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Mueller uses the "L" word. (Original Post) Miles Archer Feb 2018 OP
Oh good.. Reality! Cha Feb 2018 #1
The noose around tRump is tightening UpInArms Feb 2018 #2
CNN's Jeffrey Toobin and others have said that BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #3
This will help Dems in the midterms Quixote1818 Feb 2018 #20
I think that's the idea.... cbdo2007 Feb 2018 #25
i dont think he wants to die in prison for cheato. mopinko Feb 2018 #4
Maybe... But His Choice Is Starker Me. Feb 2018 #7
Do you think it is possible manafort could get Ilsa Feb 2018 #11
He'd Have To Make A Deal He Doesn't Want To Make Me. Feb 2018 #15
He has a hard decision bearsfootball516 Feb 2018 #8
Who"d a thunk it? womanofthehills Feb 2018 #28
But can't he just sit on his hands until his Dear Leader pardons him? LiberalLovinLug Feb 2018 #36
i presume he thinks so but mopinko Feb 2018 #37
$75 Mil. - $30 Mil. $45 Mil. sfwriter Feb 2018 #5
Laundering Russian money through Kushner and Trump properties? We already know how Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #13
$30,000,000. hmm the amount NRA was reportr donatingto Trump campaign OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #6
Laundering and Tax Returns BoneyardDem Feb 2018 #9
Remember - They got Big Al on tax evasion packman Feb 2018 #10
think he has been just flying under the radar for years dembotoz Feb 2018 #14
Biggest boo boo tr-dump ever made. magicarpet Feb 2018 #18
I never understood why he risked all like that. WhiteTara Feb 2018 #27
You're right! nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #17
What G-men couldn't accomplish, accountants did liberaltrucker Feb 2018 #30
Waiting on the two words that begin with T GusBob Feb 2018 #12
Tax evasion. Sweet. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #16
They ALL took the dirty Russian money! Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #19
Break Out some POPCORN!!! lastlib Feb 2018 #21
That's how Trump made his money: laundering for the Russian mafia-oligarchy dalton99a Feb 2018 #22
this. i think it's guaranteed; the only question is whether there is the political will to charge, TheFrenchRazor Feb 2018 #29
Think the FBI is watching Manafort closely in case he tries to run? FSogol Feb 2018 #23
Any truth to the reports of a white Ford Bronco in Manafort's driveway? Kaleva Feb 2018 #24
I believe that Trump's shady financial dealings are what will bring him down in the end. Luciferous Feb 2018 #26
Rec #100 orangecrush Feb 2018 #31
Ironic? alwaysinasnit Feb 2018 #32
Mueller will prove that Trump intended to allow his properties to be laundromats. ancianita Feb 2018 #33
How many others do this? They need to go after them too. LiberalFighter Feb 2018 #34
K&R...Thanks for posting red dog 1 Feb 2018 #35

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
3. CNN's Jeffrey Toobin and others have said that
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 06:53 PM
Feb 2018

this investigation of following the money is so complicated it will go into 2019. Mueller is very thorough.

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
25. I think that's the idea....
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:48 PM
Feb 2018

The entire narrative for the midterms are going to be 100% impeach Trump.

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
11. Do you think it is possible manafort could get
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 07:59 PM
Feb 2018

Some plastic surgery and witness protection?

LiberalLovinLug

(14,173 posts)
36. But can't he just sit on his hands until his Dear Leader pardons him?
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 05:57 PM
Feb 2018

He'll try and survive without flipping. But even if he loses his case, he'll be out in a week and grinning about it with Donald on the golf course at Mar-a-Lago.

mopinko

(70,078 posts)
37. i presume he thinks so but
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 06:00 PM
Feb 2018

i dont think the new york ag is sitting on his hands.
cant pardon him on that front.

 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
5. $75 Mil. - $30 Mil. $45 Mil.
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 06:55 PM
Feb 2018

That leaves $45 Mil. offshore, unlaundered? Does this money in any way touch Trump?

I think a money laundering charge scares Trump almost as much as a polonium enema from his buddy Putin. Decisions, decisions...

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
13. Laundering Russian money through Kushner and Trump properties? We already know how
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 08:15 PM
Feb 2018

Russians were by far the biggest overseas purchasers of Trump properties....and the money losing golf courses needed incredible amounts of capital, amounts only oligarchs and corrupt politicians could accumulate without having any actual real talent other than being criminals.

OhNo-Really

(3,985 posts)
6. $30,000,000. hmm the amount NRA was reportr donatingto Trump campaign
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 06:57 PM
Feb 2018

Mannafort also took out huge loans for his properties

"Chicago banker who loaned Paul Manafort millions summoned to talk to Manhattan"

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-banker-stephen-calk-paul-manafort-loans-20171128-story.html

"Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office has told a federal judge it has found evidence that Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, committed bank fraud not addressed by the indictment last October in which he was charged with money laundering and failure to register as a foreign agent."

https://crooksandliars.com/2018/02/mueller-manafort-committed-bank-fraud

Mannafort would need a few miracles to walk free and then I wonder if he would be safe?

 

BoneyardDem

(1,202 posts)
9. Laundering and Tax Returns
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 07:05 PM
Feb 2018

if Mueller can do that to Manafort, he can do it for Trump. Trump must know this *snicker*

dembotoz

(16,799 posts)
14. think he has been just flying under the radar for years
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 08:24 PM
Feb 2018

long run...running for office was a very stupid thing for trump to do cause the rules are different

magicarpet

(14,144 posts)
18. Biggest boo boo tr-dump ever made.
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 09:11 PM
Feb 2018

Now he will be pushed into the meat-grinder of endless litigation, espionage, and treason.

He was better off just playing Monopoly in New York real estate and sticking to his petty crime money laundering syndicate.... But no the glutton wanted to be king of the universe... And the riches Oligarch on this side of the Milky Way.

WhiteTara

(29,704 posts)
27. I never understood why he risked all like that.
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 12:24 AM
Feb 2018

Is his ego SOOOO big that he thought no one would notice?

 

TheFrenchRazor

(2,116 posts)
29. this. i think it's guaranteed; the only question is whether there is the political will to charge,
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 12:57 AM
Feb 2018

convict, and remove a sitting president. there should be, but the GOP is so crooked that they literally wouldn't care if their president was russian mob money launderer.

FSogol

(45,476 posts)
23. Think the FBI is watching Manafort closely in case he tries to run?
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:20 PM
Feb 2018

It would be great tv to see him arrested at the airport.

alwaysinasnit

(5,065 posts)
32. Ironic?
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 02:40 PM
Feb 2018

Wouldn't it be ironic if the Patriot Act and its ilk, passed after 9/11, facilitated following the money trail of corrupt politicians to help bring them down instead of just the (Islamic?) terrorist entities?

red dog 1

(27,792 posts)
35. K&R...Thanks for posting
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 05:25 PM
Feb 2018

Shitler is up to his neck being involved in money laundering schemes going back many years.

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