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The squeeze on Manafort [updated]
Powerline ^ | October 30, 2017 | Scott Johnson

Posted on 10/30/2017 8:25:23 AM PDT by yoe

Politico has posted the ( 12-count indictment) handed up against Paul Manafort and Richard Gates on Friday by the Washington grand jury hearing evidence brought before it by Robert Mueller’s team of all-star prosecutors. The charges all relate or derive from Manafort’s business activities that predate Manafort’s involvement with the Trump campaign (although various related deceptions are alleged to date). I don’t believe that Gates ever had any involvement with the Trump campaign to begin with.

The charges have nothing to do with collusion. As Andrew McCarthy (anticipated) this past August, they are evidently intended to put the squeeze on Manafort to provide evidence against principals in the Trump campaign.

Up-date: A man described as a former foreign policy adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign has also now been revealed secretly to have pleaded guilty earlier this month to lying to the FBI about his outreach to Russian officials. The former foreign policy adviser is one George Papadopolous, whom I have never previously heard of.

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To: Logical me

Mueller is making a wish sandwhich. He’s got the bread, now where’s the beef?


41 posted on 10/30/2017 9:24:20 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Robert DeLong

Presidential pardons are only for federal crimes, not state crimes (but most Governors have that pardon power for their state)- and president pardons exclude impeachment.

Manafort is looking at federal crimes but Trump is not that close to him (only ran Trump’s campaign for 2 months). Also, crimes alleged predated Trump campaign; has nothing to do with the campaign: why pardon him?


42 posted on 10/30/2017 9:24:46 AM PDT by dan on the right
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To: Logical me

“President Trump hasn’t the will to cut him off.”

with Trump’s money and position what are his lawyers doing to protect him? they need to go on the offense and charge Sessions with appointing Rudy Gulliani as special counsel to go after Mueller, Comey and Hilliary. keep them so busy fighting off real charges of malfeasance and criminality that they have little time left to waste on the fairy tale of Trump collusion with the Russians. give them a broad mandate to go after whatever crimes they my uncover, and unlimited resources to bring indictments against Mueller, McCabe, Rosenstein, and Hilliary.


43 posted on 10/30/2017 9:26:24 AM PDT by IWONDR
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To: Logical me

Makes me wonder if Mueller got this phone call “They are getting to close to the truth on Uranium One, so damn it, indict someone already!”


44 posted on 10/30/2017 9:27:59 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: dan on the right

Why did Manafort leave the campaign? Did Trump fire him?


45 posted on 10/30/2017 9:31:02 AM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: yoe
Was Manaforts name "unmasked" during surveillance operations authorized by the FISA court? If so was the FISA warrant based on a phony Trump dossier bought and paid for by Hillary Clinton and the DNC?

It's time to name a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clintons involvement in the phony dossier, uranium one, and the 33 thousand emails she illegally removed from government servers.

It would be amazing how fast Mueller would wrap up his work as soon as hillary and company are being investigated by special prosecutor.

46 posted on 10/30/2017 9:32:05 AM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: DannyTN

... and we know their “foundation” set up a Canadian affiliate so they could run hundreds of millions (if not some billions) of dollars from foreign “donors” through that route, where apparently Canada does not have our reporting requirements. The Clinton Crime Family Foundation in Canada needs to be investigated most thoroughly, too. It was clearly set up to “launder” foreign donations in a way that would be (they hoped) opaque to US oversight.


47 posted on 10/30/2017 9:33:21 AM PDT by Enchante (Bill, Anthony, Harvey .... how does lesbo Hillary manage to surround herself with male predators???)
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To: dan on the right

Yes of course, and what you say is all well & good. I was merely answering a question regarding presidential pardons. I guess I should have stated that they are limited to federal charges & convictions only to make it more inclusive. But I was referring only to the pardons that a president has authority over.


48 posted on 10/30/2017 9:36:45 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: yoe

I hope Robert Mueller's team has cute uniforms. If those clowns are going to imitate a Monty Python skit, they should look the part.

49 posted on 10/30/2017 9:42:56 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: antenna
I think that was established:

50 posted on 10/30/2017 9:48:13 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: LS

If Manafort doesn’t have a deal, he’s an idiot. He probably needs security, too.

Podesta Group, Manafort Mediated Russia-Obama White House Uranium One Deal
http://www.oann.com/podesta-group-manafort-mediated-russia-obama-wh-uranium-one-deal/


51 posted on 10/30/2017 9:49:41 AM PDT by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
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To: Logical me

“Mueller is now on a roll to end President Trump. Looks real bad and President Trump will not set up a new Special Counsel and shut Mueller down. Mueller will do it by inditing many others to force release of information. He is building a case to impeach Trump and might make it. President trump hasn’t the will to cut him off.

The President was warned about this a long time ago.


52 posted on 10/30/2017 9:52:46 AM PDT by happytrumper
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To: LS

What a deal. Manafort gets to be arrested and have his reputation and business ruined. He drives a hard bargain.


53 posted on 10/30/2017 9:59:27 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Inernet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter

No, Manafort was dirty. Had a dozen off shore money laundering companies.


54 posted on 10/30/2017 10:07:13 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: LS

This makes your previous post nonsensicsl. Who did dirty Manafort supposedly have a deal with? How does Mueller indicting him pressure Mueller? Mueller does whatever his swampy heart desires, with Rosenstein’s full support.


55 posted on 10/30/2017 10:11:19 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Inernet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter

If Carter Page is the FBI informant, he and Manafort can make Clinton, Inc.’s lives living hell, finally.


56 posted on 10/30/2017 10:14:57 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: Enchante

I think every charitable foundation that is in any way associated with Congress or high level federal officials needs to be investigated. Both parties.


57 posted on 10/30/2017 10:17:15 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Fantasywriter

Mulehead indicting Manafort further pressures the Podestas-—whom he worked closely with.

And, yes, I’m right. Tony Two-toes just resigned.


58 posted on 10/30/2017 10:17:43 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: DannyTN

absolutely!! “charitable” foundations are probably very very swampy in many cases, especially when associated with politicians (of either party). One of our PA Congressmen was recently convicted of offenses which included laundering taxpayer dollars through his “charitable foundation” ... the esteemed (sic) Chaka Fattah:

https://hotair.com/archives/2016/06/21/rep-fattah-guilty-of-racketeering-and-fraud/


59 posted on 10/30/2017 10:31:09 AM PDT by Enchante (Bill, Anthony, Harvey .... how does lesbo Hillary manage to surround herself with male predators???)
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To: mewzilla

this kid is a leftist plant for the purpose of falsely implicating Trump in criminal activity. IMO.


60 posted on 10/30/2017 10:33:26 AM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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