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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is all coming together. Turn on Rachel now.
Borrowing Peter to pay Paul on such a massive scale and WITH OUR ELECTION!!!
Ferrets are Cool
(21,108 posts)GP6971
(31,174 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)GET WITH THE PROGRAM, sarah!
HipChick
(25,485 posts)These POS need to rot in jail
poboy2
(2,078 posts)Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)The forging of P&L statements to inflate net worth so as to secure undeserved loans is very similar to what Tom Petters did. But Manafort and Gates have amped it up and have also coupled money laundering and theft in ways Rachel did not get into tonight.
These guys are guilty beyond doubt.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)I knew from her that Manafort did this because he was greedy and broke. Rachel did a story when she said that his daughters asked each other, "Why is Dad suddenly so cheap?". She also explained why he volunteered to work for the Moron for free. He was so desperate for his money in Ukraine to be freed up that he considered it an "investment" which would benefit him when sanctions were lifted and he had access to his money.
The one thing that I do wonder about is why he lived in a gated condo complex when the FBI raided his home and arrested him in the early morning. If he had so much money in real estate investments, why didn't he live in a private home that was private, large, secluded and had security? Am I missing something here?
PunksMom
(440 posts)Does this all really matter if this asshat, and Gates both get pardoned by tRump? I mean, its a very real thing that could happen.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)so they could be facing charges in NY, Virginia, or elsewhere. So a presidential pardon for federal offences may not help.
PunksMom
(440 posts)that was a question of mine as well, whether the state could do that. I feel some relief😐
Wednesdays
(17,386 posts)they just hole themselves up in the reddest community in the reddest town in the middle of the reddest state, and say to everyone, "Just try to come and get us!" What then?
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)and double lol @ the idea of a police chief or sheriff refusing to extradite someone wanted on multiple felony charges in another state for whom there are valid arrest warrants.
Takket
(21,581 posts)nice the manafort is getting busted but i don't want the knight. i want the king.