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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v.PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., Defendant. SUPERSEDING CRIMINAL INFORMATION
DocumentCloud ^ | Friday, September 14, 2018, 9:32 AM | THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Posted on 09/14/2018 10:19:08 AM PDT by vg0va3

1. PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR. (MANAFORT) served for years as a political consultant and lobbyist. Between at least 2006 and 2015, MANAFORT conspired with Richard W. Gates (Gates),Konstantin Kilimnik (Kilimnik), and others to act, and acted, as unregistered agents of a foreign government and political party.

Specifically, MANAFORT conspired to act and acted as an agent of the Government of Ukraine, the Party of Regions (a Ukrainian political party whose leader Victor Yanukovych was President from 2010 to 2014), President Yanukovych, and the Opposition Bloc (a successor to the Party of Regions that formed in 2014 when Yanukovych fled to Russia).

MANAFORT generated more than 60 million dollars in income as a result of his Ukraine work.

In order to hide Ukraine payments from United States authorities, from approximately 2006 through at least 2016, MANAFORT, with the assistance of Gates and Kilimnik, laundered the money through scores of United States and foreign corporations, partnerships, and bank accounts.

COUNT ONE

Conspiracy Against The United States (pg 32)

COUNT TWO

Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice (Witness Tampering) (pg 33)

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: gregcraig; jamescomey; lisapage; manafort; manafortmueller; manafortpleadeal; paulmanafort; peterstrzok; robertmueller; trumprussia; ukraine
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To: LS

I just saw your Twitter page where you stated basically the same thing.

I really enjoy your Twitter page....I go there at least six or seven times a day. I am one of your many followers.

Keep up the good work!


61 posted on 09/14/2018 2:39:00 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Washington is NOT a swamp.....It's a cesspool!)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Thank you.


62 posted on 09/14/2018 2:39:54 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: vg0va3

The Podesta Group, a prominent lobbying and public relations firm, is one of the two unidentified companies mentioned in the grand jury indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy Richard Gates, NBC News reported Monday.
Manafort and Gates approached “Company A” and “Company B” in 2012 about lobbying on behalf of the Ukrainian government, according to the indictment that was unsealed Monday.

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/357884-podesta-group-is-one-of-the-companies-mentioned-in-manafort


63 posted on 09/14/2018 2:57:18 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness)
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To: vg0va3

(CNN)Federal prosecutors in New York are weighing criminal charges against former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig as part of an investigation into whether he failed to register as a foreign agent in a probe that is linked to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Former Obama lawyer Greg Craig leaves firm after brush with Mueller probe


64 posted on 09/14/2018 3:05:46 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness)
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To: Linda Frances

Was he in Skaden? (Law Firm A in the report). What Skaden did seems very scummy.


65 posted on 09/14/2018 3:11:48 PM PDT by Krosan
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To: Alter Kaker

“He already has flipped. That’s what the superseding indictment asserts.”

President Trump has given great praise to Mr. Manafort and the respect is mutual.

If Mr. Manafort flipped on anyone, he flipped on Hillary.


66 posted on 09/14/2018 3:36:49 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: LS

Thanks for this clarification. In reading what is published, I couldn’t find anything related to the election of Trump.


67 posted on 09/14/2018 3:44:44 PM PDT by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: get the government out of medicine, education and forests!)
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To: elhombrelibre

“There is a great deal of suspicion that up to 1600 apartment owned by Trump were used to launder Russian mafia money. “

What Leftist Rag Fantasy mag’s ass did you pull this crap from?


68 posted on 09/14/2018 4:22:06 PM PDT by heights
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To: Blue House Sue
President Trump has given great praise to Mr. Manafort and the respect is mutual.

That was yesterday. Today Mr. Manafort has thrown himself at the mercy of Mueller, plead guilty to a wide array of charges, and is cooperating fully in the probe against Mr. Trump. Mueller isn't investigating Hillary - so the rest of your comment is pointless.

69 posted on 09/14/2018 4:29:29 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: vg0va3

18 USC § 371 has a five year statutory maximum on it.


70 posted on 09/14/2018 4:39:16 PM PDT by gopno1
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To: Alter Kaker

It’s a 4 dimensional chess game, wrapped up in an enigma, within a 56 sided Rubik’s Cube, inside of a black box, in the eye of a Cat 6 hurricane, all contained in a black hole.

President Trump will win.


71 posted on 09/14/2018 4:49:28 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: gopno1

Manafort already pleaded guilty and the deal has $46M asset forfeiture with 37 offense level points meaning 210 to 262 months, so 18 years out in 10 maybe?


72 posted on 09/14/2018 4:50:32 PM PDT by Krosan
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To: Krosan

Yes.


73 posted on 09/14/2018 5:44:09 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness)
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To: Krosan

Offense level is irrelevant if there’s a stautory maximum. If all he pled to is a 371 violation, then the most he can get is five years. Happens all the time.


74 posted on 09/14/2018 6:42:04 PM PDT by gopno1
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To: gopno1

I wonder if his deal included time served, as his sentence. Anyone know?


75 posted on 09/14/2018 6:47:02 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: gopno1
He signed a deal for 37.

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4883342/Manafort-plea-agreement.pdf

76 posted on 09/14/2018 6:52:16 PM PDT by Krosan
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To: Krosan

Doesn’t matter. If his plea was to a 371 conspiracy count only, the stautory maximum is five years, regardless of the offense level or guidelines range. The statute of conviction controls, not the guidelines range. I’m a federal criminal defense attorney, I assure you that I know what I am talking about.


77 posted on 09/14/2018 7:21:43 PM PDT by gopno1
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To: gopno1

I trust that you know the law, but have you clicked the link and read the plea he signed? It is 17 pages. I am not a lawyer, but I believe that what he signed is something ~18 years.


78 posted on 09/14/2018 7:26:46 PM PDT by Krosan
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To: Jane Long

He will get credit for any time already served in US Marshals custody from the Bureau of Prisons when he is ultimately sentenced to whatever he gets, which won’t be more than five years if he only pled to a count of conspiracy.


79 posted on 09/14/2018 7:27:41 PM PDT by gopno1
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To: Krosan

Give me a few minutes. Driving home. I’ll read the entire thing when I get home and let you know. I do these all the time. Off the cuff, I can’t imagine Manafort’s attorneys would cut ANY deal exposing him to that much time. Always remember, the statute controls, not the guidelines. You can have a HUGE guidelines range, but if the statute only allows for a max of like 5 years then that’s all the judge is allowed to sentence to by law.


80 posted on 09/14/2018 7:33:51 PM PDT by gopno1
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