Think the indictment against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates is unrelated to Trump?

[kpete]

The second half of their alleged financial scheme was carried out entirely during their time working for the Trump campaign.

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It bears noting that these alleged criminal actions by Manafort and Gates occurred while Manafort was on the campaign, while Gates was on the campaign, and while Gates was working on the transition.


https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4385690/2-22-18-Manafort-Gates-Indictment-EDVA.pdf

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. 2000 lies ago, 300 known details like this one ago and any democrat

in the same situation would have been impeached and would have to be HEAVILY guarded by Secret Service to be kept safe from the very people who today are excusing all of this.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Manafort is the key to Trump. Surprised that Russia has not extracted him by now.

[AJT]

3. Sadly, both Gates and Manafort are not flipping on 45.

I am guessing that 45 promised to pardon them, and they also fear the wrath of Putin.

[octoberlib]

4. I suspect Manafort was laundering Russian money through Trump properties

The indictment also refers to "another coconspirator" unnamed . Mueller's far from finished with this.

[UpInArms]

5. Kushner

Comes to mind

[UpInArms]

6. Does anyone remember the BCCI scandal?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International

[karynnj]

8. Yes, and I remember that other than Senator Kerry, most politicians in both parties

opted to protect moneymen on their side who were implicated. In some ways, Kerry's actions to expose this bank that was used by international criminals was every bit as brave and courageous as his speaking out against the war. Certainly not the action of someone simply out for political ambitions.

[UpInArms]

9. Agreed

Merry would have made a fine president ... sigh

[JDC]

7. Real Estate Loan Fraud. Something i am sure the Trump/Kushner crime families

Know nothing about.

*45 and his family are going to be part of this. I have no doubt. "And others divised..."

Dolt, Dolt Jr, and Damien-lite are crapping themselves I am sure.