Posted on 10/28/2017 11:51:47 AM PDT by janetjanet998
A federal grand jury in Washington has approved the first criminal charges in the special counsels investigation into Russian election interference, two sources told NBC News, marking a significant milestone in an inquiry that has roiled Donald Trumps presidency.
Mueller's Office of the Special Counsel will make public an indictment on Monday, a U.S. official with firsthand knowledge of the process confirmed to NBC News, without disclosing the name of the target or the nature of the charges. The timing was confirmed by a second source familiar with the matter.
I’d say it’s Manafort because of the search of his premises. Failure to disclose??
Manafort and the Podesta brothers..that way Mueller can say he is neutral and went after “Both sides”
Said US official is guilty of a felony, and that should be the first indictment.
If it’s Manafort it shows he was working for Trump while being buddies with Podesta. Scum.
Loretta lynch? Comey? Holder? Lewinsky? One of the anonymous highly placed un-named sources buried(not literally) in the depths of the white house? Any guess as to which party this person owes allegiance?
Whole lotta leakin goin on.
Roger Stone lost his mind on Twitter last night. That supports this theory.
As usual, when Democrats are found to be involved in criminal activity, such a the current Democrat-Russian scandal, it is a Republican scalp that must be taken.
This time the Dems are in such trouble that it may take dozens of Republican scalps to purge the Democrat evil doing.
US official? Manafort is not a US official.
Mueller is tipping off the media so that the cameras will be rolling when FBI agents make the arrest, put the subject against a wall and handcuff him.
The reason the indictment is sealed is so that the subject doesn’t get advance knowledge such that he and his lawyer come voluntarily and quietly to surrender and be arraigned and deprive Mueller and the Democrats of their television moment.
The official who leaked
He has to indict somebody so that everyone will forget about his own many indictable “problems.”
It’s in response to the news that Clinton was behind the Russia dossier. It’s going to be against a Republican.
Has anybody read any good articles explaining what the likely charges against Manafort would be and on what basis?
From national Treasure:
Sadusky: So, here is your options: Door number one - you go to prison for a very long time. Door number two - we’re going to get back the Declaration of Independence; you help us find it, and... you still go to prison for a very long time. But you’ll feel better inside.
Ben Gates: Is there a door that doesn’t lead to prison?
Sadusky: [laughing] Someone’s got to go to prison, Ben.
IIRC, failing to register as a foreign agent, unreported transactions.
include Flynn
Well Manafort has worked in politics a long time Im not sure he is even a Republican..of course this is all a smokescreen but look at it this way..for FIVE months Mueller has investigated Trump, got NOTHING..now in this past week we find out about Fusion GPS, Uranium One, Podesta Brothers, and fake Dossier and BAM an indictment comes
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