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Aides expect Trump to go rogue on Manafort pardon
The Politico ^ | August 24, 2018 | Nancy Cook

Posted on 08/24/2018 10:06:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

President Donald Trump’s lawyers and a cadre of informal White House advisers claim they’ve convinced him not to pardon Paul Manafort — but White House officials expect the president to do it anyway.

The president’s characterization of his former campaign chairman as a victim and “brave man” is being read by aides as a signal that Trump wants to use his unilateral authority to issue pardons to absolve Manafort, according to eight current and former administration officials and outside advisers.

“Trump is setting it up. He’s referring to the investigation as a ‘witch hunt’ and saying this never would have happened to an aide to Hillary Clinton,” said one former campaign official....

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; manafort; pardon; paulmanafort; trump
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To: Vendome

Cohen says he doesn’t want one, so we should honor his wishes. Pardon Manafort two days BEFORE the election.


21 posted on 08/25/2018 12:15:31 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He only needs to commute Manafort’s sentence. He should not pardon him for the crimes he committed.


22 posted on 08/25/2018 12:28:07 AM PDT by octex
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To: Blue House Sue

Uh... Manafort was charged with things that happened about 2005, before he had ever met Trump.


23 posted on 08/25/2018 12:41:29 AM PDT by octex
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To: Bobalu
He should pardon him, IMO

Selective prosecution disgusts me. If everyone ever connected with Trump is going to be investigated for any and all offenses (did Manafort also exceed the speed limit years ago?), then they should be pardoned.

24 posted on 08/25/2018 2:03:34 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Trump is setting it up. He’s referring to the investigation as a ‘witch hunt’ and saying this never would have happened to an aide to Hillary Clinton,”

No, because ARKANCIDE.

25 posted on 08/25/2018 2:17:41 AM PDT by TADSLOS (1. DonÂ’t Forget Nothing.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The left is using every tool they have to try and bring Trump down, so by all means, he should use his tools and do stuff like pardoning his folks who have been unfairly targeted.

The left wants to impeach him... and if they get the votes (illegal or not) in Nov, they will. Screw it... he should pardon everyone he can, and he should declassify everything he can think of... scorched earth.

26 posted on 08/25/2018 2:23:30 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Cobra64

ONE MINUTE AFTER MIDTERMS

o Pardon Manafort
o Pardon Trump Jr

o Fire AG Sessions
o Replace AG

o If not confirmed by Congress, use ACTING AG

o Keep replacing AG unless competance is found


27 posted on 08/25/2018 2:56:11 AM PDT by TheNext
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To: Aria
Manafort was put into solitary for trying to influence witnesses but the defense had no witnesses.

That was for the DC case.

28 posted on 08/25/2018 3:11:24 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: TheNext

“If not confirmed by Congress, use ACTING AG”

Isn’t that Rosenstein?


29 posted on 08/25/2018 3:11:45 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I can picture a later canceling of the jail term w/o an actual full pardon.


30 posted on 08/25/2018 4:31:22 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: Blue House Sue

“What happened to Manafort could happen to any one of us or all of us, as most everybody has made slight errors on their tax forms.”

I wish I’d be in a position to make a slight error of $30 million tax fraud.


31 posted on 08/25/2018 4:36:22 AM PDT by Krosan
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Maybe give Manafort time served or 1 year in jail for his tax evasion

This will look better to the public

32 posted on 08/25/2018 5:20:32 AM PDT by KavMan
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To: Luke21
... found a $22,000 dollar bill from the IRS in my mailbox.

I didn't know the USGov printed bills in this denomnation!?

33 posted on 08/25/2018 5:24:37 AM PDT by nonsporting
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
There is no way Manafort should stay in prison as long as Hilary Clinton (paid Fusion GPS a million dollars without reporting if to the FEC,) Rick Gates( in addition to committing every crime Manafort is charged with, Gates stole millions from Manafort as well), Lois Lerner ( destroyed evidence by trashing computers with evidence) , Strzok, McCabe, Comey and a whole army of Democratic Party criminals are not only still walking free, they haven’t even been charged with the crimes they committed yet.
Pardoning Manafort is a no brained. However since Gestapo Heinrich Mueller is dragging things along by scheduling yet another trial after this one, Trump will have to wait till all the trials are finished before pardoning Manafort.
34 posted on 08/25/2018 5:57:50 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Trump is eventually going to have to fight for his office on the floor of the Senate.

This is true whether or not the GOP retains control of the House.

In my view, the sold-out globalist caucus of the House GOP is just waiting for Mueller to deliver something, anything, they can use to justify joining the Democrats to impeach Trump - and they haven't done it yet because they want to be re-elected in November.

So, in my mind, a Senate trial is an inevitability, and the sooner, the better.

35 posted on 08/25/2018 6:05:38 AM PDT by Jim Noble
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To: Blue House Sue
There is no constitutional mechanism to turn down a pardon

But the President cannot pardon crimes against the State of New York.

36 posted on 08/25/2018 6:07:00 AM PDT by Jim Noble
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To: Blue House Sue

See United States vs. Wilson.


37 posted on 08/25/2018 6:12:00 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: Jim Noble

“But the President cannot pardon crimes against the State of New York.”

Of course he can. It’s somewhat complex, but not impossible.

If need be, all President Trump would have to do is to Federalize the State of New York.

Once New York and other hostile states are Federalized, President Trump can issue Pardons on state charges and convictions.


38 posted on 08/25/2018 6:38:48 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: TheNext

Need to fire Rosenstine too.


39 posted on 08/25/2018 6:40:56 AM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (WWG1WGA!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

i would expect him to wait until after the next trial is finished and post-midterms. i heard that the reason that some of the Mueller investigations have been moved to NY is to make use of state charging of crimes - which are not covered by presidential pardon. this takes the pardon possibility away from Prez and makes prosecutorial squeeze more potent. does this sound feasible?


40 posted on 08/25/2018 7:44:51 AM PDT by avital2
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