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Appeals court rules Manafort must remain jailed ahead of DC trial
The Hill ^ | 07/31/18 | Jacqueline Thomsen

Posted on 07/31/2018 8:08:51 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

An appeals court on Monday rejected Paul Manafort’s request to end his pre-trial detention ahead of the former Trump campaign chairman's second trial in Washington, D.C.

A federal judge had ordered Manafort to jail last month after special counsel Robert Mueller alleged that Manafort had engaged in witness tampering, in violation of his house arrest.

An appellate court Washington, D.C. upheld the judge's order, which said that Manafort "was unlikely to abide by any conditions the District Court might impose, including the 'most fundamental condition of release . . . that he not commit [additional] crime[s] during the period of release.’”

Mueller alleged that Manafort attempted to convince two potential witnesses to lie to investigators about his past lobbying work for Russia-linked former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. Prosecutors argued that Manafort could continue to engage in illegal activity if he was not jailed.

The ruling on Manafort's pre-trial detention arrived the same day as he goes to trial in Virginia on bank and tax fraud charges.

Manafort is set to appear in court in D.C. in September on another series of charges, including obstructing justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice and illegal foreign lobbying.

Manafort has pleaded not guilty to all charges.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: manafort; paulmanafort; trump
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1 posted on 07/31/2018 8:08:51 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Sounds like a case of judicial bias.


2 posted on 07/31/2018 8:09:29 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: BuffaloJack

If he did try to tamper with witnesses while awaiting trial that’s a very serious chargr.


3 posted on 07/31/2018 8:11:05 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: yesthatjallen

While Hillary walks free.


4 posted on 07/31/2018 8:11:09 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Of course Mueller is engaging in witness tampering by his malicious prosecution of Manafort, but that’s OK because shut up.


5 posted on 07/31/2018 8:12:13 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=600><p>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Hillary doesn’t tamper with witnesses. She silences them.


6 posted on 07/31/2018 8:12:22 AM PDT by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: yesthatjallen

Unreported income on tax returns. That’s IT. Yet he is treated like Larry Nassar. Just because Herr Mueller says so. Incredible.


7 posted on 07/31/2018 8:13:12 AM PDT by montag813
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To: yesthatjallen

To give him a little more time on The Rack ?


8 posted on 07/31/2018 8:13:40 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: yesthatjallen

This is based on a couple of emails to associates who will be witnesses. The criteria make it sound like he’s a mafioso who will order hits on people. Keep in mind he hasn’t been convicted of any of these so called crimes that he is supposedly likely to keep committing.

This is the kind of prosecutorial overkill that might eventually lead to his convictions being reversed on appeal.


9 posted on 07/31/2018 8:14:24 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: montag813

Where is the IRS ???


10 posted on 07/31/2018 8:14:29 AM PDT by mplc51
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To: yesthatjallen

If they plan to use any of Manafort’s testimony or comments against Trump, they’ll have a hard time ‘splainin’ why we should trust a liar, cheat, and witness tamperer.


11 posted on 07/31/2018 8:15:58 AM PDT by scouter (As for me and my household... We will serve the LORD.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Naturally the media are trying to make it look like Trump’s is the only campaign Manafort ever worked for, and like he wasn’t fired after a short time. (By the way, check out his Wikipedia article. His portrait is his mug shot.)


12 posted on 07/31/2018 8:16:48 AM PDT by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: yesthatjallen

This trial is an investigation into all of Manafort’s questionable activities over many years, going back to long before he even knew Donald Trump. But, have you noticed how the liberal media always refer to it as the “first Russia probe trial” . . . tying to implicate President Trump, of course.


13 posted on 07/31/2018 8:16:54 AM PDT by MrChips ("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine)
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To: Alter Kaker

” If”
Big question
If Manafort was trying to continue his consultation work then Mueller could spin any contact with his partners as “ witness tampering”
Plus Mueeler had SECRET WITNESS lists

This is Mueller shutting down this man’s business completely

Manafort offered $10 million in property for bond
But the judge was convinced he’s a flight risk?

Stinks to watch an inquisition


14 posted on 07/31/2018 8:17:02 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: silverleaf

If Manafort was trying to engage in business deals with prosecution witnesses during an ongoing criminal prosecutition of him then he’s an idiot.


15 posted on 07/31/2018 8:19:21 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker
Either he's an idiot or he's confident that he is going to beat the charges.

It's sort of like a guy on trial for murder who buys two tickets for the Super Bowl next year.

LOL.

16 posted on 07/31/2018 8:20:50 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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To: yesthatjallen

Yes, jail Hillary and the Clintonistas in solitary so that they cannot commit additional crimes till their trials are complete.


17 posted on 07/31/2018 8:21:56 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Alter Kaker

Yeah since his entire busness network was criminalized by Mueller maybe without notification to him

D’ oh!


18 posted on 07/31/2018 8:24:02 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s harder to apply thumb screws for a coerced “testimony” if Manafort isn’t in detention.


19 posted on 07/31/2018 8:26:46 AM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Is this the USA or Venezuela? The fix is in against Manafort in the scum bags attempt to get Trump. Talk about a kangaroo trial, when the hell are we going to see equal justice under the law?


20 posted on 07/31/2018 8:27:37 AM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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