Manafort just shot himself in the foot

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Cuddles, Nov 26, 2018.

  1. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/us/politics/manafort-pardon-russia-inquiry.html

    Prosecutors Told Judge That Manafort Might Have Lied in Hopes of a Pardon


    WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors told a judge this week that Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, might have lied to them about “an extremely sensitive issue” in hopes of increasing the chances that he would be pardoned for his crimes, according to a transcript of the hearing unsealed Thursday.

    The heavily redacted document leaves unclear what issue Mr. Manafort was being questioned about. Prosecutors working for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, are accusing Mr. Manafort of lying to them repeatedly last year after he agreed to cooperate with their investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race and the Trump campaign in exchange for a possibly lighter sentence.

     
    #61     Feb 8, 2019
  2. "might have lied"

    Not the most persuasive words to use in court.

    "Your Honor, the defendant might have violated the plea agreement."

    Might want to work on that a bit.
     
    #62     Feb 8, 2019
  3. Cuddles

    Cuddles

     
    #63     Feb 14, 2019
  4. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ju...-mueller-prosecutors-they-do-not-have-n971361

    Judge agrees Manafort lied to Mueller prosecutors and they do not have to honor deal
    In a written order Wednesday, Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that prosecutors are no longer bound by a deal to recommend a lighter sentence for Manafort.

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/13/politics/paul-manafort-robert-mueller/index.html
    Judge voids Paul Manafort plea deal, says he 'intentionally' lied to the FBI, special counsel and grand jury
     
    #64     Feb 14, 2019
  5. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...on-sentence-20-years-mueller-says/2881393002/

    Mueller's office seeks prison sentence of 20 years or more for ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort

    WASHINGTON – Russia special counsel Robert Mueller asked a federal judge on Friday to send former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to prison for between 20 and 24 years for his conviction on multiple financial fraud charges.

    Prosecutors also urged a federal judge in Virginia to move forward with the sentencing, which could amount to a life term for the 69-year-old Manafort who less than three years ago presided over President Donald Trump's nomination at the 2016 Republican National Convention.

    "Manafort acted for more than a decade as if he were above the law, and deprived the federal government and various financial institutions of millions of dollars," prosecutors wrote in a court filing Friday night, adding that they agreed with a pre-sentence report filed by federal probation authorities."The sentence here should reflect the seriousness of these crimes, and serve to both deter Manafort and others from engaging in such conduct."
     
    #65     Feb 15, 2019
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  6. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    Release the memo!!


    Damn Bob, you cold blooded

    https://thehill.com/policy/national...and-repeatedly-violated-the-law-while-on-bail
    Manafort doesn't deserve leniency, Mueller filing argues

    Special counsel Robert Mueller says in a new filing that he’s not taking a position on how much time Paul Manafort should spend in prison for charges in Washington, D.C., but told the judge presiding over his case that he doesn’t deserve leniency.

    “Nothing about Manafort’s upbringing, schooling, legal education, or family and financial circumstances mitigates his criminality,” Mueller said in a heavily redacted sentencing memo released Saturday, which details Manafort’s crimes.

    In the document, originally filed under seal on Friday night, Mueller said that the onetime Trump campaign chairman agreed in his plea deal that anything less than the government’s 17.5 to 22-year estimated sentence is not warranted.
     
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    #66     Feb 23, 2019
  7. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    Manafort going to club fed instead of Rikers

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ort-was-spared-stay-rikers-we-should-ask-why/

    Paul Manafort’s transfer from Rikers Island shows how corrupt the DOJ really is

    Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s legal troubles didn’t end when he was convicted on bank and tax fraud charges in 2018. He’s facing state-level mortgage fraud charges, and because his case is going to trial in New York City, he needed to be transferred between penitentiaries. That is a routine matter and regularly results in the defendant’s transfer to a state penitentiary, here Rikers Island.

    Now consider how rare it is that Manafort’s request was granted and the role that Rosen, the No. 2 official at the Justice Department, played in facilitating it. It is not simply unusual but unprecedented. I have canvassed colleagues with combined decades of service at the Justice Department, and to a person they aver that they have never heard of a similar situation.

    That is not because prisoners don’t ask. It is, in fact, routine to field requests for placement in certain institutions; I did so regularly as a U.S. attorney. The standard-issue response is to let the defendant know that, by law, the decision was for the Federal Bureau of Prisons to make, and that at most, a Justice Department representative could transmit a recommendation.

    Finally, consider the reasoning: A spokesman for the Justice Department said the decision was justified by Manafort’s “unique health and safety needs.”

    This is bunk of the first order. No doubt Manafort is ill, and no doubt he requires special protection. But are his circumstances unique? Absolutely not. Manafort’s situation is not meaningfully different from dozens of others who are routinely, in fact invariably, resolved many levels below the deputy attorney general and in favor of state incarceration pending state trial.

    So we have a one-of-a-kind decision, made at an unprecedented level and justified by fanciful reasoning. Some special factor was obviously at play. It is entirely possible that there were political implications in doing a good deed for Manafort.

    It’s not hard to see what those implications might be. Manafort has been the closest thing to a stand-up wise guy in the Trump drama: He managed through squirrelly doublespeak to avoid giving special counsel Robert S. Mueller III the full book on President Trump, and he paid for it in added prison time.

    In return, Manafort’s transfer makes it look as though Trump, or Attorney General William P. Barr channeling Trump, is showing him some love with a special favor nobody else ever gets. That’s good for Manafort in the immediate run, and at the same time, it would communicate even more strongly that the way to a pardon is continued noncooperation with federal authorities.

    This is all very bad news coming from the Justice Department.
     
    #67     Jun 21, 2019
  8. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/18/jud...e-criminal-charges-against-paul-manafort.html

    Judge dismisses New York state criminal charges against ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort on double jeopardy grounds

    A judge on Wednesday dismissed New York state criminal charges filed against former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort on double jeopardy grounds — thwarting an effort to ensure Manafort remains behind bars even if President Donald Trump ends up pardoning him for federal crimes that he was convicted of previously.
     
    #68     Dec 18, 2019
  9. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Great News!!-----Manafort may have done things wrong--I don't really know------But he was only prosecuted due to a short association with Donald Trump and would not have been otherwise.----The prosecution was all political just as was Roger Stone and others.
     
    #69     Dec 18, 2019
  10. Mannafort be looking for a pardon before long. Right after the election- if Trump wins, or if Trump loses. Either way.
     
    #70     Dec 18, 2019