Curiouser and Curiouser: Rick Gates Attorneys Withdraw from Case Initiated by Robert Mueller…

CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE ^ | 2/1/2018 | SUNDANCE

[bitt]

It was announced this afternoon the lawyers representing, Rick Gates, the business partner of Paul Manafort, have withdrawn from the case. The judicial notification is HERE, and details of withdrawal were filed under seal.

Amid the news cycle of the HPSCI memo release, and considering there could be ripple effects therein, lots of media speculations follows:

WASHINGTON DC – Three attorneys representing Rick Gates told a federal court Thursday they are immediately withdrawing as counsel for the former Donald Trump campaign aide, who is fighting special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of him on money laundering and other charges.

Lawyers Shanlon Wu, Walter Mack and Annemarie McAvoy said in a two-page motion that they would explain the reasons for their abrupt move in documents filed under seal with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. (read more)

There is possibility the three lawyers could be withdrawing after discovery of the length of time the DOJ was investigating Manafort and Gates; and that might just dovetail into the FISA702 abuse story and the 2016 counterintelligence investigation of Donald Trump. I’ll try to explain. ..

[bitt]

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[tumblindice]

45 minutes until the longest day for the `rats and the beginning of the end of the world as they know it.

[JoSixChip]

Between this and the Flynn delay, It does make me wonder. Is it because the cases are falling apart, or have they decided to work with mueller?

[CivilWarBrewing]

[CivilWarBrewing]

Or perhaps the memo could expose that Manafort’s and Flynn’s attorneys were working for the dark side (Deep State) ALL ALONG.

[JoSixChip]

That would be a shock.

[DoughtyOne]

Did Manafort know he was a target when he went to work for Trump? Man, what a sleazeball if he did.

[Snowybear]

The whole thing seems feasible to me. And yes, Manafort is scum if this is true, and even if it isn’t to be honest.

[upchuck]

Much better CivilWarBrewing. We must remember that not all Freepers have large screens. Shrinking that image down didn’t hurt it a bit. width=800 should be the max, IMHO.

[PA Engineer]

Why is Perkins Coie always the elephant in the room?

[Doogle]

“There’s nothing there Jim”

[lodi90]

Manafort has always been a beltway bottom feeder. It would be no surprise if he had knowingly dragged POTUS into his cesspool.

[blueplum]

” and you consider that Fusion GPS (Bean LLC) was likely one of the contractors…”

- which would provide cover for Schearer, a Clinton-crony who was likely the blueprinter of the “first dossier” now claiming to be a ‘second source’.

It was rumored Gowdy was retiring to get back on the bench, but it was announced early today that he has turned down a 4th Circuit Court appointment.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/01/trey-gowdy-turned-down-appointment-to-federal-bench.html

from the CT comments: Jay Wizz posts (something to keep in the back of our minds):

“The only Republican who has seen the warrant the memo is based on, announced his retirement yesterday.” (Trey Gowdy)

[Herakles]

It may be that the court has implied that the government has illegally obtained information thru FISA which would make Muller's investigation moot.

[Aria]

Do you think it’s all just too sleezy for Gordy? There are people who run out of tolerance for scumbags.

Or are you implying that Gowdy is somehow complicit?

[DoughtyOne]

I hate to say it, but you’re probably right. I don’t like to see it be true that someone on the inside was dirty.

[blueplum]

oh hell to the no, I don't think Gowdy is complicit in anything. But it is, to borrow the title, a bit curious that such a tiger would want to retire to some quiet university to deal with liberal-leaning law professor associates all day if he is already in a position - literally on the precipice - of putting some wrong-doing bureaucrats over the proverbial barrel. Is he not up to it?

[DoughtyOne]

Sadly, neither would I at this point.

[piasa]

I thought Gowdy mentioned going into some law enforcement venue.