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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDon't get down over "just" 8 counts
Manafort going away for a long time.
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Don't get down over "just" 8 counts (Original Post)
RandySF
Aug 2018
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dalton99a
(81,570 posts)1. Yep.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)2. I can't imaging being down about it.
Its huge.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)3. i was wrong, I thought putin had got to someone, threatened someone
but not with this.
Dont know about those 10 counts, probably one juror.
Either way, this is a victory.
Kaleva
(36,341 posts)4. Yes, i don't understand the negativity about being found guilty on 8 counts.
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)5. There will be retrials
It's almost worse for Manafort. And Trump.
KatyMan
(4,209 posts)8. hopefully tons of legal fees
and time spent in court, no life beyond what the court case is, every waking moment being worryful. Hopefully!
R B Garr
(16,975 posts)6. Agreed, Randy!
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)7. Plus, there is another trial:
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)9. Recommended.
Ask Manafort if he feels that a conviction on only 8 counts is a win for him.