It’s Manafort Friday!

Bigdog said:
Because the Hillbag and her thugs destroyed all the evidence. :palm:
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A convenient, but baseless, excuse from a desperate Trumpkin.

You just cannot stand it that what Hillary did doesn't rise to the level of criminal activity.

Her team may have made a few innocent blunders, but they did NOTHING criminal and the evidence, or lack thereof, proves it.
 
Witness tampering piled onto the money laundering and tax evasion charges. No chance of a presidential pardon on state convictions. Manafart is facing basically a life sentence if he doesn't play ball with Robert.
Manafart enjoys the good life far to much to live out his days in a cell for a guy who doesn't give a fig about his fate.
 
archives said:
Noise you still don't get it, it was never about proving collusion, the whole collusion was angle introduced by Trump and the right wing media he owns. Nowhere in the authorizing mandate or anything since is the word collusion even mentioned, collusion doesn't even imply a criminal act and it is next to impossible to prove, did you really think Mueller was appointed to look for an act that isn't a crime nor worth prosecuting?

Coordination or connection between Russian efforts and the Trump campaign was that which was to be examined, and Manaford, the campaign manager, certainly falls under that along with the infamous Junior meetings to cite a few examples.
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bullshit. and the actual Mueller language is coordination-which is not a "connection"
the closest legal term would be a corrupt conspiratorial relationship.

Manafort was part of the campaign for 49 days - there is absolutely no evidence he was coordinating
with any Russian gov't entity as part of the campaign.

Go peddle your fishing expedition elsewhere
 
archives said:
Noise you still don't get it, it was never about proving collusion, the whole collusion was angle introduced by Trump and the right wing media he owns. Nowhere in the authorizing mandate or anything since is the word collusion even mentioned, collusion doesn't even imply a criminal act and it is next to impossible to prove, did you really think Mueller was appointed to look for an act that isn't a crime nor worth prosecuting?

Coordination or connection between Russian efforts and the Trump campaign was that which was to be examined, and Manaford, the campaign manager, certainly falls under that along with the infamous Junior meetings to cite a few examples.
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The point is impeaching Trump.

Might as well drop the charade. Mullet knows he’s lost any shot at an obstruction case thanks to his BFF Comey’s troubles, so he’s putting the heat on Manafort. Who by the way, has been thrown in jail [prior to conviction] by Mullet, which is highly unusual in a white collar crime case.

Again, why the big distinction in prosecutorial tactics between the Hillary investigation and the Trump investigation?

Anyone?
 
noise said:
it's pure speculative horseshit prosecution in the hopes Manafort had some dirt on Trump -
why else open a 10 year old case?
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Mullet is after something/anything.

The problem is going to be political: things aren’t exactly falling apart; the economy is booming, there’s a legitimate prospect of peace and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, just to name two things—with one then being potentially historic.

Impeachment is not only a political process, but it has political consequences written large, all over it.

Would Democrats dare to impeach Trump in the midst of a successful presidency?
 
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LOL!​
 
Darth Omar said:
Mullet is after something/anything.

The problem is going to be political: things aren’t exactly falling apart; the economy is booming, there’s a legitimate prospect of peace and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, just to name two things—with one then being potentially historic.

Impeachment is not only a political process, but it has political consequences written large, all over it.

Would Democrats dare to impeach Trump in the midst of a successful presidency?
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let me answer you this way...
 
Darth Omar said:
Mullet is after something/anything.

The problem is going to be political: things aren’t exactly falling apart; the economy is booming, there’s a legitimate prospect of peace and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, just to name two things—with one then being potentially historic.

Impeachment is not only a political process, but it has political consequences written large, all over it.

Would Democrats dare to impeach Trump in the midst of a successful presidency?
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:rofl2: Just insert <Obama> for all your questions ... I have since January 2017
 
noise said:
bullshit. and the actual Mueller language is coordination-which is not a "connection"
the closest legal term would be a corrupt conspiratorial relationship.

Manafort was part of the campaign for 49 days - there is absolutely no evidence he was coordinating
with any Russian gov't entity as part of the campaign.

Go peddle your fishing expedition elsewhere
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Coordination then, still, coordination is not collusion, yet I'd bet that even though you just confirmed the difference you will still use the term collusion often

If one is looking for coordination, Manaford, given his history, certainly would be a good place to start, the rest just falls under the last part of the memorandum to pursue any other potential illegalities discovered. Plus Junior's meeting, the one he and the upper level of the campaign were "eagerly" and anxious to have, certainly would falls under coordination

Manaford was picked by Trump to be campaign manager, head of the campaign, number one man behind Trump, and if I'm not mistaken he organized the GOP Convention, not a part time employee no mater how long he remained
 
Darth Omar said:
Mullet is after something/anything.

The problem is going to be political: things aren’t exactly falling apart; the economy is booming, there’s a legitimate prospect of peace and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, just to name two things—with one then being potentially historic.

Impeachment is not only a political process, but it has political consequences written large, all over it.

Would Democrats dare to impeach Trump in the midst of a successful presidency?
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Well, the "successful presidency" is questionable, regardless, yes, majority of the country still doesn't like Trump, so it is a possibility, and if Mueller, or any of the other investigations, brings forth substantial charges against Trump, it is a new ballgame
 
Legion said:
Didn't all his "crimes" occur during the years when Obama was in office during which he was working with the Podesta Group, the lobbying firm co-owned by Hillary's campaign manager?
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And there’s that.

Imagine the curveball it would be if Mullet is actually after someone besides Trump.

I may even go back to spelling his name right.
 
What DEMOCRATS don't seem to know (or won't admit)

A big-shot lobbyist and DEMOCRAT donor has gotten caught up in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation because of his firm's ties to the lobbying organization led by President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Tony Podesta, who stepped down from his position as the head of the lobbying firm the Podesta Group, reportedly worked with Manafort's lobbying firm that had sought to ease the Obama administration's tough stance toward Ukraine's Russian-backed government.

He is now being investigated by Mueller for failing to properly disclose these efforts to regulators.

The Mueller investigation had initially only delved into the Podesta Group's activities to gather facts on Manafort, but then began to investigate the Podesta Group itself after it became apparent that it had failed to disclose that it was lobbying in the US on behalf of a foreign actor, a violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

Manafort and his business associate Rick Gates were also charged with failing to disclose their activities to FARA regulators, in addition to several other federal offenses.


http://www.businessinsider.com/tony-podesta-russian-backed-lobbying-ukraine-manafort-mueller-russia-2017-10
 
archives said:
Coordination then, still, coordination is not collusion, yet I'd bet that even though you just confirmed the difference you will still use the term collusion often

If one is looking for coordination, Manaford, given his history, certainly would be a good place to start, the rest just falls under the last part of the memorandum to pursue any other potential illegalities discovered. Plus Junior's meeting, the one he and the upper level of the campaign were "eagerly" and anxious to have, certainly would falls under coordination

Manaford was picked by Trump to be campaign manager, head of the campaign, number one man behind Trump, and if I'm not mistaken he organized the GOP Convention, not a part time employee no mater how long he remained
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no. opposition research is not "coordination" when you walk out of the meeting,with no quid pro quo.
not even the promised op research. it was just bait that Trump Jr.bit on.
The term "collusion" is used because it implies a back and forth to manipulate the election even if there was no quid pro quo like a corrupt conspiracy.

Manafort was campaign manager for a short time. Mueller dug up an old case to persecute Manafort.
It's all 100% horsecrap. wise up.
 
Are DEMOCRATS still pretending Manafort's indictment has something to do with Trump?

According to Manafort's indictment, he and Gates created a think tank in Brussels, Belgium called the European Center for a Modern Ukraine (ECMU), which then solicited lobbying services from two companies that were only identified in the indictment documents as companies "A" and "B."

The companies were later revealed to be the Podesta Group and Mercury Public Affairs, according to NBC News.

Manafort used the Podesta Group and Mercury as part of a two-pronged strategy he was pursuing as a consultant for the Ukrainian Party of Regions, which was the ruling party during the tenure of ousted Russian-backed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

Because Manafort had been initially hired to elect Yanukovych, once he achieved this in 2010, he began a campaign to legitimize him in the eyes of the US and the European Union by portraying him as angling to join the European bloc.

While the first part of his strategy was focused on improving Yanukovych's image in Ukraine, the second part involved lobbying the US to overlook the president's human rights abuses and to view him as a Western-leaning leader, the Associated Press reported.

To this end, the traditionally left-leaning Podesta Group lobbied members of Congress "about Ukraine sanctions, the validity of Ukraine elections" and the validity of the jailing of Yanukovych's political rival, Yulia Tymoshenko, according to the indictment papers.

The group also had extensive contacts with the State Department and the National Security Council in 2012 in the lead-up to the Ukrainian elections that year.

"They were pretty open about their purpose being to give a positive perspective on the upcoming election," a former State Department employee told CNN.

Over the course of several years, the ECMU paid the Podesta Group $1.13 million to lobby Congress, according to the AP.

Podesta claims he was not aware that the ECMU was working for a foreign government and did not file a disclosure under FARA due to legal opinions attorneys gave him.

However, Manafort and Gates both roundly acknowledged that they were in Yanukovych's employ, as did several Podesta employees.

After the group's failure to disclose their foreign employers was reported in the media, Podesta amended their previous disclosures and provided details of their financial ties to foreign actors under FARA, and documented their lobbying in Congress and in the executive branch, according to CNN.

Tony Podesta is the brother of John Podesta, the former campaign chairman for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

While John Podesta used to be involved in lobbying, he is not affiliated with the Podesta Group. However, he has received numerous donations from his brother, who has been a donor for a wide array of DEMOCRAT causes.

http://www.businessinsider.com/tony-podesta-russian-backed-lobbying-ukraine-manafort-mueller-russia-2017-10
 
DEMOCRATS don't believe it, but it's true

Bigdog said:
Because the Hillbag and her thugs destroyed all the evidence. :palm:
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BleachBit and hammers, wasn't it, Bigdog?

CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin was in disbelief when she learned that Hillary Clinton’s aides destroyed her phones with a hammer.

When Boris Epshteyn, an adviser to Donald Trump, told her on air that the DEMOCRAT nominee’s aides destroyed her BlackBerries with hammers, Baldwin interrupted him to ask a reporter to fact-check that statement.
“Evan, hold on, can you fact-check?” Baldwin asked reporter Evan Perez on “CNN Newsroom”.

“Evan Perez? Hammers? Fact-check that for me, on the fly.”

“Yes they did, Brooke.” Perez responded. “As he mentioned, there were 13 mobile devices and 5 iPads that the FBI said that in some way were used with her private email server, and they did in some cases just destroy them with hammers when they were done using them.”

The FBI released a detailed report on its investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of State.

The report included notes on the agency’s three-hour interview with Clinton.


http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/294465-cnn-anchor-stunned-that-clinton-aides-destroyed-phones-with
 
Remember when Hillary erased thousands of emails? DEMOCRATS don't seem to

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Paul Combetta — the Platte River Networks technician who used the “BleachBit” program to destroy thousands of Hillary Clinton’s emails when they were under congressional subpoena and preservation orders.​




https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/12/hillary-clinton-server-emails-erased-technician-should-be-pressured/
 
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