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Paul Manofort found guilty of 8 counts of Fraud

Gee, there were an awful lot of criminals in Trump's election campaign. Does anybody have a theory for what the common denominator was?



"As a legal matter, this is a complete and total defeat for Manafort. He will get the same sentence that he would have received if he was convicted on all 18 counts.

The number of counts of conviction doesn’t impact federal sentencing."

-Renato Mariotti

https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1032004673744654336
 
Cardinal said:
Gee, there were an awful lot of criminals in Trump's election campaign. Does anybody have a theory for what the common denominator was?



"As a legal matter, this is a complete and total defeat for Manafort. He will get the same sentence that he would have received if he was convicted on all 18 counts.

The number of counts of conviction doesn’t impact federal sentencing."

-Renato Mariotti

https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1032004673744654336
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You mean members of the Trump election campaign who also happened to be criminals and committed their crimes previous to the 2016 campaign.
 
Cardinal said:
Gee, there were an awful lot of criminals in Trump's election campaign. Does anybody have a theory for what the common denominator was?
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Democracy selects for the most corrupt to get to the top.
 
cabse5 said:
You mean members of the Trump election campaign who also happened to be criminals.
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Uh huh. If only there was a common thread that linked all of them. Manafort, Gates, Cohen, Flynn, Stone (probably next). Four criminals in one campaign seems to defy the laws of odds, wouldn't you say?
 
Lock him up. Let him meet horny Lucky Louie in prison, and then he'll start singing about Trump.
 
cabse5 said:
You mean members of the Trump election campaign who also happened to be criminals and committed their crimes previous to the 2016 campaign.
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Yea because that asshole only has the best people.
 
Cardinal said:
Uh huh. If only there was a common thread that linked all of them. Manafort, Gates, Cohen, Flynn, Stone (probably next). Four criminals in one campaign seems to defy the laws of odds, wouldn't you say?
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Not really. Had there been to a special counsel to scrutinize every member of the Obama team, I'm guessing the same thing would have happened.
 
EnigmaO01 said:
https://www.facebook.com/DailyMail/videos/278512526308242/?notif_id=1534884149160431¬if_t=live_video
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Here's the Times article on the subject.:2wave:

Paul Manafort Convicted in Fraud Trial

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, was convicted on Tuesday in his financial fraud trial, bringing a dramatic end to a politically charged case that riveted the capital.

The verdict was a victory for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, whose prosecutors built a case that Mr. Manafort hid millions of dollars in foreign accounts to evade taxes and lied to banks repeatedly to obtain $20 million in loans.

Mr. Manafort was convicted of five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud and one count of failure to disclose a foreign bank account. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on 10 of the 18 counts and the judge declared a mistrial on those charges.

The trial did not touch directly on Mr. Mueller’s inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election or on whether Mr. Trump has sought to obstruct the investigation. But it was the first test of the special counsel’s ability to prosecute a case in a federal courtroom amid intense criticism from the president and his allies that the inquiry is a biased and unjustified witch hunt.


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/...column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
 
Cardinal said:
Gee, there were an awful lot of criminals in Trump's election campaign. Does anybody have a theory for what the common denominator was?



"As a legal matter, this is a complete and total defeat for Manafort. He will get the same sentence that he would have received if he was convicted on all 18 counts.

The number of counts of conviction doesn’t impact federal sentencing."

-Renato Mariotti

https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1032004673744654336
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Excellent. I'll raise a glass to cheer the fact he'll likely die alone in prison.
 
Cardinal said:
Gee, there were an awful lot of criminals in Trump's election campaign. Does anybody have a theory for what the common denominator was?
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Scum bag low lives getting together to screw the nation for their own gain and we have to add that it was made possible by the low intellect morons who fell and are still swallowing their crap.
 
Taylor said:
Not really. Had there been to a special counsel to scrutinize every member of the Obama team, I'm guessing the same thing would have happened.
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Hmmm. Since nobody on Obama's campaign appeared to break any laws, I guess we'll never know. At least four people on Trump's campaign? Well they broke the hell out of the law.
 
Taylor said:
Not really. Had there been to a special counsel to scrutinize every member of the Obama team, I'm guessing the same thing would have happened.
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Really? And you base that on what other than your wet dream?
 
Taylor said:
Not really. Had there been to a special counsel to scrutinize every member of the Obama team, I'm guessing the same thing would have happened.
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They might have found that his father was a drunk. Oh, I forgot, Obama hardly knew his father. Only met him one time.
 
Donc said:
Here's the Times article on the subject.:2wave:

Paul Manafort Convicted in Fraud Trial

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, was convicted on Tuesday in his financial fraud trial, bringing a dramatic end to a politically charged case that riveted the capital.

The verdict was a victory for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, whose prosecutors built a case that Mr. Manafort hid millions of dollars in foreign accounts to evade taxes and lied to banks repeatedly to obtain $20 million in loans.

Mr. Manafort was convicted of five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud and one count of failure to disclose a foreign bank account. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on 10 of the 18 counts and the judge declared a mistrial on those charges.

The trial did not touch directly on Mr. Mueller’s inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election or on whether Mr. Trump has sought to obstruct the investigation. But it was the first test of the special counsel’s ability to prosecute a case in a federal courtroom amid intense criticism from the president and his allies that the inquiry is a biased and unjustified witch hunt.


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/...st-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
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Wow, the press is moving quick on this.
 
Donc said:
Here's the Times article on the subject.:2wave:

Paul Manafort Convicted in Fraud Trial

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, was convicted on Tuesday in his financial fraud trial, bringing a dramatic end to a politically charged case that riveted the capital.

The verdict was a victory for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, whose prosecutors built a case that Mr. Manafort hid millions of dollars in foreign accounts to evade taxes and lied to banks repeatedly to obtain $20 million in loans.

Mr. Manafort was convicted of five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud and one count of failure to disclose a foreign bank account. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on 10 of the 18 counts and the judge declared a mistrial on those charges.

The trial did not touch directly on Mr. Mueller’s inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election or on whether Mr. Trump has sought to obstruct the investigation. But it was the first test of the special counsel’s ability to prosecute a case in a federal courtroom amid intense criticism from the president and his allies that the inquiry is a biased and unjustified witch hunt.


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/...st-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
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Why does this Meat Loaf song come to mind? :2wave: "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad"
 
Tanngrisnir said:
Sorry you cannot demonstrate any actual equivalency to Trump's cronies on the Obama team.

But, hey, imagination games are fun!
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There are lots of names, Penny Pritzker is one, that likely would have been convicted of something like tax fraud if there were a "Mueller" trying to dig up dirt on them. Are you really this naïve?
 
Cardinal said:
Uh huh. If only there was a common thread that linked all of them. Manafort, Gates, Cohen, Flynn, Stone (probably next). Four criminals in one campaign seems to defy the laws of odds, wouldn't you say?
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Of course there is a common thread. Trump picks the best crooks!
 
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