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Manafort and Gates plead not guilty on $75M money-laundering charge and conspiring against US[t]
daily mail ^ | Oct. 30, 2017 | David Martosko

Posted on 10/30/2017 11:34:47 AM PDT by bgill

Paul Manafort and Rick Gates entered not guilty pleas Monday afternoon in a federal courtroom, telling a magistrate judge that they'll fight a laundry list of felony charges brought by a grand jury on Friday.

Manafort, a former Donald Trump campaign chairman, is a veteran lobbyist now charged with conspiring against the United States and money-laundering on a gigantic scale, following an investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller.

Along with Gates, his longtime business partner and protege, Manafort surrendered to federal authorities early on Monday as the first charges from the probe of possible Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election were unsealed.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: gates; manafort; manafortindictment; manafortplea; mueller; muellerindictments; muellerinvestigation; pleanotguilty
Headline - Former Trump campaign officials Manafort and Gates plead not guilty after Mueller indicts them on $75 million money-laundering charge and accuses them of conspiring against the U.S. – and the White House insists it has 'nothing to do with the president.'

Manafort on house arrest with $10 million (pocket change) bond.

Gates $5 million.

1 posted on 10/30/2017 11:34:47 AM PDT by bgill
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To: bgill

Discovery is going to be a bitch.


2 posted on 10/30/2017 11:36:59 AM PDT by struggle (The)
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To: struggle

True that.


3 posted on 10/30/2017 11:39:30 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: bgill

https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-923-18-usc-371-conspiracy-defraud-us


4 posted on 10/30/2017 11:40:42 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: struggle

The real problem is juries don’t know a damn thing and they will be “groomed” for a guilty verdict.


5 posted on 10/30/2017 11:42:48 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: bgill

They are guilty of only one thing. Not kicking 30% upstairs to the Clinton Foundation.


6 posted on 10/30/2017 11:43:10 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: bgill

At least one party in this has a possibility of having worn a wire.

Maybe he did..maybe he didnt..but anyone dealing with GP needs to worry about it.


7 posted on 10/30/2017 11:43:33 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

I think there’s a ton of cr** still coming on the “unmasking”.


8 posted on 10/30/2017 11:45:59 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Wont discount that theory


9 posted on 10/30/2017 11:47:17 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: bgill

Not Guilty?? Where’s the photo?


10 posted on 10/30/2017 11:51:20 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: bgill

The squeeze has begun for Manafort to flip someone higher up to avoid conviction, to get the charges reduced to premeditated jaywalking, or at least to avoid years of serious legal expenses fighting the deep DC swamp pockets.


11 posted on 10/30/2017 12:01:18 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: bgill

I don’t know about Gates, but Trump pretty much screwed Manafort saying Manafort’s misdeeds were years ago and before joining his campaign.


12 posted on 10/30/2017 12:30:06 PM PDT by joesbucks
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To: struggle

Yep - odds are they overstepped the search warrant to start with....


13 posted on 10/30/2017 12:42:59 PM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: joesbucks
I wouldn't be surprised if Trump feels completely betrayed by Manafort, if he suspects that Manafort was sent to work for him as part of a strategy orchestrated by foreign interests in Russia and/or the Ukraine.

Hell -- I would feel completely betrayed by him even just for his prior work with the Podesta Group.

14 posted on 10/30/2017 12:43:31 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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They parted company abruptly. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/08/19/developing-paul-manafort-resigns-from-trump-campaign.html


15 posted on 10/30/2017 12:49:47 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: struggle

Popcorn sales & pizza sales to increase.

Another boost to the economy !!


16 posted on 10/30/2017 1:38:31 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: joesbucks

“”Trump pretty much screwed Manafort saying Manafort’s misdeeds were years ago and before joining his campaign””

Did he really? Good grief! I’ve been saying he needs a governor on his mouth and I have friends who were appalled that I would say such a thing. Well, nothing to apologize for when it’s true. He just does NOT THINK before he opens his mouth!


17 posted on 10/30/2017 4:10:48 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: struggle
Discovery is going to be a bitch.

There's a lot less pre-trial discovery in criminal cases than in civil cases.

18 posted on 10/30/2017 4:16:02 PM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be defeated.)
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