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From the WSJ:
...and that is only the beginning for Mr Manafort.ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The jury in the Paul Manafort trial has found the former Trump campaign chairman guilty of eight counts of fraud. The judge declared a mistrial on the other ten counts he faced.
Mr. Manafort was found guilty of five counts of tax fraud, one count of failure to report a foreign bank account, and two counts of bank fraud.
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None of the charges were related to the original Muller charge of finding collusion.
Reminds me of the Govt. finally getting Al Capone. Same method, same results.
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As I said, I think we will find this is only the beginning for Mr Manafort.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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I only hope that they collect enough, through the taxes owed, back taxes and penalties to pay for this witch hunt so the American people do not also get screwed for this bunch of crap. Do you think that AL Sharpton should be ****ting a brick about now, as he owes the IRS 4.5 million dollars in back taxes. Should he be rounding up some quick cash? Manafort like a whole slew of others, including members of Congress, are guilty of tax fraud and not paying their fair share. Point two, all of this happened before Manafort was on the Trump team. He also worked on the Reagan and Dole campaigns as well, does that mean those two are scallywags?
This was nothing but a bad day for a tax cheat, he got caught and he will get to do the rest of his life in jail, I wonder if he thinks that 15 thousand dollar coat was worth it. To think that id hurts Trump is doing nothing but high fiveing yourself, people just do not care. Sure raise your voice, pump your fist, but it is really nothing to the rest of us.
I will lay odds that normal folks will be more pissed off at finding out an illegal immigrant has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of a young college girl, whose body was just found to day. The media just does not understand, that is the news that matters to Main Street. ALl of the political BS, especially the ruse of RUSSIAN COLLUSION only makes the person tune that garbage out.
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This is only the beginning.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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Oh please, that kool-aid tank is way to big to swallow. He has been found guilty in a court of law, he will be sentenced on the 28th and the charges will probably put him in jail for the rest of his life. What else can they do to him, anything else is just pointless. He knows the only possible way out now is to have Trump give him a pardon. Why in the hell would he jeopardize that one slim chance by helping the asshats who are the reason why he is in the jail now?? That should have been an easy one to figure out and I am surprised they did not already come to that conclusion.Originally Posted by Dave Grubb
Also, why would anybody want to go ahead and waste more taxpayer time and money on the next case when the man is already going to jail for life? That is just stupid, oh wait, we need to prove a point. Pffft. Stupid. Just like all of this crap about Russia.
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So you are ok with pardoning a tax cheat?
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Nov 5, 1946 - Nov 19, 2018From what I know about it the President can pardon whoever they want for whatever reason and we can holler, scream and squeal all we want but the feller is still pardoned. I imagine that for all of the offences that has been pardoned by past Presidents, tax cheat is probably pretty low on the list.
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I am very sure that by the time the IRS finishes confiscating his financial holdings, he will not be nearly as inclined to pay 15 grand for a coat and will be living in a regular apartment like most people. As far as pardoning a cheat, not really, but it is the principal of the argument that I am throwing out there. Trump could pardon him for a number of reasons or he could just commute his sentence.
No different than giving drug dealers a pass, and I do not recall Obama sending Sharpton or Tim Geithner to jail. SO I ask the same question of you.
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Wouldn't be such a bad end game if some get their way I kind of like the sound of ladies and gentlemen please welcome the president United States President Pence. Put that in your pipe and smoke it a little bit
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The loony left doesn't see it like that. Those jokers seem to think that getting rid of Trump, will automatically make Hilliary the POTUS, that is their dream. It is not going to happen, but they think it will.
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Pretty embarrassing to be closely associated with Michael Cohen, Manafort, and Ambrosia. Isn’t it an empeachable offense for high crimes and sketchy associations?
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The loony left has nothing on you James. Some of your claims hold a special place in the land of "loonyness".
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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Im fairly sure the POTUS called a convicted bank fraudster and tax evader, brave. today
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The issue with which we are left is whether we desire to empeach and convict a president presiding over a massive improvement in the economy for paying off a couple of blackmailing sex workers he boffed.
We knew what he was when we elected him, and we measured it against what we knew his opponent was at the time.
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
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