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In reply to the discussion: New York Has Prepared Paul Manafort Charges If Trump Pardons Him [View all]getagrip_already
(14,710 posts)36. One would say an embarrassment of crimes.......
You know, for most people, even a single felony charge is a big deal. It means you violated a single, major law and you could spend years in prison. Even if you do something like rob a bank, you might get three or four related charges. But they would all be considered in the same trial because they are tightly related (bank robery, gun possession, evading arrest, resisting arrest, eyc).
It boggles the mind that these guys have literally dozens of separate crimes they can be charged with, in multiple jurisdictions, over many years.
It also boggles the mind these can dismissed by the gop as a witch hunt, or deep state paranoia.
No, they are major crimes. And these guys are career criminals.
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New York Has Prepared Paul Manafort Charges If Trump Pardons Him [View all]
Julian Englis
Feb 2019
OP
I should have asked more clearly: How does Vance avoid being blocked by that NYS law?
lagomorph777
Feb 2019
#9
That's not exactly true. If it were the issue with the New York law would never have come up. n/t
PoliticAverse
Feb 2019
#18
Very good! (1) Cooperate with Mueller on prosecutions (2) Distinguish State from Federal crimes
lagomorph777
Feb 2019
#24
One way could be to charge him with crimes that the feds declined to pursue as
cstanleytech
Feb 2019
#26
New York is one of few states that consider federal charges when protecting the defendant against..
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2019
#10
Charge Manafort with a different crime. Note that federal tax evasion and state tax evasion are
PoliticAverse
Feb 2019
#20
Cyrus Vance let Junior & Ivanka skate after getting a campaign contribution, also Harvey Weinstein,
RockRaven
Feb 2019
#3
They were discussing this on Bloomberg this morning indicating that NY has to proceed carefully to
still_one
Feb 2019
#6
It wasn't click bait, it was on Bloomberg network, and he wasn't trying to create a "horse race".
still_one
Feb 2019
#15
But Trump can only pardon federal crimes whether or not the person was actually charged.
Cold War Spook
Feb 2019
#25
NYS's own constitution forbids double jeopardy prosecutions for the same federal and state crime..
Princess Turandot
Feb 2019
#30
Of course no one talks about how inappropriate a presidential pardon is for these crimes
elias7
Feb 2019
#16
Plus, Mueller had him admit to crimes not charged, which are also state crimes.
tableturner
Feb 2019
#27