Posted on 07/23/2018 12:31:57 PM PDT by DCBryan1
•A federal judge has postponed until July 31 the start of the upcoming trial of President Donald Trump's former campaign chief Paul Manafort. •The judge also has granted immunity to five potential witnesses for their testimony against Manafort, who is charged with crimes related to his consulting and lobbying work for a pro-Russia political party in Ukraine. •Prosecutors in the office of special counsel Robert Mueller had asked for so-called use immunity for the five witnesses, which would bar their testimony at Manafort's trial from being used against them in a criminal prosecution. A federal judge has postponed from Wednesday until July 31 the start of the upcoming trial of President Donald Trump's former campaign chief Paul Manafort after Manafort's lawyers complained of having a vast amount of newly disclosed documents to sift through.
Judge T.S. Ellis III also granted immunity to five potential witnesses for their testimony at that trial in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va.
The potential witnesses were identified as Dannis Raico, Cindy Laporta, Conor O'Brien, Donna Duggan and James Brennan. The determination of whether to call the witnesses to testify will be made by prosecutors during the trial.
Prosecutors in the office of special counsel Robert Mueller had asked for so-called use immunity for the five witnesses, which would bar their testimony at Manafort's trial from being used against them in a criminal prosecution. Ellis' decision to grant them use immunity does not preclude the quintet from being charged on the basis of other evidence.
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Dannis Raico,
Cindy Laporta,
Conor O'Brien,
Donna Duggan
and James Brennan
Brennen gets immunity?
It was his idea.
Brennan, not T. Podesta.
This is a political star chamber.! It is purely political.
Besides Brennan, who are these people?
Just so Mueller can produce a “conviction” on non-Russian-collusion charges just in time for the midterm elections.
Who are these people? what did they do that ties them to Manafort? What will they say?
Robert Mueller had asked for so-called use immunity for the five witnesses,his script has been wrote ready for use.
This is James Brennan, NOT John O. Brennan, the former director of the CIA.
I think Mueller has given the Podesta brothers immunity.
okay, thanks.
Who is this crooked judge? I can’t believe that all these scoundrels are getting a pass and poor Manafort sits in isolation in a cell. Where the hell are the Republicans? I’m as angry at them as I am at the left. Bill & Hill must have FBI files on Gowdy, Sessions, and many more. This has to stop!
Hah!
I’ve said for over a week now that it WON’T be the Podesta Pedo Perverts.
Why would you think that?
BTTT
Getting immunity doesn’t mean you did something wrong. It does protect you from an overzealous federal government who may want to implicate you on a conspiracy if someone you had contact with did something wrong.
I was granted immunity on a federal case when I prepared tax returns for someone who had committed tax evasion and other crimes. I hire a lawyer who represented that I would refuse to cooperate without immunity. I was in the dark about my clients activities but it was possible the prosecutor may not have believed me.
The process is interesting, you first have attorney give a proffer which outlines what you will testify to and they weigh that testimony against there getting a conviction on their target.
If these folks helped process transactions, they may have hired attorneys who obtained a deal to protect their clients. Something that should be done before talking to FBI.
They are all probably hooker/stripper friends of Stormy Daniels.
Different Brennen, James not John.
Dennis Raico was previously affiliated with Federal Savings Bank (FSB), a small Chicago bank that provided Manafort with $16 million in loans
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