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Well, well, well, whaddy'a know....
It looks like Donald Trump's former campaign manager and long time associate, Mr. Paul Manafort, will be heading to jail BEFORE his trial even begins.
Why?
It turns out that he was trying to contact witnesses with an at least perceivable intent to tamper.
Spencer Hsu and colleagues from the WaPo have the story. Here is a couple of chunks from their lede:
A federal judge ordered Paul Manafort to jail Friday over charges he tampered with witnesses while out on bail — a major blow for President Trump’s former campaign chairman as he awaits trial on federal conspiracy and money-laundering charges next month.
“You have abused the trust placed in you six months ago,” U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson told Manafort. “The government motion will be granted, and the defendant will be detained.”
The judge said sending Manafort to a cell was “an extraordinarily difficult decision” but said his conduct — allegedly contacting witnesses in the case in an effort to get them to lie to investigators — left her little choice...
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“This hearing is not about politics. It is not about the conduct of the office of special counsel. It is about the defendant’s conduct,” Jackson said. “I’m concerned you seem to treat these proceedings as another marketing exercise.”...
So.....
The real question is....Will only one of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen get an immunity deal for flipping?
And, if so, does that further mean that the race is on?
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The subheader is a straight-up rip-off of Marcy Wheeler's post on these developments...If you want to keep up with all things TrumpRussia in an analytical/informed, as opposed to a 'He Said/She Said', way you should read her blog (and the comments) daily....They're all here.
Of course, the current American president responded pretty much as you might expect...
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Friday, June 15, 2018
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Mr. Manafort is hearing this from the orange dotard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4
Read all the articles on Crooks and Liars, Politico, Daily Beast, N.Y. Times, etc. Watched MSNBC and some of CNN. its a gong show and better than what is on t.v. as entertainment.
My money says Manaford will not roll. He doesn't want his former Russian collegues to do what they do best, kill.
Cohen, he'll roll. he has a wife and young kids with years still ahead of him and the Trump orginazation doesn't want to pay his legal bills anymore. At approx. $500K a week, that is a lot of money he will never make back again, so its best to roll, take 10 years and get out and still have a life.
For Manaford, 10 years is a life sentence, better to string it out as long as he can, before he dies of natural causes,.
Now lets see what the American Nazi Sessions is going to do with the children they are stealing from their parents. it sure is a great way to ensure their financial donators in the PRIVATE FOR PROFIT PRISON SYSTEM TO KEEP MAKING MONEY. They expect their profits to increase by 5% with Sessions actions.
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