Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort indicted as part of Russia election probe

CNBC ^ | Oct 30, 2017 | Christina Wilkie

[smileyface]

Paul Manafort, the onetime chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign, has been indicted along with his former colleague, Rick Gates. The indictments mark the beginning of a new phase in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian attempts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. The timing of the indictment suggests that Mueller is pursuing a legal strategy typically reserved for cases involving drug cartels and mafia families.

[peeps36]

The credibility of the federal government is in the toilet. Reality means nothing to them. They push a narrative they want us to believe, whether it's true or not. Washington DC is a filthy cesspool.

[Red Steel]

Yes. If this gets to open court, Manafort could sing Podesta, Podesta, and Podesta.

[Krosan]

Don’t know if you noticed, but Trump got his first secret intelligence briefing in 17th of August and on 19th it was announced that Manafort has been fired.

I think there is a connection there.

[cableguymn]

Yes my comrade. A fundamentally changed one.

[grumpygresh]

“Show me the man I’ll find you the crime.”

Stalin and his NKVD chief.

“If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.”

Cardinal Richelieu

“Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent” Paperback – June 7, 2011

by Harvey Silverglate

But what comes around, goes around.

[StAnDeliver]

Mueller got .... nothing. Another Scooter Libby. Manafort won't serve a day.

Also, all of this could easily boomerang on McCrisis:

"This has led to regular accusations of double standards of a politician [McCrisis] whose inner coterie of advisers is dominated by past or present lobbyists with clientele drawn from top corporations and unsavoury foreign governments.

The firm owned by Rick Davis, the man leading McCain’s re-election campaign, represented the former Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovich, in contravention of US foreign policy which supported the opposition. Yanukovich was furthermore an ally of Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who has been the target of fierce criticism by McCain."

[Swirl]

I know what Sessions is doing also...Nothing of significance!!!

With all the low-hanging fruit of crime and conspiracy committed by the Clintons and DNC and there is not one shred of effort that there is a serious investigation.

Trump, Fire him now!

[DaveA37]

“Manafort goes way back and could very well blow-up in the faces of the DIMS.”.....

Exactly who would you suggest will be the one(s) to go after those “DIMS”? I’ll wait for your suggestions.

[SoFloFreeper]

Post of the day by Krosan:

....I found it interesting that Trump’s first confidential national security briefing was on 17th August and he fired Manafort on 19th.

[GOPJ]

Manafort was part of the Trump campaign for about 3 months... from May 19 to Aug. 19.

[smileyface]

indictment
https://www.justice.gov/file/1007271/download

[Delmarksman]

Thanks for the info. Interesting...

[StAnDeliver]

Look FRiends, Manafort has been talking since July.

Check your calendars, it's nearly November. Any "deal" has expired without interest.

This is all Mueller got for his efforts: Manafort. This is it. Show's over.

[Lionheartusa1]

Manafort once worked for the Trump campaign that’s all the connection Mueller needed . How he connected Manafort to something outside the Trump/Russian was a mere coincident perhaps or not but the S/P has the authority to branch out in these cases ,,, like it or not .

[kiryandil]

"Trump Former Trump campaign Trump chairman Trump Paul Trump Manafort Trump indicted Trump as Trump part Trump of Trump Russia Trump election Trump probe"

Fixed headline for ya... :)

[kiryandil]

Mueller’s assignment is to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 election. He indicts Manafort for money laundering that occurred in 2012.

Someone has to help me with this.

We elected President Trump because we were tired of District of Corruption shenanigans.

So, what does The Swamp dish us up?

Another heaping plateful of shenanigans.

[ETL]

You're welcome.

Related...

Viktor Yushchenko

During his campaign for the presidency in 2004, Yushchenko became seriously ill from dioxin poisoning in an apparent assassination attempt; his face was left permanently disfigured and pockmarked.

Mass protests, which became known as the Orange Revolution, followed a runoff round in which Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, backed by Kuchma and generally considered pro-Russian and cool toward western Europe as compared with Yushchenko, had been declared the winner.

The Supreme Court, after invalidating that result, ordered a second runoff to be held in December 2004. Yushchenko was officially confirmed as the winner the following month.

As president, Yushchenko quickly encountered difficulties. He faced a fuel crisis beginning in May 2005, and in September he replaced his entire cabinet, accusing it of incompetence. In the 2006 parliamentary elections, Yushchenko’s party finished third, and eventually he was forced to approve the nomination of Yanukovych for prime minister.

A power struggle between Yushchenko and Yanukovych escalated in early 2007, when parliament passed laws that seriously curtailed Yushchenko’s authority. In particular, the new legislation ended the president’s right to reject parliament’s choice of prime minister.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Viktor-Yushchenko

[piasa]

Who is RR?

[Iscool]

Beck saying they are going after Manafort because he was in the meeting where the Repubbies were trying to get dirt on Hillary. They just want to flip Manafort to say that Trump knew what was going on .... (and of course Manafort will say that since he was fired and desperate for a deal)

Entirely plausible...All Manafort has to do is ask Mueller, 'what do you want me to say'???

[Iscool]

Boris Karloff, I mean Mueller, is just charging Manafort with something, anything, just so he can turn the screws on Manafort and get him to talk about Trump, but it’s a lost cause because Trump didn’t do anything.

If you are facing a number of years in a Federal Slammer and could get off scott free by telling a couple little lies, would you do it??? Nothing has to be proven to sway public opinion...