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Mueller WILL NOT Present Collusion Evidence At Manafort Trial
Daily Caller ^ | 070718 | Chuck Ross

Posted on 07/08/2018 6:43:58 AM PDT by qaz123

Special counsel Robert Mueller said in a court filing Friday that his prosecutors will not present evidence regarding Trump campaign collusion with Russia at an upcoming trial for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

“The government does not intend to present at trial evidence or argument concerning collusion with the Russian government,” reads a filing submitted by Mueller’s team in federal court in Virginia on Friday.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: collusion; manafort; manaforttrial; mueller; muellermanafort; russians; trumprussia
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Wasn't that the point of going after him? And, if the dealings that they indicted Manafort on, are as old as some have said, then I'm thinking this could be a slam dunk for the defense.

If what Manafort did was commonplace for the creatures of DC and no one else was ever held to those standards, isn't that the foundation for an affirmative defense? If the Podesta's did the same thing, or more, and they weren't prosecuted, why does he? If the Podesta's were allowed to retroactively document what they did, why can't he?

If these stories are true, about Mueller getting more DOJ lawyers to "help" with the cases, going forward, couldn't it mean that he knows this dog is riddled with fleas and he can try and let some junior DOJ lawyer take the hit when these cases blow up in their faces?

1 posted on 07/08/2018 6:43:58 AM PDT by qaz123
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I think Special counsel Robert Mueller will wait until just before the midterms and throw out some alleged allegations in an attempt to influence the outcomes which will disappear as soon as the elections are over..


2 posted on 07/08/2018 6:47:08 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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You cannot present evidence if you do not have any.


3 posted on 07/08/2018 6:48:32 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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4 posted on 07/08/2018 6:50:12 AM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: qaz123

Want to stop all this crap? Sign the petition:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/fire-jeff-sessions-rod-rosenstein-christopher-wray-and-purge-doj-and-fbi-headquarters-corruption

Spread it around! Per WH petition policy, it’s hidden until it hits 150, but then gets moved to the main petition page. And it will take off. Up to 127 now!


5 posted on 07/08/2018 6:50:48 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables ("Trust Sessions" is not a plan. It is sabotage. Fire Rosensessions and Wray!!!)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Exactly. The whole thing is a sham.


6 posted on 07/08/2018 6:51:05 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: qaz123

These Rats have no integrity. Time to shut it down. There is no evidence, except against Hill and 0bama


7 posted on 07/08/2018 6:51:22 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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Whatever cards Mueller has to play, he’s not ready to show them.

Manafort is a lock to go down for tax evasion and other financial crimes, so it makes sense for Mueller to stay away from RussiaRussiaRussia.


8 posted on 07/08/2018 6:53:13 AM PDT by Jim Noble (p)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

So let me see If I Get This Straight....
Mueller drags Manafort into High Prison for alleged stuff.
Manafort is sentenced to Solitary Confinement without a trial.
Manafort will go to Trial for other charges ,????
Mueller is running a non-constitutional Spanish Inquisition


9 posted on 07/08/2018 6:53:30 AM PDT by huckleberry55
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Evidence? We don’t need no stinkin’ Evidence!


10 posted on 07/08/2018 6:54:08 AM PDT by xp38
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“Russian collusion” my a$$.

The bogus charges against Manafort have to do with his dealings with Ukraine, many years before Donald Trump came down the escalator at Trump Tower in June 2015 and announced he was a candidate for president.


11 posted on 07/08/2018 6:55:04 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Washington is NOT a swamp.....It's a cesspool!)
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Simple. Mueller is squeezing Manafort to get him to turn on Trump. SOP for zealous Federal prosecutors.


12 posted on 07/08/2018 6:55:14 AM PDT by kabar
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Why would Robert Mueller present evidence he doesn’t have?


13 posted on 07/08/2018 6:56:51 AM PDT by Popman (Wisdom is not what you know about the world but how well you know God.)
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To: huckleberry55

Manafort didn’t either!

14 posted on 07/08/2018 6:57:37 AM PDT by xp38
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Mueller has not charged Manafort with tax evasion.

Mueller has charged him with not filling out paperwork from a decade ago when Manafort was working with Clinton and Podesta in the Ukraine.

Podesta never filled out the forms until after Manafort was indicted. Ten years after they were required.


15 posted on 07/08/2018 7:02:19 AM PDT by detective (Cia)
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Mueller needs everything exposed about him back to his birth. He’s worse than dirty, IMO, and needs to be fired.


16 posted on 07/08/2018 7:04:54 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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I think Special counsel Robert Mueller will wait until just before the midterms and throw out some alleged allegations in an attempt to influence the outcomes which will disappear as soon as the elections are over..

Which is exactly what Lawrence E. Walsh did 4 days before the 1992 election by indicting Caspar Weinberger for Iran-Contra -- leading the Clintons to absurdly claim an indictment against H.W. Bush could come next.

The one count indictment was later tossed out by a judge. but the damage was done.

17 posted on 07/08/2018 7:06:48 AM PDT by montag813
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To: FatherofFive

“These Rats have no integrity.”

Youre right, but it makes me ask - WHERE is the Republican equivalent??? I mean, is ALL investigation and prosecution of federal crimes OWNED exclusively by the democrat party now???

Really? Who gave them total control on this???

I understand 8+ years of infiltration, but come on... Republicans have the House, Senate and Presidency. Yet, theres NO ONE who can stop this nonsense.

Im ticked that they are getting richer by the week from OUR TAX DOLLARS to continue this stupid Russian collusion crap.


18 posted on 07/08/2018 7:09:16 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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Apparently those non-filings are pretty common and no one has ever been convicted of this "supposed" crime.

So is it a real crime or just some rule.

19 posted on 07/08/2018 7:09:26 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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But there’s nothing to turn Manafort onto Trump. I’m not sure Trump even knew the guy that well, so what can he know about Trump nobody else knows?


20 posted on 07/08/2018 7:09:39 AM PDT by bcr100 (Its)
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