign.
Mueller is dirty.
There will be no pardons... until after the mid-terms.
It is my opinion (based on nothing more than watching the way President Trump operates) that he and his staff have not been idle over the past two years.
The DOJ and FBI are not the only law enforcement agency the Government has. It has become obvious that both the DOJ and FBI have been corrupted but it is not clear if the smaller agencies have been (such as the Marshal Service that investigates crimes against the government, or the Secret Service which has authority over the protection of the President). A case could be that a cabal of traitors have attempted a coup d’etat against the United States.
Have no facts, but it is possible while Mueller has been chasing phantoms real law enforcement have been gathering evidence which will lead to the arrest and conviction of the conspirators.
While all this is going down, President Trump can pardon all those caught up in this witch hunt.
We can dream can’t we?
Any President has the power to commute a sentence imposed by a Federal court. Shy of a full pardon but still a grant of relief from a harsh sentence. I don't think he can do this to a sentence imposed by a State court.
What an idiot. This whole thing has been a political witch hunt you boob. The judge even said so.
Papa....the government played the pimp in his case...he'll get probation...and nothing more.
And your point is? Trump will do what he thinks serves him best.
That is is. Filthy dirty. All the connections he has on this, Muller should never have been appointed.
I don’t think so...he did it because he lost his entire life’s savings and even had to sell his house and couldn’t continue.
The FBI agents and even scumbag Comey himself said they did not believe there was deception, so they persecuted and ruined a good and decent man who had a life of service to his country, all to get a political scalp on their belts.
What they did to Flynn was heinous. In a just world, the people who did this to him would pay. Some of them will, in the end, I believe (McCabe, Strzok, etc)
This is a battle. Trump should tomorrow morning fire Müller, rosenstine, and sessions. Then pardon manafort. In the afternoon he should go to the WH press briefing and kick Accosta out, and then in the briefing ask Cohen I’d he wants a pardon or muller’s deal. Explain that Clinton’s lawyer is going around saying Cohen would rather go to jail. Ask him publically if that is true. Then announce he is taking over the Justice dept until Congress is ready to confirm his next appointment.
Agreed. They damn well could have prosecuted Manafort at any time leading up to this, but didn’t, and that says a lot about the process.
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