Lawyers: Manafort suffers from depression, anxiety

[brooklynite]

Source: Detroit News

Washington – Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is suffering from depression and anxiety and is at times confined to a wheelchair because of gout.

That’s according to a court filing from defense lawyers Tuesday responding to allegations that Manafort has repeatedly lied to special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators.

Manafort’s lawyers say he was awakened before dawn on the days he was interviewed and normally spent the entire day talking with investigators.

They say the circumstances of his confinement “weighed heavily on Mr. Manafort’s state of mind and on his memory” as he was questioned.

Read more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/08/lawyers-paul-manafort-suffers-depression-anxiety/38863297/

[Hekate]

1. My heart bleeds

[Nasruddin]

13. My turnip bleeds

[MsLeopard]

47. Tots and pears nt

[forgotmylogin]

60. Aw, poor Paul Manafort...

with his millions and his feelings...

[Rik von Beer]

65. Beat me to it!

Including the emoji.

[PeeJ52]

2. Welcome to living in America under pResident tRump, Mr. Manafort

I've been that way for 2 years now and I'm not even in jail...

[groundloop]

37. Damn Straight.... I too am suffering because of uncertainty over my income and retirement

I'm depressed and anxiou too.....thanks to repubs I don't know if I'll be able to afford retirement. I'm a degreed professional and have been dutifully investing in my 401K the way I'm told I'm supposed to, yet now that my body is telling me it's time to retire I don't know whether I'll have healthcare and it looks like my 401K is going to be woefully inadequate. Welcome to the American dream under repub rule.

Fuck you Manafort, you had plenty of wealth and you blew it.

[brooklynite]

3. Today in the Big House...

Chicken Patty Sandwich (or Soy Patty)
Steamed Rice
Pinto Beans
Lettuce/Tomato
Salad Dressing
Hamburger Bun
Fruit
Beverage

[erronis]

12. Maybe he can get some special goodies if he wears his flamingo/flamenco coat...

Do a little dance for the rest of the cons.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. I don't want to wish pain on a fellow human being, but in this case, good! If you lie, cheat, ...

steal, etc., it'll come back to bite you in the A**!

[vlyons]

31. I don't wish ill on anyone

My best advice to Paul is to turn his cell into a meditation retreat.

[sprinkleeninow]

36. I have no pity for such as these. They wrote their own ticket. I leave these sorts 'to Heaven'.

I don't wish any ill or harm.

I do concentrate/channel my intercessions on/toward the down and out and the least of us.

"As ye sow, shall ye reap." That includes moi.

[vlyons]

41. We Buddhists have compassion for all sentient beings, including

Paul Manafort. Don't confuse compassion with pity. But that does not mean that we think that Manafort can escape the consequences of his past actions. He was a very despicable person, who worked for tyrants for money. Justice is a virtue. But wouldn't it be nice if through studying Buddhism and practicing meditation that he saw the errors and harms of his past behavior, and then made a sincere personal commitment to work for the benefit and well-being of others? Being high-minded is always good for its own sake.

[sprinkleeninow]

53. I do have 'feeling' for creation, in a spiritual manner.

I don't condemn anyone to hell.

I need to watch my own path to my personal destiny.

I'm not gloating over what is coming to these people. But, I am not pitying them.

Yes, it would be beneficent for him and others to find the 'Light' because of their incarceration and separation from what was familiar.

Only God.....

[Hassin Bin Sober]

72. Or the big toe.

[underpants]

5. Damn, prison must suck

[C_U_L8R]

6. So does the country

thanks to these traitorous a-holes

[Loki Liesmith]

7. Good

[Vinca]

8. I can hardly contain my tears.

[matt819]

9. Well, duh

Keeping all the lies straight is stressful.

Awakened before dawn: WTF?

Spent the entire day talking: WTF? That's the way he earned his money, by talking all day.

Confinement weighed heavily: Consider it training. He's going to be confined in far more stressful circumstances for a far longer period of time.

[guillaumeb]

10. Does he also expresss any regret for being a crook?

Asking for a friend.

[sprinkleeninow]

39. He may have regrets having his sorry derriere in a sling currently.

He reapin' après sowin'.

Guillaume,
Je tiens à toi! Mucho grandemente! 😉

[guillaumeb]

49. D'accord.

He regrets getting caught.

[sprinkleeninow]

56. That's the ticket. 😡 🤕 😰 😢 🤒 😩

[NastyRiffraff]

11. Yeah prison tends to do that

To avoid prison, and therefore the ensuing depression and anxiety, try not being a traitor to your country.

Oops. Too late.

[dalton99a]

14. Please send cards and flowers

[Moostache]

28. Already sent "thoughts and prayers"...

I gave at the office!

[Polly Hennessey]

15. Yes. Prisons are notoriously famous

for giving Gout to inmates. It must be that Chicken Patty on a Bun with a side of fruit.

[rampartc]

67. +1

maybe he needs one of those privatized prisons where the food is simpler.

[jberryhill]

16. I called it!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211297823#post61

61. Betcha gout

Betcha he’s got a bottle of colchicine at home for flare ups, but getting it in prison is an involved process.

Where do I collect my prize?

[GoneOffShore]

74. He should be on Allopurinol.

But probably isn't.

[Bleacher Creature]

17. Someone should call the wambulance! NT

[demigoddess]

18. thoughts and prayers

[zipplewrath]

19. Thoughts and Prayers

That outta help.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

20. I'd like to state my response in the form of a Melania Trump jacket:

[Sancho]

21. jailhouse blues?

[rickyhall]

22. Let's have a pity party!

[Judi Lynn]

23. He always used to look so happy as he lurched along city streets on videos.

Who won't miss that sweet, happy smile?

Awwww.

[FakeNoose]

34. Right - I kept posting "What's this guy smiling about?"

So weird and inappropriate, a year ago.

[safeinOhio]

24. Didn't they take all of his wealth

Bummer.

[lilactime]

25. Call the waaaahmbulance.

[eggplant]

26. Thoughts and/or prayers.

[SunSeeker]

27. That's nothing compared to the suffering he has inflicted on the US with Shitler.

[redstatebluegirl]

29. He is depressed that he got caught and no longer wears expensive suits.

[sprinkleeninow]

57. Or his fancy ostrich jacket. Douche.

[elfin]

30. GOUT?? Quit drinking. Take some colchicine (sp?)

Yes, can be painful if you don't treat it. Treat it and man up.

[malchickiwick]

32. Instant Karma applies to treasonous, ostrichskin-wearing, fuckwads too, apparently.

[bringthePaine]

33. query

should that not read "...according to (yet another) court DEFILING..." etc.,?

[sprinkleeninow]

35. Boo-fracken-hoo.

Here's my violin 🎻, the smallest in the whole wide world, playing "Hearts and Flowers....."

Sending you pears/tarts. 😭 💔

[Leghorn21]

38. Hey Manafort, these things happen when you're a

[Paladin]

40. Pardon me while I don't give a shit. (nt)

[Quackers]

43. Ironically, he wants a pardon too! Nt

[DesertRat]

42. Since Nov. 2016, don't we all!

[Jopin Klobe]

44. Oh, no ...

[link:https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=phoebe+%22Oh%2c+No%22&&view=detail&mid=19115C9B9D966558664319115C9B9D9665586643&&FORM=VRDGAR|

[beachbum bob]

45. he shares that with many crooks who will die in fucking prison

[SergeStorms]

46. Too fucking bad.

All the anxiety and depression the Trump administration has caused, "we, the people", is partly his fault, and as such he should suffer the same fate as, "we, the people". Fuck off, Manafort. I hope you die depressed and anxious in prison.

[TNNurse]

48. If I were him, I would also be anxious and depressed.

Gout is treatable. I bet a prison diet without rich foods will help.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

51. That's what happens

when you associate with a loser like Trump

[LoveMyCali]

61. Or turn against

your country.

[2naSalit]

52. So?

Who cares? Fuck him and no free lunch.

[Nitram]

54. Good. Treasonous greedy fuckers deserve to suffer.

[BigDemVoter]

55. Yeah, that's what lying under oath does to you. . . .

[TexasBushwhacker]

58. Maybe if he's had a CONSCIENCE

he wouldn't be in this pickle now. Karma is a bitch!

[True_Blue]

59. So sad! He should call whine-1-1 & get a whambulance

[Demonaut]

62. I would if I were him...fuck him

[meffintn]

63. SAD

WOMP WOMP

[Yeehah]

64. Poor wittle snowfwake!

He appeared the picture of health before all of these legal troubles.

[Snellius]

66. Most disturbing is that he likely didn't see what he was doing as wrong

Manafort had no loyalty to anyone or anything other than his ambition for money and power, without any regard for how it affected the wider good other than himself. Much like who he served. That's why democracies are formed. Not to impose government on the people or because their smarter but to protect the people from cons and manipulators like him.

[wroberts189]

68. But not a speck of remorse... n/t

[tavernier]

69. Oh those evil interviewers, awakening him before dawn!

He was promised a 9 o’clock wake up call and breakfast in bed.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

70. W the Fed Workers not getting paid, maybe the over-worked guards will

look the other way at some critical point and the Russian will accidentally fall on a shiv?

[jmowreader]

71. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury

Be lenient with my client when you sentence him for killing both his parents, on account of he is now an orphan.

[FSogol]

73. They are begging for a pardon from Trumpy.n/t