Friday, April 20, 2018

Robert Mueller suspects that Paul Manafort may have been the Trump campaign's back channel to Russians intent on meddling in the election.

Courtesy of Bloomberg:  

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s interest in former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort stemmed in part from his suspected role as a “back channel” between the campaign and Russians intent on meddling in the election, a Justice Department lawyer told a judge. 

The disclosure by U.S. prosecutors came Thursday during a hearing on whether Mueller exceeded his authority in indicting Manafort on charges of laundering millions of dollars while acting as an unregistered agent of the Ukrainian government. Manafort’s lawyers say those alleged crimes have nothing to do with Mueller’s central mission -- to determine whether anyone in the Trump campaign had links to the Russian government. 

Defense attorney Kevin Downing argued anew to U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington that even Mueller’s appointment order permitting him to probe “any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation” wouldn’t cover the political consulting work that Manafort did in Ukraine for a decade. 

But Justice Department attorney Michael Dreeben said prosecutors were justified in investigating Manafort because he had served as Trump’s campaign chairman. “He had long-standing ties to Russia-backed politicians,” Dreeben told Jackson. “Did they provide back channels to Russia? Investigators will naturally look at those things.” 

Prosecutors hadn’t previously used such explicit language to describe their suspicions about Manafort. In a previous court filing, Mueller also cited business ties between Manafort and the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

Well if this pans out Manafort might be what they refer to in the legal profession as F.U.C.K'd.

David Corn of Mother Jones gets it:
And this only adds to the avalanche of legal problems that is crushing the life out of Manafort which include a five-count indictment in Washington on charges of money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent for Ukraine, and an 18-count indictment in Virginia on charges of bank fraud, tax evasion and failing to report foreign bank accounts.

Did I mention that he was F.U.C.K'd? 

Manafort would also like to have access to his bank accounts returned.

Not because he wants to flee the country, but because he desperately wants to flee the country.

You know all of this reminds me of that word we kept hearing all year. You know the one that rhymes with "confusion."

Contusion, intrusion, foregone conclusion, nah that's not it.

Don't worry, I am sure it will come to me eventually.

15 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:32 AM

    "Democratic party sues Russia, Wikileaks and Trump campaign over election disruption
    The party alleges in the federal lawsuit that Trump campaign officials conspired with Russia to hurt Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton"

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/20/trump-russia-wikileaks-sued-democrats-lawsuit

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    1. Anonymous10:26 AM

      The democrats are incognito and the Republicans seem like grasping greedy carpetbaggers.

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  2. Anonymous8:58 AM

    Rhymes with "lock him up"😁

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  3. Anonymous9:02 AM

    Putin is telling the media that he told the Americans exactly what they could bomb in Syria ahead if time. Mission Accomplished!

    As if we didn't know, now it us in don the liar's court to prove he isn't putin's puppet.

    Kinda hard since putin already forgave the loans,another reason trump asked for an extention in his taxes,keep it from Mueller.

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  4. Anonymous9:31 AM

    Well DUHHHHHH of course he was, I knew it the second he was made Trump's campaign manager. Now someone needs to crawl up Ted Devine's asshole and find out how Russia helped Bernie. Since both Devine and Manafort were working in the Ukraine, it only makes sense they were coordination with Russia to torpedo Hillary fro both sides.

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    1. Anonymous10:04 AM

      a$$isted by {RT} Nazi Ed $chultz & J.$tein comrade$?

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  5. Anonymous9:41 AM

    FBI taped Paul's wife last week saying....

    "Paul you stupid motherfucker, I told you not to join Trump's damn campaign. Because of you, I can't buy another $200,000 of Oriental rugs.

    I'm going out to dinner with the pool boy, I may be real late getting home. If you didn't have those ankle bracelets, you could come with us.

    Call your butt bitch buddy Donald and thank him."

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  6. Anonymous9:45 AM

    NOPE this creepy freaky con man of trumps must not be allowed access to bank accounts, passports, or anything. He will flee with missy g on a sailboat to hell.

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  7. Anonymous9:46 AM

    When may we see trumps business and personal taxes?

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  8. Anonymous9:59 AM

    de·lu·sion*all

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  9. Anonymous10:00 AM

    Trump surrounds himself w/folks just as evil as he! Makes me sick to my stomach.

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  10. Anonymous10:06 AM

    Abu Dhabi !

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  11. Anonymous10:44 AM

    I like the article today about dotard Donnie calling forbes magazine in the 80's and claimed to be John Barron from trump organization to tell them that trump was worth 100 million dollars. Again it was actually trump calling and lying to appear wealthy so he makes it to the top wealthy people list. All recorded and prove trump is a ugly serial liar his entire pathetic life.

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  12. Anonymous10:46 AM

    "To show that he wouldn’t be tough on Vladimir Putin, he would overrule/humiliate Haley, saying there would be no more sanctions for now, and repeating, through his spokesperson, that there’s no reason why we can’t be friends with Russia. You know, even if Russia is, along with Iran, propping up the very Syrian dictator whose chemical weapons plants Trump had just bombed."

    "Littwin: In the Trump-Comey spitting match, is anyone winning or is everyone losing?" spitballs?

    http://www.coloradoindependent.com/169820/trump-comey-slimeball-russia-putin-assad

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  13. Anonymous12:01 PM

    Still confused how he is allowed to go to maralago every other day to play golf and screw women.

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