Former Trump Aides Think Manafort Will Be Indicted For Financial Crimes

[mystery-ak]

EXCLUSIVE: Former Trump Aides Think Manafort Will Be Indicted For Financial Crimes
Alex Pfeiffer and Chuck Ross
Reporters
4:00 PM 09/05/2017

 

Former Trump campaign aides are telling The Daily Caller that they increasingly believe former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort will be indicted for crimes such as money laundering or tax evasion.

One of the former campaign advisers has knowledge of the ongoing investigations into Manafort, a longtime Republican operative who joined the Trump campaign last March. Another former aide said that his knowledge of Manafort’s history of working with despots, coupled with news reports about Mueller’s investigation, led him to believe that an indictment of Manafort is becoming more likely.

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http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/05/exclusive-former-trump-aides-think-manafort-will-be-indicted-for-financial-crimes/

[skeeter]

Anyone actually looking for new substantive information in this article will be disappointed and should look elsewhere.

[Free Vulcan]

I noticed Meuller is going with this angle, even apparently working with the IRS to find financial improprieties in the Trump circle.

Problem is, what does any of that have to do with the given reason for this investigation, the accusation of Russia having interfered with our presidential election? Not a damn thing.

This is a witch hunt, pure and simple.

[skeeter]

I noticed Meuller is going with this angle, even apparently working with the IRS to find financial improprieties in the Trump circle.

Problem is, what does any of that have to do with the given reason for this investigation, the accusation of Russia having interfered with our presidential election? Not a damn thing.

This is a witch hunt, pure and simple.

The article makes it clear. Mueller is looking at Manafort's financial dealings long before he had anything to do with this administration, hoping to find something he can use against him to get him to cooperate on the Trump/Russia narrative.

[Free Vulcan]

The article makes it clear. Mueller is looking at Manafort's financial dealings long before he had anything to do with this administration, hoping to find something he can use against him to get him to cooperate on the Trump/Russia narrative.

To bad nobody has the cojones to play that game with Hillary and crew.

[Gov Bean Counter]

To bad nobody has the cojones to play that game with Hillary and crew.

Established fact that people would rather do time than rat on the Clintons.

[skeeter]

Established fact that people would rather do time than rat on the Clintons.

Its easier to continue to draw breath that way.

[jmyrlefuller]

As I said before, Manafort was only involved with the Trump campaign during the primaries, so if the trail runs through him, it means the general election was not affected.

[Concerned]

As I said before, Manafort was only involved with the Trump campaign during the primaries, so if the trail runs through him, it means the general election was not affected.

Manafort joined the campaign in March 2016 to lead "delegate corralling".  In June, he was promoted to Campaign Manager when Lewandowski was fired.  Trump then accepted the nomination at the convention July 18-21, 2016.  Trump then accepted his resignation on August 19, 2016.  The primaries were long over by then and Trump had been the official nominee of the party for about a month. 

[goodwithagun]

Only the best people.

[corbe]

   I may be wrong, but Manafort denied Reagan the nomination in 76 with the same crap he pulled on Cruz in 2016 with the GOP.     
   He gave us Ford who promptly lost to Carter AND Trump who almost lost to hellary.   
   Screw Manafort.

[Applewood]

I noticed Meuller is going with this angle, even apparently working with the IRS to find financial improprieties in the Trump circle.

Problem is, what does any of that have to do with the given reason for this investigation, the accusation of Russia having interfered with our presidential election? Not a damn thing.

This is a witch hunt, pure and simple.

I don't know.  Maybe Mueller is looking for a money trail between Manafort and the Russians and perhaps from there to/from Trump and/or others in his circle.

I'm not making judgments on this investigation till it's completed.  But I don't get all the whining about the inveatigation. Are people afraid Mueller might actually uncover wrongdoing?

[Free Vulcan]

I don't know.  Maybe Mueller is looking for a money trail between Manafort and the Russians and perhaps from there to/from Trump and/or others in his circle.

I'm not making judgments on this investigation till it's completed.  But I don't get all the whining about the inveatigation. Are people afraid Mueller might actually uncover wrongdoing?

What I'm afraid of is that they'll find something on him from 10 years ago completely unrelated to Trump, but the media will take it and run with it anyways as a sign of corruption in the admin. Or, they'll use it to get him to purjure himself like they did Scooter Libby, or some other legal sideshow that never actually proves anything to do with Russia.