Oh, yeah. This is going to drag out and no the fun for the GOP sooner or later.
That’s a lot of felonies. I wonder what Manafort might have to offer in a deal.
Whelp, I’m not getting any work done today.
The TL;DR seems to be that Papadopoulos plead guilty to lying to the FBI about not having any substantial contacts with Russia. In reality, he was involved in several contacts between the Trump campaign and Russians with government connections, including discussions with “Putin’s niece” “to arrange a meeting between between us and the Russian leadership”.
And the rest of the campaign was aware of this. Depending on who the other members of the campaign are, that means there were a shit ton of lies told be other campaign members too. Depending on who they told them to, those would be crimes as well.
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Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer
Well, Good God Almighty which way do I steer
Well, Manafort looks guilty. Plus he’s a Republican. He’s doomed until Trump pardons him next week.
Anyone offering odds on the pardon?
Don’t think so. Manafort is already solidly under the bus.
Speaking of which, this morning, Fox News is covering the Emoji Cheeseburger crisis at Google. Seriously.
It’ll be interesting to see how Fox News tries to play this, and how much they try to simply not cover it. I’d love to see stats on how much time each of the nets spent on Manafort this morning.
Oh, a blanket pardon is still coming. I’d say…60% chance.
I just don’t think that pardon – or any other – would ultimately stand. A pardon offered in the commission of a felony, meaning obstruction, would not be a proper pardon. The issue hasn’t been litigated but it would be, with a fairly predictable outcome. Manafort must know this. Coupled with his vulnerability to state charges, Manafort really doesn’t have a lot of reason to trust or rely on Trump, and Trump doesn’t have any reason to pardon Manafort.
If Trump panics and hits the pardon button, I expect him to do it when Kushner or Ivanka is charged.
So re Manafort, I believe the odds are long.
I accidentally laundered two bucks in one of my laundry loads last month. What do I get?
On CNN, Jack Kingston first emphasized that Papadopoulos was never a member of the Administration and his role in the campaign was just an inflated title.
Its interesting that Papadopoulos has already plead guilty. That presumably means he has a plea deal in his pocket, which (hope, hope, hope) may include spilling more beans.
Not that his role in the campaign really matters given the content of the allegations, but he was one of like four names Trump could come up with when asked about his foreign policy team.
You’re now in charge of rebuilding Puerto Rico’s power grid.
So basically the Trump campaign knew that Russian intelligence had dirt on Clinton before they changed the GOP platform to benefit Russia. Huh.
Oh sure, done that lots of times. I’ve even laundered other peoples money.
Does this mean the Trump campaign knew that Podesta had been hacked before the FBI and Podesta knew?
Manafort is 68 or so. All he has to do is tie this up in an appeal process, whether it is related to a pardon or one of the charges. The appeal will probably outlive him and he knows it. A good choice to throw under the bus really.
The funding for the dossier OPRIGINALLY came from conservative Republicans, not the Clinton camp.