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Paul Manafort Is in Legal Jeopardy. But Trump may not be
National Review ^ | Sept. 20, 2017 | Andrew McCarthy

Posted on 09/20/2017 7:37:56 AM PDT by bitt

We already knew that Paul Manafort was in a heap of trouble. It was almost two months ago — July 26, to be precise — that his Virginia residence was raided by the FBI in the predawn hours.

As I said at the time, prosecutors do not obtain warrants to toss the homes of people they regard as cooperating witnesses. When they are dealing with cooperators, prosecutors politely request that documents be produced, expecting the witness (and his lawyers) to comply. If some coercion is thought necessary, they will issue a grand-jury subpoena — an enforceable directive to produce documents, but one that still allows the witness to hand over the materials, not have them forcibly seized. The execution of a search warrant, even if it goes smoothly, is a show of force. It is intimidating.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451525/paul-manafort-legal-trouble-donald-trump-might-not-be-involved

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 201707; 20170726; andymccarthy; fbi; manafort; mueller; muellerinvestigation; raid; russia; russiagate; trump; trumprussia
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1 posted on 09/20/2017 7:37:57 AM PDT by bitt
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To: Whenifhow; GregNH; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; TWhiteBear; Salvation; ...

ping


2 posted on 09/20/2017 7:38:31 AM PDT by bitt (The press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literal)
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To: bitt

Unfortunately for Manafort, that makes Trump his nightmare client. He wouldn’t be under such intense scrutiny if he hadn’t been associated with Trump.


3 posted on 09/20/2017 7:39:20 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Pearls Before Swine

If they can’t take the administration down, they’ll at least try to ruin the lives, fortunes and honor of Trump’s associates and friends...


4 posted on 09/20/2017 7:40:42 AM PDT by bitt (The press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literal)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Does Mueller put a gun to Manaforts head to make him say that Trump discussed working with the Russians to steal and release DNC emails?

Is that where this is going?

Manafort may say anything for freedom.


5 posted on 09/20/2017 7:42:21 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
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To: bitt

Guilt by accusation.


6 posted on 09/20/2017 7:42:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( "If fascism ever comes to America, it will be called liberalism." --Ronald Reagan)
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To: bitt
What ever happened to the legal term Fruit of the Poisonous Tree.
7 posted on 09/20/2017 7:42:40 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: bitt

Exactly! And where is Sessions? The __cker is nowhere to be found. In the mean time people who are tied to Trump are being raped financially and put through hell emotionally.


8 posted on 09/20/2017 7:43:42 AM PDT by Chgogal (Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Manafort may or may not be a good guy, but compared to Crooked Hillary? Really???


9 posted on 09/20/2017 7:45:42 AM PDT by alstewartfan (We have no money but we stay afloat. The Jellyfishes don't scare us. Al Stewart from Red Toupee)
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To: alstewartfan

I’m not dumping on Manafort, I’m just pointing out that he’s collateral damage in the Great Swamp Attack on Trump.


10 posted on 09/20/2017 7:48:01 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Chgogal
I'll never understand why Freepers will vent so emotionally in the defense of some guy -- Manafort -- who may well be the ultimate personification of a "D.C. swamp creature."

The irony here is that all of the surveillance apparently related to his work with foreign governments ... which means he wasn't just a denizen of OUR swamp, either.

One interesting aspect of all this was that the warrant to conduct surveillance against Manafort apparently came through a secret FISA proceeding. This gives President Trump a perfectly reasonable response to any political criticism he gets over this whole thing: "I never would have hired him if I knew he was the subject of an FBI investigation, but since that whole process was a secret one I had know way of knowing anything about it."

11 posted on 09/20/2017 7:49:10 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: bitt

Thank you for posting both articles. National Review is not impressive on this one.

“What the Media Get Wrong About Manafort Wiretapping”

http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/what-the-media-get-wrong-about-manafort-wiretapping/?utm_medium=email


12 posted on 09/20/2017 7:49:12 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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I can’t believe Mueller isn’t getting criticized more.


13 posted on 09/20/2017 7:49:16 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: bitt
"When demonicRATS are in power, they plot to overthrow foreign governments. When they are not in power, they plot to overthrow the American government."

-- Mark Steyn

14 posted on 09/20/2017 7:50:15 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: bitt

Where the hell are NR articles on Hillary Clinton and Debbie Wishesshewasawoman-Sgt.Schultz being in legal jeopardy?


15 posted on 09/20/2017 7:52:15 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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“Again, this doesn’t make Trump’s tweets [about phones being wiretapped] correct or justifiable. But it does once again raise the question whether Trump’s conversations were tapped.”

I think I am going to need some help with this contradiction. Phones lines were not tapped but his conversations were? Distinction without a difference.


16 posted on 09/20/2017 7:52:58 AM PDT by odawg (WAE2 0)
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To: TakebackGOP

I can’t believe Mueller isn’t getting criticized more.

NPR had a Senator on that is pushing the Illegal to Fire Muller bill. These people want war like Syria where it is mixed: left against right, black against white.


17 posted on 09/20/2017 7:53:27 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: TakebackGOP

>>I can’t believe Mueller isn’t getting criticized more.

Our DO”J” at work...

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/business/complaint.pdf?mcubz=3


18 posted on 09/20/2017 7:53:38 AM PDT by HLPhat ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS" -- Government with any other purpose is not American.)
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To: odawg
The distinction is whether Trump's phone lines were tapped or his conversations were recorded because someone else's lines were tapped.

It's an important legal distinction, but it means nothing in the world of politics. It was great for President Trump to get that legendary Twitter post out there when he did. LOL.

19 posted on 09/20/2017 7:55:26 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: bitt

Yet Clinton walks..F’ing incredible!! The GOVT IS THE ENEMY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!


20 posted on 09/20/2017 7:57:46 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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