If convicted (which is assured given who the prosecutors are), Manafort would die in Federal prison. Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2010) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Manafort Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2011) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Manafort Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2012) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Manafort Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2013) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Manafort Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2014) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Manafort Assisting in the Preparation of False United States Individual ncome (2010) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(2)) - Gates Assisting in the Preparation of False United States Individual Income (2011) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(2)) - Gates Assisting in the Preparation of False United States Individual Income (2012) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(2)) - Gates Assisting in the Preparation of False United States Individual Income (2013) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(2)) - Gates Assisting in the Preparation of False United States Individual Income (2014) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(2)) - Gates Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts (2011) (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Manafort Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts (2012) (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Manafort Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts (2013) (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Manafort Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts (2014) (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Manafort Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2010) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Gates Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2011) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Gates Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2012) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Gates Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2013) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Gates Subscribing to False United States Individual Income Tax Returns (2014) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Gates Subscribing to a False Amended United States Individual Income Tax Return (2013) (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Gates Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts (2011) (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Gates Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts (2012) (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Gates Failure To File Reports Of Foreign Bank And Financial Accounts (2013) (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314 and 5322(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2) - Gates Bank Fraud Conspiracy (Lender B/$3.4 million loan) (18 U.S.C. § 1349) - Manafort Gates Bank Fraud (Lender B/$3.4 million loan) (18 U.S.C. §§ 1344, 2) - Manafort Gates Bank Fraud Conspiracy (Lender C / $1 million loan) (18 U.S.C. § 1349) - Manafort Gates Bank Fraud (Lender C / $1 million loan) (18 U.S.C. § 1344, 2) - Manafort Gates Bank Fraud Conspiracy (Lender B / $5.5 million loan) (18 U.S.C. § 1349) - Manafort Gates Bank Fraud Conspiracy (Lender D / $9.5 million loan (18 U.S.C. § 1349) - Manafort Gates Bank Fraud (Lender D / $9.5 million loan) (18 U.S.C. §§ 1344, 2) - Manafort Gates Bank Fraud Conspiracy (Lender D / $6.5 million loan) (18 U.S.C. § 1349) - Manafort Gates Bank Fraud (Lender D / $6.5 million loan) (18 U.S.C. §§ 1344, 2) - Manafort Gates Source: Indictment PDF Story https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
And these indictments include shit Manafort/Gates did during the campaign/transition. Trump's campaign manager was actively laundering dirty Russian money during Trump's campaign. There goes that "unrelated...this was years ago talking point. Next stop, Trump's finances, I am sure they are all clean and nothing shady ever happened!
Seeing as how most if not all Muellers evidence was gained illegally, I'd say the odds are better going to trial.
There isn't even a pretense anymore - Cons are now openly defending criminals and traitors, using made up phony excuses to dismiss actual crimes. And it was just a coincidence that Manafort who represented russian interests in the Ukraine, laundered dirty russian money through the same bank that holds trump’s loans,was appointed trump’s campaign manager. People who saw a huge pedo ring based on pizza terminology won't use their great powers of inference regarding Manafort, Gates, Page etc
Look, Trump is governing like an establishment republican or democrat. So I don't care to support him. I read the article. There was no connection to trump. Are you again just making assertions as a fact without any evidence? As you frequently do? Do you have so evidence that he was laundering money for Trump?
So a guy laundering money and promising jobs in the WH while employed by Trump means no connection to Trump? Who said he was laundering money for Trump? Can you read? A simple question, why was this Russian stooge hired by Trump in the first place? Not for his campaign skills obviously given he never had a reputation for it, so give it a guess.
There's something called due process of law and innocent until proven guilty, and the adage it's not what you (in your case *think*) you know, it's what you can prove in court. So prove it. I could care less about Manafort, Gates, Page et.al. But I'm tired of listening to the liberal yap about Russians this Russians that. Mueller has crap and this is just a side show farce an a political tool to influence the mid-terms.
You didn't answer my simple question, why was Manafort hired in the first place. Did liberals force Trump to hire an array of Russian stooges and then cozy up to Putin, refusing to even apply sanctions that his party passed?