webfact Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 U.S. judge rules ex-Trump campaign chief breached plea deal By Nathan Layne and Sarah N. Lynch FILE PHOTO: Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort arrives for arraignment on a third superseding indictment against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on charges of witness tampering, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S. June 15, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort breached his plea agreement with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office by lying to prosecutors, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. The ruling concludes weeks of wrangling between Manafort's lawyers and the special counsel over whether he had intentionally lied to prosecutors, impeding their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who is overseeing the Manafort case in a Washington court, found there was a "preponderance" of evidence that Manafort lied on three different topics, including his communications with his former business partner Konstantin Kilimnik, but she cleared Manafort of allegations that he intentionally lied on two other subjects. The ruling follows last week's release of a court transcript that showed Mueller's team believed Manafort's alleged lies were central to their investigation into potential collusion, which Trump and Russia have both denied. The investigation appears focused on a meeting held at the height of the election campaign between Manafortand Kilimnik, whom prosecutors say has ties to Russian intelligence, according to the court filing. Mueller contends that Manafort lied about the number of times he and Kilimnik discussed a "Ukrainian peace plan" - a reference to a proposal that would result in the U.S. lifting sanctions on Russia, one of the Kremlin's top objectives. In a court filing ahead of Wednesday's ruling, Manafort's lawyers repeated their argument that their client never intentionally lied to prosecutors and stressed that he corrected any mistakes once they were pointed out to him. (Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch and Nathan Layne; editing by Tom Brown and G Crosse) -- © Copyright Reuters 2019-02-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quandow Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 6 minutes ago, webfact said: "central to their investigation into potential collusion, which Trump and Russia have both denied." No no no, Russia strongly denied. This means it's true according to the pussy-grabber-in-chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Of course Manafort breached the terms of his cooperation deal, he’s a life time crook, he can’t help himself. He’ll spend the rest of his life in the slammer. And if tgat’s not good new in itself, there’s also the certainty that Roger Stone will be watching this with acute personal interest. Illiberals get your denial glasses on, the truth will (despite Individual-1’s best efforts) out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Keep in mind, prior to breaking the terms of his cooperation deal, Manafort broke the terms of his bail by committing witness tampering (which the witnesses themselves reported to the FBI). When his bail was withdrawn and he was thrown back in prison he then, with the aid of his lawyers, defied a court order by sending emails to witnesses (from his lawyer’s laptop). Dum criminal Manafort with a dummer criminal lawyer. Pence must be hoping nobody notices that it was Manafort who pushed him for Trump’s ‘running mate’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 What a dumpster fire lol Paul is done Donald hires only the best people lol can’t wait for the trumpers to start trying to distance Donald lol what a clown show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riclag Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Member of the process group, a Processarian ! He was a excellent delegate gatherer ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 17 minutes ago, riclag said: Member of the process group, a Processarian ! He was a excellent delegate gatherer ! He was Trump’s Campaign Chairman. Attempts to play that down will not change the facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 37 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said: All of which caused Hillary Clinton to lose her election exactly how? Manafort, among others, gave Kilimnik polling data allowing the GRU to focus their efforts on specific states and precincts. The election came down to ~ 77,744 votes in three states (PA, WI, MI). This is just one single aspect of the cooperation between the Trump campaign and the Russians. (There's a lot more information, which will likely silence the last few trump defenders, to come so maybe best to avoid reading the news.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 9 minutes ago, mtls2005 said: Manafort, among others, gave Kilimnik polling data allowing the GRU to focus their efforts on specific states and precincts. The election came down to ~ 77,744 votes in three states (PA, WI, MI). This is just one single aspect of the cooperation between the Trump campaign and the Russians. (There's a lot more information, which will likely silence the last few trump defenders, to come so maybe best to avoid reading the news.) "which will likely silence the last few trump defenders," Very unlikely, they'll just continue denying and deflecting. Facts don't exist anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 20 minutes ago, stevenl said: Very unlikely, they'll just continue denying and deflecting. Facts don't exist anymore. That's what logs are for. Older folks like myself remember Nixon' "Silent Majority" hanging on until the walk to Marine One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Troll post and reply removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 This one never gets old...see if you can spot Manafort's "tell"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 We now learn the Judge who just accepted Mueller's arguments against Manafort, has been appointed to hear Roger Stone's case. Illiberals might wish to recall that this is the judge that made 'stern statements' about the aggressive nature of the arrest and prosecution of Manafort and that at the time, they (the illiberals) had high hopes that the judge was going to clip Mueller's wings. Casting your mind back to this you might be able to raise your hopes a little for Stone. I'd caution against doing so. Illiberals get your denial glasses on, the truth will (despite Individual-1's best efforts) out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emdog Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I imagine the big M is hoping for a presidential pardon for his criminal anti American activities. I wonder what sort of spin the republicans will employ? They used to be the party of "law and order" I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Without the now ripped-up plea deal, sentencing guidelines for Manafort are now 24 - 30 years. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 9 minutes ago, Briggsy said: Without the now ripped-up plea deal, sentencing guidelines for Manafort are now 24 - 30 years. ???? On the plus side, now that the Mnuchin and the Republicans "made Deripaska whole", Paully Man doesn't have to worry about getting shivved by the bratva in prison, and his family will be safe. I'm not sure he'll last long enough for a pardon, in early January 2021 though. He's said to be quite ill. Hopefully, they took his shoelaces and that he is on a suicide watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Waiting for Trump being asked about this and he is answering "I don't even really know, who this guy is! What did you say, his name was? Minimouse? Macintosh? I hardly knew the man!" ...and his base would also eat that pile of dung up...with a shovel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnybangkok Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Chronology of a Trump Supporter - Russia didn't interfere in the election. - OK, they interfered, but there were no contacts between Russia and the Trump Campaign. - OK, there were contacts, but Trump didn't have any deals with Russia. - OK, Trump had deals with Russia, but it's not like there were meeting with Russian intelligence agents. - OK, there were meetings with Russian intelligence agencies, but Trump didn't know about them. - OK, Trump knew, but nothing came of them, so there was no collusion. - OK, some people in his campaign colluded, but Trump specifically didn't collude. This brings us up to present day....... and in the future - Ok, Trump colluded, but, but, but Hillary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenKadz Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 This is "half" the story. The other half is that the Muller team did not show probable cause in their filing with the court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 1 hour ago, KenKadz said: This is "half" the story. The other half is that the Muller team did not show probable cause in their filing with the court. Always look on the bright side of life. I'm sure Paully Man is "celebrating" this Pyrrhic 2/5ths "victory" with toilet champagne tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 10 hours ago, Briggsy said: Without the now ripped-up plea deal, sentencing guidelines for Manafort are now 24 - 30 years. ???? I am sure that when reality of what 24-30 really means that he will start to cash in some of his get out of jail cards be for others use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptypockets Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I don't profess to know the ins and outs of the US political system...but I do Know the mechanics of your electoral college system Trump got voted in. What is the problem? Why all the nastiness? Educate me!! I understand politics is a dirty world...but jaysus!! The founding Fathers ( who were all a bit dodgy IMHO) would be disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 5 hours ago, emptypockets said: I don't profess to know the ins and outs of the US political system...but I do Know the mechanics of your electoral college system Trump got voted in. What is the problem? Why all the nastiness? Educate me!! I understand politics is a dirty world...but jaysus!! The founding Fathers ( who were all a bit dodgy IMHO) would be disappointed. "What is the problem? Why all the nastiness? Educate me!!" Laws were broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 8 hours ago, emptypockets said: The founding Fathers ( who were all a bit dodgy IMHO) would be disappointed. No doubt. African-Americans now counted as 5/5ths. Women voting. Jaysus. Common white males, not holding land, being allowed to vote. OMG. Oh the horror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrunner Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Quandow is confusing Trump with Pussy grabbing Clinton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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