Posted on 08/01/2018 12:32:11 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Mueller’s prosecutors sent shockwaves through the Alexandria, VA courtroom Wednesday morning when they admitted Manafort’s former business associate Rick Gates may not testify.
Rick Gates previously pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with Mueller; he was even referred to as the Special Counsel’s ‘star witness.’
Judge T.S. Ellis blasted Uso Asonye, Mueller’s prosecutor who told him Rick Gates may not testify.
In a shocking admission Wednesday morning, federal prosecutors said Rick Gates may not testify in the trial of his former business partner Paul Manafort.
Mr. Gates, who oversaw some of the financial dealings of Mr. Manafort’s consulting business, was expected to be a key witness for the government.
But prosecutor Uso Asonye said jurors may not hear from Mr. Gates after all.
“He may testify, he may not,” Mr. Asonye told Judge T.S. Ellis III.
The revelation sent journalists and others out of the courtroom to report the disclosure.
“That’s news to me and about 25 others who scurried out of here like rats on a sinking ship,” Judge Ellis shot back.
Mr. Asonye attempted to backtrack, telling Judge Ellis that the evidence presented will determine if Mr. Gates‘ testifies.
That drew a sharp rebuke from Judge Ellis.
“You know who you are going to call,” He said. “If you are [not] going to call him then this is a waste of time.”
This rebuke from Judge Ellis was in response to FBI agent Matthew Mikuska describing a financial document put together by Rick Gates.
Judge Ellis told the agent his testimony on the document was unnecessary since Rick Gates would testify.
Mueller’s prosecutors skewered Manafort in their opening statement Tuesday afternoon, accusing Manafort of being a “shrewd” liar and making millions of dollars off of his consulting work in Ukraine then hiding the money in foreign bank accounts.
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Judge Ellis Blasts Mueller’s Prosecutor For Shocking Revelation ‘Star Witness’ Rick Gates May Not Testify in Manafort Trial
“Testimony? Evidence? We’re the government and we say he’s guilty.” Who could argue with that?
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American companies made money overseas and then did not return it here until the taxes were favorable to do so. What is the difference between that and making money from a transaction, in, say, Germany, and then not returning the money to the US? Don’t return it, then, no taxes? If it works for IBM it should work for Manafort.
What was the point of the plea deal with Gates if he isn’t going to testify?
The only way to get around this is to either have separate companies domiciled overseas, or have your U.S. operation set up as a subsidiary of a foreign-based company.
Witness tampering is a crime, unless it is the Feds doing it. Then, it’s OK.
That's what I'M talkin' about.
I bet Sundance will have sumpin' on that this evening....
I believe “he” is a “she.”
> “That’s news to me and about 25 others who scurried out of here like rats on a sinking ship,” Judge Ellis shot back.”
> “You know who you are going to call,” He said. “If you are [not] going to call him then this is a waste of time.”
I LIKE THIS JUDGE!!!
The prosecutor is screwing with the judge. They want to introduce duplicative testimony so they are playing cute that Gates “may not” testify. It’s a cheap and unworthy tactic.
I think Mannafort is sleazy. However, the way they are squeezing him (more than they would anyone else) I hope he gets off. He probably deserves a couple years in jail but he doesn’t deserve what these out of control prosecutors are doing to him.
If only they were as zealous prosecuting someone who was extremely careless with top secret documents that were damaging to our country and were most likely hacked by foreign powers.
Expect phony-baloney charges against Rick Gates to be handed down before the weekend.
That’ll larn him.
howling with laughter!!!! Go Judge Ellis!!
“I’m going to destroy you with Gates. You will got to prison forever if Gates testifies. Gates is going to marry your wife and adopt your kids. You better plea out!!!!”
“No”
“Ahhh..forget Gates then. “.
And Hillary,don’t forget years ago when comedy was on the board of HSBC bank Hillary intervened in a case that required foreign bank accounts to be exposed,she got them to only release a few instead of all of them,I wonder who she was protecting
What does the jury look like? Why was it selected so quickly by Manafort lawyers?
I have to wonder what Mr. Gates is ready to say, it might be worthwhile for Mr. Manafort’s attorneys to call him to the stand. It could be the prosecution is hiding exculpatory evidence in regards to Manafort.
A perfect profile of Bill Clinton and his "do-good activities" at the Clinton Foundation with help from then-Secy of State Hillary.
Here's the Clintons' criminal MO--Secy of State Hillary using the Clinton Foundation to manipulate US foreign policy for money.
LEGEND-—Donation to Clinton Foundation/Global Initiative (CGI)-—followed by State Dept favor granted in return.
<><> Prince of Abu Dhabi and Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahayan and the Al Nahayan family of Abu Dhabi. <$5,000,000 Access to HRC at State Dept. and a $500,000 environmental speech by Bill Clinton given at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi while HRC was meeting in Washington with Shaikh Abdullah.
<><> Algeria <$500,000 State Dept clearance for U.S. arms sales to Algeria. Deal included biological and chemical agents.
<><>Australia, Commonwealth of <$75,000,000 Strong State Dept. for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which stands to be a boon for Australian multinational firms.
<><>Bahrain, Kingdom of <$250,000 Muted criticism by State of Bahrain’s abysmal human rights practices.
<><>Boeing Corp.<$900,000 State Dept. clearance for $29 billion arms U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia, including Boeing’s F-15 fighter.
<><>Brunei Darussalam, Sultanate of < $5,000,000 State Dept. clearance for U.S. weapons sales to Brunei.
<><>Cameroon, Republic of <$100,000 Influence buying by the Cameroon government with the Clinton State Department.
<><>Canada $500,000 donation for State Dept support for Canada’s Keystone XL pipeline, eventually vetoed by Barack Obama (guess his cut wasnt big enough).
<><> Chagoury Group <><> Confederation of Indian Industry <$1,000,000 Access for Indian businesses to U.S. government officials.
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NOTE WELL---In addition to the Clinton Global Initiative, there are separate Clinton family foundations that maintain their own revenue streams.
All these entities maintain separate operations for the Clintons’ pay-to-play global racketeering operations:
<><>the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI),
<><>the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton (BHCC) Foundation,
<><>the Clinton Foundation Hong Kong,
<><> William J. Clinton Foundation Charitable Trust (Kenya),
<><>William J. Clinton Foundation Charitable Trust (UK),
<><> the Clinton Foundation Insalingsstiftelse (Sweden).
<><> the Clinton/Guistra Partnership, Canada.
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