Manafort in Solitary Confinement to Protect Against Violent 'Street Cred' Attack...

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediate




Manafort in Solitary Confinement to Protect Against Violent ‘Street Cred’ Attack, Trump’s Ex-Lawyer Says

by Aidan McLaughlin | 5:49 pm, June 19th, 2018

Paul Manafort has been put in “solitary confinement” according to John Dowd, his friend and President Donald Trump‘s former lawyer.

Trump’s jowly ex-attorney on the Russia investigation told Fox News that after Manafort’s $10 million bail was revoked, he was put “in solitary confinement for his own safety from the general prison population.”

“The warden is concerned that someone would violently attack Paul just for street cred,” Dowd added. He also said Manafort’s imprisonment was an “outrageous violation” of his civil liberties.

“They make all prisoners return to their cells whenever Paul needs to leave his cell,” Dowd added.


Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/online/manafort-in-solitary-confinement-to-protect-against-violent-street-cred-attack-trumps-ex-lawyer-says/

[heaven05]

1. to hell with manafort

and his being a RW snowflake probably crying himself to sleep and pissing himself in fear, I hope

[pnwmom]

10. He can't flip on Trump if he's dead.

He's got a Russian target on his back. I'm glad they're trying to keep him alive.

[Maxheader]

16. Good point..

Maybe mueller can cut a deal..sing like a canary
and we'll put you in a facility with lines painted on
the ground for walls...

[FarPoint]

29. Good point....

Need to keep him alive.

[Maraya1969]

53. I keep having this thought that the reason he won't sing is to protect his family. The Russians

wouldn't think anything of killing his kids and wife.

Unless they are all moved into witness protection I don't think Manafort will say anything.

[Leghorn21]

2. "They make all prisoners return to their cells whenever Paul needs to leave his cell," Dowd added.

Yeah, that’s how you gain the affection of your fellow inmates, ASSHOLE

Actually, I heard he’s in the VIP suite, which is apparently solitary

Meanwhile, I didn know this Dowd fella was Manafort’s “friend” - ??

At any rate, and no matter what,

Hahahhaaaahhhaaaa

[canetoad]

23. Small and petty I know, but

By the next time we see Manafort will the rich auburn and little distinguished grey 'wings' have reverted to his natural colour? Do prisons sell 'Just For Men'?

[Leghorn21]

24. You are so small and petty, toad!! I LOVE IT!! - honestly, I don't know what manner of

hair care products are permitted in his VIP suite -

But also, I do truly wonder, would the average person, doing time or not, have a clue who this traitor even is?!? I guess word’s out by now in there, but not everyone is following this storyline like we are!!

So many quezzztions this evening!!!

[canetoad]

25. Heya Leghorn!!

I guess they have news in prisons, and any white collar crims will surely know who he is. I hope he knows that he may very well be looking at a preview of however many years he has remaining.

[murielm99]

43. Blagojevich, imprisoned former Illinois governor,

was proud of his thick, dark head of hair. It is pure white now. They don't sell 'Just for Men,' at least not in the prison Blago inhabits.

[janterry]

3. He's going to have a hard time in solitary

that ups the pressure even more

[yallerdawg]

4. Sounds like "all prisoners" have a legitimate beef.

Manafort did this to himself believing he was above the law with his wealth and power.

He should have the least possible rights and privileges allowable.

Contempt should be paid back with same in kind.

[LenaBaby61]

5. Welp ....

He bought it all on his greedy, treasonous, law-breaking ass self

[EarthFirst]

6. Why is this warden commenting on the politics of the judicial decision to inprison Manafort?

Your job is to ensure the judicial decision is served with relative comfort and absolute safety; not to issue your own determination of the verdict.

[pnwmom]

12. Why would we believe DT's attorney John Dowd on what the warden's reasoning was?

I don't think anyone would want to acknowledge the truth -- that he could be the target of the Russians he's been conspiring with.

[Jedi Guy]

32. The warden didn't comment on it.

I read that as Dowd explaining the warden's reasoning for putting Manafort in solitary, and then adding his (Dowd's) own opinion on Manafort being imprisoned. It's a very poorly written sentence. It seems editors aren't a thing anymore, judging by how many times I see stuff like this in the press.

[Me.]

7. Don't Do The Crime

If you don't want to do the time

[Racerdog1]

8. You can run but you can't hide.

It is coming you low life piece of shit. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but your justice is coming. Karma is a bitch.

[Solly Mack]

9. Anyone with any actual "street cred" can get to him no matter what. Besides

the riskier the task, the more impressive the action, the greater the cred.

If they're really concerned they wouldn't raise the stakes, thereby raising the gain.

But in a more reality based world - I doubt anyone currently serving time with Manafort finds him worth the effort.

Saying you fear for your client's life is often a means to get them out of prison or get some other arrangement.

Sometimes it is true - say, for instance, are they housing any Russian mobsters?

Any guards connected to the Russian mob?

Warden worried about the other prisoners but what about the COs?

Dick Wolf! Calling Dick Wolf!

I had fun anyway. lol

[pnwmom]

13. That's just Trump's attorney John Dowd talking. They're not going to admit

the real concern -- that his Russian co-conspirators might arrange for him to die there.

[Solly Mack]

18. True.

But I still had fun with it.

[ck4829]

48. Bingo

[SomethingNew]

51. I think you've taken Oz a bit too seriously.

[Solly Mack]

54. LMAO I believe it was obvious I was having fun

Or do you not know who Dick Wolf is?

Or did you not understand the words "I had fun anyway"?

LMAO

[SomethingNew]

55. I did not know who Dick Wolf was.

My bad.

[Solly Mack]

56. No harm, no foul. Sorry for my being a pooty head.

I was having fun with what that lawyer said. He created a plot and I went with it.

[deurbano]

11. Why would Dowd be described as "jowly"? WTH does that have to do with the story?

I mean, being described as a "friend" of Manafort is enough of an insult without getting into his appearance.

[Hekate]

17. Journalism 101: use descriptive language about people, places, and things...

Portly. Rumple-suited. Unshaven. Tooling down the street in a wheelchair covered in political bumper stickers and flying a miniature rainbow flag. Wearing a large flowered hat as she always does.

Good journalists paint a word-picture for their readers in addition to telling us Who, What, Where, When, and How.

[pnwmom]

20. And it does help remind us which one of the revolving-door attorneys he was.

He's not the one with the mustache.

[Hekate]

22. Exactly. A friend of mine was very active in the local disability-rights community...

Linda has since passed away, but was possibly the oldest living Muscular Dystrophy patient in the country -- and a quadriplegic with a permanent trache and portable oxygen tank. I remember that one journalist described her testimony at a heated public meeting thus "...pausing a moment to suck air..." Well, yes, that was how she had to live her life, and testimony to her enduring determination and vitality. The picture was indelible.

[deurbano]

33. But "...pausing a moment to suck air..." is relevant to the story. My daughter is quadriplegic

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with a speech disability, and she has had news stories written about her that included relevant word-pictures. Next Sunday, she will be part of the Nancy Pelosi contingent of the Pride parade in San Francisco, and she will in fact be "tooling down the street in a wheelchair" with a backpack covered in political buttons and wearing a Pelosi rainbow sweatband around her wrist!

[deurbano]

31. Yeah, but you can always look him up. And how far do we go with this?

The more wrinkled one? The one with the birth mark? The one with the big nose?

[lagomorph777]

38. The one with the garish orange face and bright pink eye mask?

Sure. No problem with that.

[deurbano]

39. Fair game! Especially since it seems to indicate some inner conflict

regarding the supremacy of whiteness, given his bizarre attempts to hide it.

[lagomorph777]

40. Everything about his appearance displays his psychological problems.

The combover, the fake skin color, the morbid obesity, the permanent scowl. Sick sick bastard.

[deurbano]

30. "Tooling down the street in a wheelchair covered in political bumper stickers and flying a

miniature rainbow flag" is painting a vivid word-picture that is most likely relevant to the story, and it isn't intended as a negative comment on someone's personal appearance. "Jowly" is irrelevant to this story and sticks out. There is no other similar descriptive language in the brief article, so the reporter is failing at painting a word-picture if that was the intent. I think it actually is more illuminating in regard to what the skinny, 20-something, recent university graduate (I looked him up) who wrote the description finds compelling about the 77-year-old Dowd. (Should I mention the reporter appears to have a somewhat receding chin?) If Dowd is one of the Vulgar Talking Yam-loving Neanderthals who (for example) trash certain women for being fat, while being overweight themselves, then "portly" or "jowly" could be relevant in revealing the hypocrisy... but otherwise it just contributes to looks-ism, fat shaming and ageism.

Things people choose to do to themselves are fair game: like spraying themselves orange, or wearing absurdly long ties, or dyeing and arranging what remains of their hair in ludicrous and garish ways. A homeless person being unshaven and rumpled doesn't seem very newsworthy, but those are relevant details when describing someone like Bannon, since it's such a departure from the norm for WH advisors.

This isn't to defend Dowd... but to defend others who are only guilty of being jowly. It's not a neutral descriptor.

[Hekate]

14. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. In his case that should be till about 2118. nt

[global1]

15. If Manafort Doesn't Cooperate With Mueller Then He Can Look To....

facing life imprisonment in solitary confinement or always having to look who's behind his back.

[DeminPennswoods]

19. Don't know what the general prisoner population is like

where he is, but presumably he was sent there rather than DC because the VA jail doesn't have violent offenders. If he is convicted, he'll go to a minimum or medium security federal prison - think Allenwood - with other white collar criminals.

[NBachers]

21. I wonder what the dudes in the chow hall are up to?

[turbinetree]

26. Boo fucking hoo John Dowd.................if he can't do the the time don't do the fucking crime

he's in "protective custody"......................is that what your trying to say Dowd........................he does realize does he not that there is /are some people connected to the Russian Mafia doing time, and he does owe one guy over what 17 million ...........................right

[C_U_L8R]

27. Street cred... with the Russian mob

Word must be out that there will be big rewards from Putin and Trump

[riversedge]

28. Lets hope that Manafort gets a good taste of his life to come. Might be shortened if he

decides to give some valuable infor to Mueller.

[AlexSFCA]

35. at least some good news, some justice

[Dan]

36. If someone wants him

in a prison, then he will be got.

All this policy will do - is highlight the opportunities when he is available - to the population.

He would have been better off, doing his time like everyone else, learning how to fight or take an ass-whipping or two, or three.

Because if he is convicted - he cannot live his life in solitary confinement - he will go crazy.

And guess what, even in solitary, if someone wants you, you will not be safe.

My thoughts.

[jmowreader]

37. Mr. Dowd, if you want to talk about outrageous violations of civil liberties...

Let's discuss what Paul Manafort did to the civil liberties of every person in the world by helping to install Donald Trump in the White House.

Tell ya what, since you're so worried about him: I'll gladly trade Donald Trump's head on a platter for Paul Manafort's freedom.

[truthisfreedom]

41. This is actually pretty serious. We need him alive. I hope that nobody gets to the warden.

I hope they continue to keep Manafort healthy. It would be way too easy for 45 and his gang of ne'er-do-well criminals to arrange for someone to kill Manafort in prison, especially the way 45 throws cash around to get his way.

[tblue37]

42. Maybe Corey Levandowsky can visit him and make the sad trombone sound, "Womp,womp." nt

[czarjak]

44. Crimea River

[ck4829]

50. LOL

[raven mad]

45. But................but......... he has street cred, remember?

Well, maybe it's not a legit...........

[TEB]

52. Can I borrow this

When emailing my gop congress and senate sycophants

[raven mad]

57. Absolutely!

I have too much fun looking up derogatory posters/signs..............all aimed at the orange asshole occupying the oval office.

[TEB]

59. Thanks

I love it I showed it to my wife she busted out laughing.

[Nitram]

46. LOL, "jowly!"

[ck4829]

49. Harder to 'Sergei Magnitsky' him too I suppose

[olddad56]

58. Felons who are locked up don't have the same civil liberties as law biding citizens.