Facing Disbarment, Manafort Resigns as Lawyer

[Julian Englis]

Source: Courthouse News

Heading off a Tuesday disbarment hearing, convicted ex-Trump confidant Paul Manafort submitted his resignation as a lawyer in Connecticut.

Represented by attorneys at the firm Ury & Moskow, the 69-year-old Manafort stipulated in the Jan. 9 filing that he is waiving his right “to seek reinstatement at any time in the future.”

Manafort, who was convicted in August of eight counts of bank and tax fraud, has been incarcerated in the Alexandria Detention Center in Virginia while he awaits sentencing. The former lobbyist and chair of President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign was among the first U.S. citizens to be charged in the ongoing Russia investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller.

Though found guilty by a jury in Virginia this summer, Manafort also pleaded guilty in Washington to conspiracy against the U.S. and conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Read more: https://www.courthousenews.com/facing-disbarment-manafort-resigns-as-lawyer/

[Hekate]

1. Good.

[charlyvi]

2. I had no idea he was a lawyer.

Who knew!

[Leghorn21]

4. Had no idea, nope...wonder how many new clients he's picked up the last few months, hmmm

[Talitha]

5. Me neither

[C Moon]

3. Being a Republican: what a creepy way to live the one life you were given.

[MFGsunny]

6. and he was a LAWYER .......

like the old joke goes:: to the bottom of the sea with ya!

[FakeNoose]

7. Well that should have happened about 30 years ago

Better late than never.

[druidity33]

8. His lawyers are Ury and Moskow? Seriously? nt.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. That would never get past an editor if it was submitted as fiction. . . . nt

[George II]

11. That's got to be a comedy bit - Ury and Moskow (i.e., Uri and Moscow)!

[blugbox]

13. It has to be a joke right?

Please? My brain can't take this kind of stuff right now hahaha

[onetexan]

14. LOL FITTING!!!

[druidity33]

15. still weirdly doubtful it's true. Really? Damn. nt.

[EarthFirst]

16. I'm just learning this myself.

It’s so fucking bizarre; I almost feel we’re being trolled.

[George II]

10. I never realized he was an attorney. Between his education and family background....

....(father was a big politician in central Connecticut, family owned lucrative construction business), he had the world by the cojones. But he succumbed to greed.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Well

[UpInArms]

17. How fitting

A lawyer? Lol! All he got from that was which laws he could subvert ...

I hope he rots in jail