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.
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No need to flip, plus TRUMP Ddid nothing illegal!!!
What is there to flip, wishful thinking!!! LOL
The campaign began in June 2015.
help me with this:
what do manafort’s NYC real estate transactions have to do with Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election?
Rosenstein needs to be told what the rules are to rein in his dog Mueller.
Here is a perfect example of why finances can be investigated. You will have to fill in the dots by understanding who and how these are related
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If this was clinton’ name inserted and chelsea you would definitely want it looked into. Doesnt mean any chargeable offense happened
Could have been a trap designed for later nefarious purposes
Nothing. If it was me I’d tell them nunya. My business is outside the scope of the election. And that would be it. Period. Refuse to go along with their dog and pony show.
Cant pardon State crimes...IF any money laundering happened...or any other State crime
You got it. Yep don’t say a word to any of these guys. They are less than an honorable bunch.
Mueller and Rosenstein should be called on to make a public statement regarding reports that Mueller is investigating crimes that happened before the campaign came into existence. Rosenstein is responsible, himself, for the jurisdiction that Mueller takes. Yes, he can defer, but the ultimate decision for limiting the jurisdiction is Rosenstein’s, and he exercised that power in DOJ Order 3915-2017.
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yup. rosenstein would be a good point of contact for the pressure to keep mueller in line.
Because the AML laws of our country say so.
Not saying I agree or disagree with the law, just telling you why.
I hope he does. Not because I'm anti-Trump (I'm not!) because I want to see the Clinton's in jail where they belong.
I can’t help you because I ask the same thing myself.
Play with fire, you get burned. I'm not going to jump to conclusions, I want to see the truth come out and lead where it may.
Having said that, I think we all know that the job of a "special prosecutor" is to find someone -- anyone -- to pin some blame on, prosecute the hell out of them, throw them in jail and call it a day.
That's how special prosecutors justify their existence. Just ask Scooter Libby who was just vindicated as not having done anything wrong after serving time and getting his law license back recently.
Now where does he go to get his reputation back?
Modern day witch hunting.. ala Dem style.
If they really piss off Trump, he may get other US prosecutors on his direct orders to bypass the possible non-cooperating Sessions or Rosenstein to go after the DNC, and the Clintons for their known crimes. There are about 90+ US Federal DAs these days.
The Clintons, Obamas, Podestas, Pelosi’s, and many many others...
I agree with everything you said. I want the truth to come out ...but it is fraught with the perils you point out
There are several side lawsuits that will bring out info. The Jody Kriss racketeering lawsuit even managed to get docs unsealed.
Manafort’s daughter and her husband are being sued over defaulting on mortgage loans. Interesting history there and ties into this discussion
And deripaska offered his testimony in exchange for immunity. So far immunity turned down that I know of
The scope is not what you claim, "anything he finds while Investigating." Make the argument within the language of the authorization given to Mueller, not some made up universal grant. How are 2008 or 2013 financial dealings of campaign advisors, directly related to "any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump."
You are parsing the grant as "directly related to individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump." That amounts to open season on those persons, without having to associate the transaction with the campaign.
I find the scope to be links between Russia and the campaign. A financial deal that is not part of a link between Russia and the campaign is not part of the authorization given to Mueller. The only reason "individuals associated with the campaign" appears in the authorization is that a campaign cannot commit a crime, only people can.
I take you you disagree, and find that DOJ Order 3915-2017 authorizes open season on all individuals associated with the campaign.
Elsewhere I posted this remark ...
I am not so quick to conclude that DAG (Acting AG for Mueller's purpose) Rosenstein would never fire Mueller. I think he would, given cause. Trump's lawyers can prepare the argument for cause and present it to Rosenstein. If he balks, present the case to the public and let Rosentein stew in those juices for awhile. Try to get get Congress people to adopt the argument and assert it to the press. Make the pressure on Rosenstein and Mueller intolerable.
Btw..for all those claiming it is no big deal to get mortgages..you need to dig deeper into the daughter and son in law of manafort.
Dustin Hoffman is suing them over what he calls a real estate ponzi scheme
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