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leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:20 AM Feb 2019

Mueller could tell all in last major court filing in Paul Manafort's case

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Source: cnn

Friday may be the day that special counsel Robert Mueller tells all in the long-running court saga of Paul Manafort's prosecution.

Mueller's sentencing memorandum is due to a federal judge in DC District Court before midnight Friday.
It is the last major requisite court filing in Mueller's longest running case, a sprawling prosecution of the former Trump campaign manager that led investigators to gather exhaustive information about his hidden Cypriot bank accounts, Ukrainian political efforts in Europe and the US and into Manafort's time on the 2016 presidential campaign.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/22/politics/manafort-sentecing-memo-preview/index.html



This could be very interesting and I wonder if this was what the whole "Mueller giving report soon" thing was all about.
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Mueller could tell all in last major court filing in Paul Manafort's case (Original Post) leftynyc Feb 2019 OP
So long as it outlines all that are culpable, with their list of treasonous crimes, I'm okay. ffr Feb 2019 #1
Sounds like it's only about manafort leftynyc Feb 2019 #3
Mueller can't impeach - but he can give Congress the ammunition they need FakeNoose Feb 2019 #4
"hidden Cypriot bank accounts" - Secretary Wilbur Ross runs a Cypriot bank with hidden accounts. lagomorph777 Feb 2019 #2
Locking... DonViejo Feb 2019 #5

ffr

(22,665 posts)
1. So long as it outlines all that are culpable, with their list of treasonous crimes, I'm okay.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:35 AM
Feb 2019

Indict. Impeach. Repeat.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
3. Sounds like it's only about manafort
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:42 AM
Feb 2019

It's a sentencing memo for the two charges he pleaded guilty for in VA.

FakeNoose

(32,595 posts)
4. Mueller can't impeach - but he can give Congress the ammunition they need
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:52 PM
Feb 2019

Mueller can only pursue legal charges, not political ones including impeachment.
But I like the way you're thinking. Let's go for broke on this!

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
2. "hidden Cypriot bank accounts" - Secretary Wilbur Ross runs a Cypriot bank with hidden accounts.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:39 AM
Feb 2019

Fun times.

DonViejo

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5. Locking...
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:57 PM
Feb 2019

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