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triron

(22,007 posts) Mon Jun 17, 2019, 10:39 PM Jun 2019

Trump needs to keep Manafort happy.

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Trump needs to keep Manafort happy. (Original Post) triron Jun 2019 OP

I'm not so sure on this Jarqui Jun 2019 #1

Manafort MOB Grasswire2 Jun 2019 #2

Jarqui

(10,126 posts)

1. I'm not so sure on this

Reply to triron (Original post)

Mon Jun 17, 2019, 11:10 PM

Jun 2019

Who is Manafort going to flip to? Barr?

Now with the SCOTUS decision on Gamble and double jeopardy going against Manafort, he seems pretty well screwed no matter which way he turns.

He has a year from his sentencing to flip for a sentence reduction but he has to deal with Barr (who appears to be controlled by Trump-Putin) ....

A pardon gets him out ...until the state authorities pick him up. They would be waiting for him when he walks out of federal prison.

If he cuts a deal with state authorities, Trump won't pardon him.

Manafort is in a terrible place and I have no sympathy for the traitor.

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)

2. Manafort MOB

Reply to triron (Original post)

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 01:28 AM

Jun 2019

We are seeing more and more mob influence.

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