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Manafort trial is complicated but Americans need to know this
Fox News ^ | August 11, 2018 | Hans A. von Spakovsky

Posted on 08/11/2018 2:42:26 PM PDT by jazusamo

The first two weeks of the trial of former Donald Trump presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort on 18 counts of tax evasion and bank fraud charges have failed to implicate Trump or his campaign in any alleged criminal conduct.

Prosecutors working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller – who is investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election – are expected to call their final witness Monday at Manafort’s trial in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia. If convicted on all counts, Manafort could face a maximum sentence of 305 years in prison.

So far we’ve learned that the prosecution’s star witness, former Manafort employee Rick Gates, is a liar, a serial adulterer and a thief who embezzled funds from Manafort.

And we’ve learned that Manafort is alleged to have evaded paying taxes on income that he and Gates earned through secret offshore bank accounts, shell companies and fraudulent bank loans.

But when it comes to the mandate given to Mueller on May 17, 2017, we’ve learned absolutely nothing. Mueller was charged with investigating “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump.”

But neither Gates nor any other witness at the Manafort trial has testified about the Russian election interference or any alleged collusion between the Trump campaign – or Trump himself – with the Russians.

Manafort was with the Trump presidential campaign for just under five months. That’s a tiny sliver of the long career of the 68-year-old.

All of the testimony at the Manafort trial has addressed events that occurred long before Manafort went to work for 2016 Trump campaign. The testimony has focused on Manafort’s and Gates’s activities as alleged “unregistered agents” representing the Ukrainian government starting in 2006.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: collusion; manaffort; manafort; mueller; presidenttrump; rickgates; specialcounsel; trump; trumprussia; vonspakovsky
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To: McGavin999

He probably owes less in back taxes than Al Sharpton. When the hell is that *:*&^ going to prison?


41 posted on 08/12/2018 6:15:32 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist ( (Be Nice To Your Kids. They Will Pick Out Your Nursing Home))
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To: Ann Archy

These are all key players in this. What is Waldman doing in all this, exactly how do these important players know each other. I think it is significant and important.

Also, Nellie Ohr (Bruce Ohr’s wife) working for Fusion GPS! And getting a ham radio license right in the middle of the time when the email servers were supposedly getting hacked, and Joseph Mifsud is coming on the scene in a more prominent way.


42 posted on 08/12/2018 7:49:09 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: rlmorel

WHERE is Joseph Mifsud??? Has he been KILLED or is he in the FBI Witness Protection??


43 posted on 08/12/2018 9:27:49 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: qaz123

I meant the same charges he’s on trial for now. If he would be acquitted, then wouldn’t it be Double Jeopardy to be tried again in Washington? Or are these different charges?


44 posted on 08/12/2018 11:21:32 AM PDT by murron
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To: murron

Yes, as he’s in federal court. They’d have to bring new/different charges against him, if they want to bring him to DC.

If I remember correctly, Mueller chose Northern Virginia for a reason. However, I do not remember what the reason(s) was. Don’t remember what was written about it, but I’m pretty sure the guy who wrote the article had some reasons for them filing in Virginia.


45 posted on 08/12/2018 12:23:27 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: milagro

Pretty much the maximum set for each charge. The Judge does have the prerogative to make the sentence shorter, consecutive, or to run concurrent.


46 posted on 08/12/2018 2:01:18 PM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: rfp1234

Nah...., they’re trying to bend him to compose something that Trump supposedly did that was criminal. So far he has not given them anything. It’s like Gates that embezzled millions from Manafort. I don’t believe that Manafort will be convicted on Gates’ testimony, but there is more to come.


47 posted on 08/12/2018 2:05:40 PM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: Ann Archy

You’re spot on.


48 posted on 08/12/2018 2:07:01 PM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: Ann Archy

I don’t believe he is in the FBI Witness Protection Program. He just got gone. He is no dummy.


49 posted on 08/12/2018 2:45:06 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: rlmorel

Bet Mule her felt the jurors could be better “influenced” out of Virginia...remind me again who is the go nor - close friend of Hillies? Terry Mccauliffe


50 posted on 08/15/2018 10:38:39 PM PDT by princess leah
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To: princess leah

Virginia used to be a conservative state at some point...how that has changed.


51 posted on 08/16/2018 5:08:43 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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