Posted on 09/14/2018 8:38:30 AM PDT by Coronal
Paul Manafort reached a deal to plead guilty to two criminal charges Friday, according to court documents, a move that heads off a second criminal trial for the former Trump campaign chairman.
Mr. Manafort, who becomes the fifth associate of President Trump to plead guilty in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, is expected to admit to conspiracy against the U.S. and conspiracy to obstruct justice. He already was convicted last month by a federal jury in Virginia of not reporting to tax authorities more than $16 million he earned for political consulting work in Ukraine in the early 2010s.
Mr. Manafort already faces about eight to 10 years in prison, and the second trial, in Washington, D.C., was set to cover additional charges related to that Ukraine work.
In connection with the agreement, Mr. Manafort agreed to forfeit four of his multimillion-dollar homes, including a Brooklyn townhome and an estate on Long Island, and funds in multiple bank accounts. Other terms of the deal couldn’t immediately be determined, including whether they include any requirement for Mr. Manafort to cooperate in Mr. Mueller’s inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election and any links to the Trump campaign.
As a former campaign chairman, Mr. Manafort would likely know details about the campaign’s inner operations.
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One more witch burned at the stake. One more undesirable removed from society.
Sleep well citizens. Herr Mueller is on the job!
Took a long time to break him. We all know that his real crime was helping to elect President Trump. It is sad day. Now can we please investigate and prosecute the real criminals in the Clinton crime syndicate and the treacherous deep state moles and leakers?
It appears that the deal includes pleading guilty to the charges that he wasn’t convicted on in his previous trial.
He’ll also be forfeiting about $46 million in assets.
Now can we please investigate and prosecute the real criminals in the Clinton crime syndicate and the treacherous deep state moles and leakers?
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Sure thing. Jeff Sessions will get right on that. Oops forgot. He recused himself. No can do.
Manafort Superseding Doc (plea deal)
https://www.scribd.com/document/388600673/Manafort-Superseding-Doc#from_embed
Achtung! The DoJ acts pretty much like the old RHSA. Robert Mueller reminds me of Heinrich Mueller. They both defended the Deep Reich.
That was quite interesting. I read the whole thing and what truly surprised me was all these powerful people actually caring about the political prisoners. Maybe I shouldn’t be so cynical.
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