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by Ken Meyer | Sep 14th, 2018, 10:50 am
As Paul Manafort is about to plead guilty to the charges against him as part of a deal with Robert Mueller, court filings suggest that he made some questionable comments about Jews in the past.
Federal prosecutors allege in their charging documents that Manafort spoke with a senior Israeli official about ways to smear Ukranian political Yulia Tymoshenko while building support for Viktor Yanukovych, the pro-Russian ex-president of Ukraine who Manafort used to work for.
To this end, Manafort allegedly tried to spread stories that would get Obama Jews to put pressure on the Obama Administration to condemn Tymoshenko under the presumption that not doing so wouldve been anti-semitic. He also tried to advance these stories through the media as well.
I have someone pushing it on NY Post. Bada bing bada boom, Manafort allegedly wrote.
Link to tweet
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https://www.mediaite.com/online/report-manafort-tried-to-get-obama-jews-to-advance-support-for-his-ukrainian-client/
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)to influence American policy on behalf of a pro-Russian criminal, is the heart of the conspiracy against America case, will not go over well even with Deplorables.
Not to mention the money laundering and tax fraud....stolen from "hardworking taxpayers". Am I right, cons?
If it all has nothing to do with Trump and collusion then...any pardon is just a favor for a friend and an abuse of power and massive corruption for all to see.
Can you even pardon someone who has admitted to a felony? Can you do a plea bargain where part of it is you must refuse any pardon?
Behind the Aegis
(53,951 posts)I followed that for weeks, watching it play out in Ukrainian and Russian media, as well as Israeli media; it got almost no play in the US. In reality, almost all of them were sacks of Jew-hating shit, so it was just who was the bigger Jew-hater and would do more damage in the long run. As a Jew, I am used to dealing with these type of anti-Semites, neither group is good, but it is left up to us to determine the degree of danger, and that also applies to those who call themselves "allies" to the Jewish community (or claim they aren't anti-Semitic scum), and demand we bend to their wishes if want them to stay on our side (anyone who claims a minority needs to address their (the majority) concerns over the concerns of the minority community is no ally, and wallow in their own privileged status).