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BREAKING: Judge Tosses Out Manafort's Plea Deal. Here's Why.
Townhall.com ^ | Fenruary 13, 2018 | Beth Baumann

Posted on 02/13/2019 4:42:52 PM PST by jazusamo

Decision at link.

A federal court judge on Wednesday threw out Paul Manafort's plea agreement. According to the judge, when Manafort entered the agreement, he said he would "cooperate fully, truthfully, completely and forthrightly with the government," but he broke that agreement when he lied to special counselor Robert Mueller.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that Manafort "intentionally made multiple false statements to the FBI, the OSC [office of the special counsel] and the grand jury concerning matters that were material to the investigation."

Here's the full court decision:

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amybermanjackson; amyjackson; fbi; judgejackson; manafort; manafortpleadeal; mueller; specialcounsel; trumpprobe
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To: tennmountainman

Where is Hillary’s indictment?

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She’s too busy laughing and smirking to even worry about such a thing.


21 posted on 02/13/2019 5:44:47 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: jazusamo

Are they now gonna put him in extra extra solitary confinement since he is such a dangerous criminal?????


22 posted on 02/13/2019 5:45:51 PM PST by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: jazusamo

Fine, so I guess he will just plead the fifth for the rest of the cases. What a joke of a Judge.


23 posted on 02/13/2019 5:55:32 PM PST by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: jazusamo

She did rule he did not lie about his contacts with the trump canon so the govt failed there. He lied about his lobbying efforts


24 posted on 02/13/2019 5:57:32 PM PST by newzjunkey (WALL. NO AMNESTY.)
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To: newzjunkey

Campaign, not canon


25 posted on 02/13/2019 5:58:10 PM PST by newzjunkey (WALL. NO AMNESTY.)
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To: newzjunkey

Exactly!

She pretty much said that Mueller had not proved that Manafort had coordinated anything between Kilimnik and the Trump campaign. For all practical purposes, the big headline should be “Obama judge says ‘No Collusion!’”.


26 posted on 02/13/2019 6:13:20 PM PST by Tucsonican
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To: AndyJackson
They did the same thing to Bill Cosby. He entered a plea deal in a civil case that his testimony wouldn't be used in criminal proceedings. Then once they had it they pulled the deal and put him in jail for life. He's a miserable scumbag but it shows just what value a plea agreement is if the authorities decide it's inconvenient for them.

Bottom line, the message is clear: never enter into a plea agreement. Once they have your confession to crimes, all bets are off on any quid pro quo the offered you.

27 posted on 02/13/2019 6:22:18 PM PST by pepsi_junkie
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To: jazusamo

So what effect does this have? Because the longer this drags out, the worse it is for Mueller.


28 posted on 02/13/2019 6:26:59 PM PST by Widget Jr
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To: jazusamo
From the "Judge":

"the defendant will not be released from his pleas of guilty but the Government will be released from its obligations under the agreement

Well isn't that nice.

29 posted on 02/13/2019 6:36:33 PM PST by ETCM
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To: Widget Jr
So what effect does this have?

see post 29

30 posted on 02/13/2019 6:38:08 PM PST by ETCM
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To: jazusamo

So I have heard breathlessly today the news that Manafort lied. Okay...fair enough...what was the lie and what was the supposed truth? They never report that...and that would be of interest, would it not?

The other news story is that the head of FEMA is stepping down...blah blah, blah, hurricances 2000 dead in Puerto Rico. Balderdash....Something like what? 60 people? The 2000 figure came from some leftist group that counted everyone that died isx months after the hurricane. Jeez repeat a lie often enough...


31 posted on 02/13/2019 7:08:30 PM PST by abigkahuna (How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)
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To: jazusamo

>>Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that Manafort “intentionally made multiple false statements to the FBI, the OSC [office of the special counsel] and the grand jury concerning matters that were material to the investigation.”

Was he harassed into making “confessions”?


32 posted on 02/13/2019 7:46:05 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: a fool in paradise

What fraud and injustice in our “justice” system .


33 posted on 02/13/2019 8:41:47 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: laplata
Where is Hillary’s indictment? She’s too busy laughing and smirking to even worry about such a thing.


34 posted on 02/13/2019 9:00:35 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: MountainWalker
I predict that his prison sentence will end on Muller’s last day. Same with the charges against Stone and all the other farsical process charges, with the exception of Cohen.

Mueller will continue this for years.

35 posted on 02/13/2019 9:04:18 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: ETCS

#29 re Judge Berman Jackson and “the govt will be released from its obligations under the agreement”.

NOW where have I heard that kind of logic/statement before? Let me think for a minute. Times UP!

It is from the Communist/Soviet/Red Chinese rules for negotiating, as in “What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable”.

Because my copy of “Animal Farm” is buried somewhere in my office, I’ll try to accurately recreate what the “PIG” leaders said to the other pigs, horses, farm animals when asked about why they had certain privileges instead of all having them.
“All pigs are created equal but some pigs are more equal than others”.

Judge Jackson is an Obama hack as I recall her appointment(s). With most of Obama’s top judicial picks, you cannot get honest, logical decisions. PERIOD!


36 posted on 02/13/2019 9:26:25 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (with)
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To: jazusamo

Manafort cannot catch a break!
I never thought he would be caged up this long, and with no ending in sight. I guess the very best lawyers don’t want to work in favor of this President. Hopefully, that will change.

Meanwhile Mad Maxine walks free. She’s been accused of doing many shady deals. As has DiFi. Breaking News, women lie, cheat and steal too!


37 posted on 02/13/2019 9:52:38 PM PST by lee martell
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To: jazusamo

ANOTHER LEFTIST JUDGE..Black or Jewish??? .


38 posted on 02/14/2019 2:09:19 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: jazusamo

Is Manafort STILL in SOLITARY confinement??? BARBARIC!!


39 posted on 02/14/2019 2:13:30 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: jazusamo

This judge wakes up angry, lives all day angry, goes to bed angry... and she’s out to get anyone she can.
We meet this kind all the time at the check out or such... but to be this kind and be a judge... should not be.. she is not fit to judge ANYONE!


40 posted on 02/14/2019 3:37:21 AM PST by frnewsjunkie
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