[E. Pluribus Unum]

Would any of this be happening to Manafort if he had not worked for Trump for a couple of months?

[Sacajaweau]

insane...........

[DesertRhino]

That’s cool. I assume of course that the people who PRODUCED the report can be called as witnesses so they can be cross examined?

Otherwise this is hearsay.

Whoever heard of introducing expert evidence where the accused cannot cross examine the person producing it?

B A N A N A... R E P U B L I C

[Sarah Barracuda]

And the Muslim Jihadist “Family” has just been released all charges dropped..think about THAT when you read this story about Manafort, who is going to get what, 300 years in jail because he worked for President Trump, apparently that’s considered a death penalty offense..but killing a child and planning terrorist attacks at schools and hospitals you get all charges DISMISSED

[eyedigress]

Failing to file. WoW!

Give him a smoke and a bandana.

[mass55th]

My first question would be if the DOJ had evidence of wrong-doing back in the 80’s, and did nothing with it, why is it acceptable for them to use it now? Seems kind of irrelevant at this point.

[Windflier]

This isn’t prosecution. It’s persecution.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Far longer statute of limitations than for priests who rape children.

[cotton1706]

Transparent. As close to the election as they can get it. Judge Ellis ruined their plans by rushing the prosecutors along, and then the defense rested.

And they’ll probably sentence Michael Flynn in October too, for that’s what all the delays have been about.

[datricker]

For what its worth I don't find manafort in the Senates Lobbying Database.

Okay so he a foreign lobbyist but he not registering his lobbying activity there either.

This isn't going to work out well for Paul - he looking like he pretty clearly wasn't following the law. I don't know much about the foreign lobbying stuff but my domestic data goes back to late 1998 up to yesterday. Perhaps he had a lower level lobbyist file as the lobbyist of record but for 20 years ... umm bad Paul bad looks like your ass is grass.

SELECT name FROM lobbyist WHERE name ILIKE '%manafort%';
name ------ (0 rows)

versus lets say Tony Podesta

SELECT name FROM lobbyist WHERE name ILIKE '%podesta%';
name ------------------
podesta, anthony
podesta, anthony
podesta, daniel
podesta, heather
podesta, heather
podesta, heather
podesta, john
podesta, john
podesta, john
podesta, heather
podesta, anthony
podesta, heath
(12 rows)

[Roccus]

Would that be the same FARA that Sen. Javits’ wife, Marian Ann Borris Javits ran afoul of back in the late 70s while her husband was on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee? IIRC, she was working for a PR firm that did work for the Iranian national airline. After all that was revealed, I believe she was allowed to register as a foreign agent and all was good. /s

[TigersEye]

I guess that will include his ties to McCain!?

McCain’s Kremlin Ties October 1, 2008