Posted on 12/26/2017 9:05:31 PM PST by blam
The charges against the former Trump campaign boss appear to have been only an opening salvo in a legal barrage on the president’s confidants, informed observers say.
From its inception, two things about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation were clear: first, the White House’s biggest concern was that Mueller would follow the money; and second, Mueller is following the money.
It’s been seven months since Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein ordered Bob Mueller to take over the FBI’s counterintelligence probe into possible links between the Kremlin and people associated with the Trump campaign. Trump’s lawyers have long said they expected the probe to stay focused and end quickly. Instead, Mueller has assembled a team of prosecutors with expertise in handling financial investigations and white-collar crime, and obtained guilty pleas for crimes that weren’t committed during the election year.
And, most importantly, he’s sent a thinly veiled warning to the White House: No one’s finances are off limits. If 2017 had the president’s inner circle sweating, 2018 could feel like a sauna.
And no one may feel more heat than Paul Manafort. In Washington legal circles, there’s a broad expectation that Mueller will file what’s called a superseding indictment of Manafort and Rick Gates, his erstwhile business partner—and alleged partner in crime. Gates and Manafort both pleaded not guilty when Mueller’s team filed their indictment on Oct. 30. Legal experts say there may be more charges to come.
“I would expect a superseding indictment to come down relatively soon,” said Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University’s law school.
“There was much in the narrative of the indictment that referenced crimes not charged,” he added. “Prosecutors will often issue a superseding indictment as the grand jury continues its work. There’s also a tactical reason for this, that superseding
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Scu*bags will always be scu*bags.
IMHO
Blanket pardons.
L
Maybe Mueller will pick his lock again in the early hours? If Muller didn’t get the evidence when he pulled that bs before, it’s not likely there is anything to it.
Mueller found evidence of Manafort jaywalking in 1974.
well that's....convincing. Or something.
Of course he could indict him again. There is not much substance to this story. Maybe they want clicks?
He hasnt bankrupted Manafort yet like he did to General Flynn
Is Paul Manafort all he has?
It’s almost like having the unindicted scofflaw & gunrunner Eric Holder and his agenda-driven, free-booting scheissters running the DOJ again.
my barber may have made some fibs on his income tax return statements.
do i therefore deserve to be investigated for income tax fraud, on the premise that i am as guilty as my barber might be?
The investigation should be regarded imho as fruit of the poisoned tree, by way of a defective, politically motivated investigation and defective FISA warrant. It should all be thrown out of court.
Yes Mueller, we know you are STILL there. No need to remind us with the occasional unrelated indictment.
I wonder how many indictments he’s conjured and has waiting on standby?
Fortunately for Manafort, he has significant resources and can manage his defense just fine.
I think Mueller wants and needs the kind of evidence only Fusion GPS can provide, and it shows.
Last November, Andy McCarthy commented on the above fact more competently than has the current author.
Mueller and his whole gang need to be frog marched to jail!
So Mueller’s best play is to indict people he’s already indicted? That would be a concession of sorts... And a clear indication that he really hasn’t got much of case.
Manafort may have committed crimes before Trump took office, but if the information that led to Mueller discovering these crimes was obtained with wiretaps obtained through using a phony dossier produced by the Democrat party he and his lawyers may have a case.
OK, lets drag in that dead horse again so they can beat it........
So Manafort is not “cooperating” to the level that Mueller expected from the first salvo.
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