Yeah, lets not go there. That didn’t work out all that well for those that shamed her. (Not so great for her family either.)
Plus, I’d rather let Trump off scot-free than see him walk around naked.
Justice is blind. And damned lucky in this case.
Or a marine biologist!
Tell me when it is, I’ll go on vacation 
The Guardian is reporting that Mueller’s office has filed updated charges against Manafort.
Link.
Yes, the thing about Goldwater was that he actually thought for himself. For him there was no “party line” to adhere to.
Obviously, that little habit had to be rooted out of the modern GOP. Might have been contagious.
Oh, dear. Influence peddling may now be one of Manafort’s concerns. (The Hill) Selling jobs in the White House in exchange for home loans.
I’m sure Trump knew nothing about it.
Additional charges just filed against Manafort and Gates.
Also this reminds me that I need to use the phrase “In furtherance of the scheme” a lot more often…
Interestingly in light of the new charges, it’s now being reported that Gates is firing the attorney that was supposed to be negotiating a plea deal, and isn’t planning on pleading guilty after all. More power to him, I guess, but those charges seem like the sort that are pretty hard to beat if the Feds have receipts.
each is being forced to Forfeit money and properties. I hope once they are forced to Forfeit everything they bought with their money laundering activities that they are fined additional amounts for tax evasion.
That seems like a shitload of money to launder, are they likely to have gotten away with it if this particular investigation wasn’t happening or does someone keep eyes on money movements that big?
Or . . . maybe he’s actually keeping his lawyer.
Probably ought to just look at this stuff once a week or so, who the hell knows what’s happening on a daily basis.
Yes, as in “In furtherance of the scheme to get ice cream, I propose that…”. It will drive my kids bonkers. I like it.
Manafort has shitty options. But maybe not flipping is his best chance. He gets convicted, he might get pardoned. He flips, and he gets dead.
We’re thinking along the same lines. I have a private theory that in Manafort’s world, flipping is more dangerous than staying quiet – and even without a pardon (which I don’t think is coming, because if he is pardoned, he can be compelled to testify), he’s safer in prison than being set free to enjoy a cup of tea.
The optics of pardoning either Manafort or Gates would be bad for Trump, besides the possibility of the rumored coordination with the New York AG to bring state charges against either in case of a federal pardon. Trump has gone out of his way to distance himself from Manafort and point out that all of these crimes (well, the previous ones) occurred long before he was Trump’s campaign manager. Some of Gates’ new alleged tax-related crimes took place while he was still on the Trump campaign and assisting in inauguration planning.
Trump’s likely rationale for pardoning any of his minions or himself for anything that took place during the 2016 campaign or shortly thereafter would be some word salad combination of hoax, fake news, and Democrat-controlled deep state witch hunt. There really isn’t a PR rationale for pardoning Manafort and Gates for crimes that happened a year or more before they even signed on to the Trump campaign. Tax evaders and money launderers don’t make the most sympathetic damsels in distress to the public.
And there is always the possibility that Mueller could be holding back a charge or two in case of a pardon so that a new post-pardon charge could be brought and force Trump to look extra afraid/guilty if he were to issue a second pardon.
I read the first 15 pages or so and skimmed the rest. But holy crap, that is some major league serious crime. And this is going to fly under the radar, it it’s exactly a slow news week. But there should be shock and/or outrage that Trump had someobe like Manafort as his campaign manager or someone Gates handling his Inagural Committee donations. But it won’t.
And I’m really curious about some of the vendors listed ( even though they weren’t implicated.) I know all the landscapers and home automation contractors in the Hamptons.
Plus Yanukovych, the Ukrainian President that Manafort worked for, is an authoritarian thug and Putin’s puppet that was working to overthrow the Ukraine ( and give it to Russia ) from the inside. He won his presidential election in part, by poisoning his opponent.
This is going to be my catchphrase from now on as well. And boy, Manafort and Gates sure furthered a lot of schemes, didn’t they?
They’re likely to have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those nosy teenagers and their dog.