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https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-04-13/trump-just-hired-his-next-scandal-lobbyist-paul-manafortFlashback on Manafort: @EliLake in April 2016Trump Just Hired His Next ScandalHis convention strategy is in the hands of a former lobbyist who's been linked to one corruption scheme after another.
The discovery phase will continue for seven years.
Conspiracy against the United States has no meaning, as it relates to collusion, but that’s the only thing anyone will see and interpret.https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-923-18-usc-371-conspiracy-defraud-us
You're being optimistic - that assumes that Trump survives this and is re-elected. I think he should survive it, but I'm not at all...um, sanguine about his chances.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357783-trump-to-lunch-with-sessions-amid-manafort-chargesTrump to lunch with Sessions amid Manafort charges
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/29/fbis-focus-on-manafort-doesnt-have-anything-to-do-with-russian-collusion-in-the-election/FBI’s Focus On Manafort Doesn’t Have Anything To Do With Russian Collusion In The Election
Thanks for the link. They're not reporting "to defraud the United States", they're reporting "conspiracy against the United States"Here's the indictment....
It’s the same thing, they are just being crafty with the wording to give the impression it has something to do with collusion.https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/371
Trad American Angel @RightWingAngel 22m22 minutes agoPaul Manafort worked with John Podesta, as Hillary Clinton campaign chairman. The wire transfers were from 2012.
Oh, wow.
Manafort always reminded me of some cheap low-level crook from Goodfellas.
Thanks for the link. They're not reporting "to defraud the United States", they're reporting "conspiracy against the United States"Here's the indictment.... https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-923-18-usc-371-conspiracy-defraud-us@edpc
@Right_in_Virginia Link does not go to the actual indictment.
Developing from APCourt papers: Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to FBI agents in Mueller probeOct 30, 2017