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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTom DeLay's lawyer just said the Manafort indictment is an indictment that looks like a conviction
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Tom DeLay's lawyer just said the Manafort indictment is an indictment that looks like a conviction (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2017
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He said Manafort's lawyer addressed one half of one percent of the charges.
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2017
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Gothmog
(145,554 posts)1. Which lawyer?
Brian Wice is the appellant lawyer who got DeLay's conviction thrown out because the Texas money laundering statute only applies to cash and not checks
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)2. HIM
He said Mueller has a paper and money trail that can't be impeached like a witness can.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)3. Brian is acting as a special prosecutor for the trial of Ken Paxton
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)4. He said Manafort's lawyer addressed one half of one percent of the charges.
hvn_nbr_2
(6,488 posts)5. I heard another lawyer on MSNBC say essentially the same thing.
As best I remember, he said, "If a criminal defense lawyer sees an indictment like that, he tells the client, 'We can't possibly go to trial on that case. You have to make a deal.'"
roamer65
(36,747 posts)6. Tax evasion is how they nailed Al Capone.
Its a open and shut case.
Only road open for Manafort and Gates is to make a deal.