I guess the defense never cross examines these witnesses? Because I never see a word reported.
It sounds like Rick Gates was the one playing hide the money.
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Yep, and he’s supposed to be the star witness. Is he going to testify?
Was the document with Manafort’s signature presented to the jury?
That seems ... unlikely.
Has Weasel Mueller declared all of his ill gotten gains to the IRS?
Did Manafort fail to repay any of the loans?
About forty years back my employer kind of rounded up my earings, to help me qualify for a mortgage.
Should I be concerned?
Bullshit. You cannot be compelled, even by lawsuit, to commit a felony.
Indeed
Based on the article, the court is allowing hearsay evidence.
No mention of Manafort’s attorney objecting to hearsay evidence?
Even if she has immunity from prosecution, I can’t imagine she’s going to be able to practice as a CPA after this.
Show me the bank records and tax filings. This talk from a bullied accountant means nothing.
How did this testimony get in? This should be used against Gates. It has no legal value in Manafort’s case. This could only be used if Gates had testified that Manifort put him up to it. Gates hasn’t testified so the testimony of this witness should not have been allowed.
Mueller de Torquemada.
Yeah, that'll go over like a lead brick … getting sued for refusing to do something illegal. Right....
Never occurred to her to talk to the client about why it’s not a great idea to falsify your taxes? She could have told him he could set up a payment schedule, there are plenty of options including bringing in a tax lawyer or a senior accountant to help figure things out.
As soon as ths witness invoked Gates as the source, where was the the defense? Strenuous objections should have been registered immediately. This is nothing but hearsay, unless and until Gates is called under oath to corroborate it (appears unlikely at this point). Giving immunity to this defrocked CPA allows her to accuse Manafort of fraud by proxy.
Why did Judge Ellis permit this testimony? Was his waylaying of the Mueller prosecutors earlier this week just for headlines and show?
This could be a great prosecution tool against Hillary and her Foundation, i.e. laundering foreign political access money as charitable donations and not paying taxes on it or even reporting it as “access money”.
.... Just asking for a friend ...
So after all the Russia, Russia stuff, they go after Manafort on tax evasion from 2015.