CDZ Great Week 4 GOP, Meanwhile Manafort Still Rots in Solitary Confinement Over Fake Ledger

[Syriusly]

Manafort was tried in the Eastern District of Virginia on eighteen charges including tax evasion, bank fraud, and hiding foreign bank accounts - financial crimes uncovered during the special counsel's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election.[23] The trial began on July 31, 2018 before U.S. District Judge T. S. Ellis III.[218][219] On August 21, the jury found Manafort guilty on eight of the eighteen charges, while Ellis declared a mistrial on the other ten.[23] He was convicted on five counts of tax fraud, one of the four counts of failing to disclose his foreign bank accounts, and two counts of bank fraud.[220]

Manafort's trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was scheduled to begin in September 2018.[226] He was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, money laundering, failing to register as a foreign lobbyist, making false statements to investigators, and witness tampering.[227] On September 14, 2018, Manafort entered into a plea deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to two charges: conspiracy to defraud the United States and witness tampering.[228] He also agreed to forfeit to the government more than $22 million in cash and property,[229] and to co-operate fully with the Special Counsel.[230] A tentative sentencing date for Manafort's guilty plea in the D.C. case has been set for March 2019.[231]

What a hero to the Trump followers.

The guy who admitted to bank fraud and witness tampering.

 

[Syriusly]

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Manafort plead guilty but you want him released. And you call me corrupt??? When is Trump going to start draining the swamp?

Manafort was coerced into a guilty plea, which is no admission, .

Actually he did indeed admit his guilt
Paul Manafort pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate with Mueller investigation - CNNPolitics
He also admitted to all the other crimes Mueller accused him of since last October -- from money laundering and bank fraud to foreign lobbying violations



He also affirmed in writing that he was not coerced- are you saying he was lying to the court?

 

[Dragonlady]

Paul Manafort was an expert political advisor, and his chief talent was for keeping score of how many people still support your guy. This is not a simple thing as any whip can tell you. People will lie to you, mislead you or try to use a poker face to hide their true intent. Manafort was good at fishing out these hidden motives and making very accurate counts as to who would or would not remain true to his client.

That is why Trump hired Manafort to track his delegate count leading up to the 2016 Republican convention. He was not a Trumpster, he was a hired gun, which makes his loyalty to his client even more remarkable. He is the epitome of a fading generation of urbanite American who regard loyalty as more important than wealth or even their own personal freedom.

It is great that Trump had all these wins this past week, but Manafort still rots in jail for the crime of supporting Trump, and the GOP needs to correct this ASAP.

New Revelation: Mueller Team Learned in April 2018 That "Black Ledger" Which Triggered the Russia Collusion Investigation Was Fake

To gain a better understanding of the significance of the infamous Ukrainian “black ledger,” it’s helpful to know the backstory. And no one does a better job of this than Fox News’ contributor and investigator Dan Bongino in his book “Spygate.”

A pro-Western Ukrainian-American lawyer and activist named Alexandra Chalupa stands at the center of the collusion story. She hated then-political consultant/lobbyist Paul Manafort for his role in the re-election of pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in 2010 and his subsequent work for the pro-Russian party in Ukraine.


Immediately after Manafort joined the Trump campaign in March 2016, “allegations of Trump-Russia collusion started to gain steam” and much of this narrative was driven by Alexandra Chalupa.

Chalupa had worked as a consultant for the DNC and for Democratic politicians including several Clinton campaign officials. Between 2004 and 2016, she had earned $412,000 from the DNC, but left to focus on researching or rather “destroying” Manafort. Chalupa had “watched him since 2014.” According to Dan Bongino:

The moment Manafort joined the Trump team, Chalupa alerted the DNC of the “threat” of Russian influence. Chalupa’s sister, Andrea, spread the word on a Ukrainian television show calling Manafort’s hiring a “huge deal” and describing him as the “puppet master of some of the most vile dictators around the world.” His hiring, she said sent a “very, very, very, very, very serious warning bell going off.” This fear was rooted in the belief that Manafort was the mastermind behind Yanukovych’s corruption. (Bongino: Spygate)

Still, Manafort continued to hang on until August 19th when the New York Times reported that:

Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Bureau found a black ledger in a bank vault abandoned by Yanukovych showing $12 million in cash payments earmarked for Manafort by Yanukovych’s political party. “Investigators assert that the disbursements were part of an illegal off-the-books system whose recipients also include election officials. In addition, criminal prosecutors are investigating a group of offshore shell companies that helped members of Mr. Yanukovych’s inner circle finance their lavish lifestyles.” (Bongino: Spygate)

Manafort had no choice but to resign from the campaign. The identity of the leaker remains a mystery. But, considering the news was damaging to Manafort and Trump and helpful to the Hillary campaign, and that Alexandra Chalupa had devoted herself full-time to the business of destroying Manafort, I suppose we can guess who was behind it.​

Free Manafort NOW. This grotesque injustice should not be tolerated in a free country.

Your entire post is bullshit. Manafort's case was not made on the "black ledger". It was made on his bank records, where he defrauded American banks for millions of dollars, and evaded income tax on millions of dollars of overseas income.

17 charges of money laundering, bank fraud, wire fraud, and other fiscal abuses. Jurors said the mountain of evidence against him was overwhelming.

His "solitary" confinement, is actually a private cell where he has WIFI, a small library, a TV and a computer. He's living in the lap of luxury while in jail.

I hope he never gets out.

 

[Syriusly]

Paul Manafort was an expert political advisor, and his chief talent was for keeping score of how many people still support your guy. This is not a simple thing as any whip can tell you. People will lie to you, mislead you or try to use a poker face to hide their true intent. Manafort was good at fishing out these hidden motives and making very accurate counts as to who would or would not remain true to his client.

That is why Trump hired Manafort to track his delegate count leading up to the 2016 Republican convention. He was not a Trumpster, he was a hired gun, which makes his loyalty to his client even more remarkable. He is the epitome of a fading generation of urbanite American who regard loyalty as more important than wealth or even their own personal freedom.

It is great that Trump had all these wins this past week, but Manafort still rots in jail for the crime of supporting Trump, and the GOP needs to correct this ASAP.

New Revelation: Mueller Team Learned in April 2018 That "Black Ledger" Which Triggered the Russia Collusion Investigation Was Fake

To gain a better understanding of the significance of the infamous Ukrainian “black ledger,” it’s helpful to know the backstory. And no one does a better job of this than Fox News’ contributor and investigator Dan Bongino in his book “Spygate.”

A pro-Western Ukrainian-American lawyer and activist named Alexandra Chalupa stands at the center of the collusion story. She hated then-political consultant/lobbyist Paul Manafort for his role in the re-election of pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in 2010 and his subsequent work for the pro-Russian party in Ukraine.


Immediately after Manafort joined the Trump campaign in March 2016, “allegations of Trump-Russia collusion started to gain steam” and much of this narrative was driven by Alexandra Chalupa.

Chalupa had worked as a consultant for the DNC and for Democratic politicians including several Clinton campaign officials. Between 2004 and 2016, she had earned $412,000 from the DNC, but left to focus on researching or rather “destroying” Manafort. Chalupa had “watched him since 2014.” According to Dan Bongino:

The moment Manafort joined the Trump team, Chalupa alerted the DNC of the “threat” of Russian influence. Chalupa’s sister, Andrea, spread the word on a Ukrainian television show calling Manafort’s hiring a “huge deal” and describing him as the “puppet master of some of the most vile dictators around the world.” His hiring, she said sent a “very, very, very, very, very serious warning bell going off.” This fear was rooted in the belief that Manafort was the mastermind behind Yanukovych’s corruption. (Bongino: Spygate)

Still, Manafort continued to hang on until August 19th when the New York Times reported that:

Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Bureau found a black ledger in a bank vault abandoned by Yanukovych showing $12 million in cash payments earmarked for Manafort by Yanukovych’s political party. “Investigators assert that the disbursements were part of an illegal off-the-books system whose recipients also include election officials. In addition, criminal prosecutors are investigating a group of offshore shell companies that helped members of Mr. Yanukovych’s inner circle finance their lavish lifestyles.” (Bongino: Spygate)

Manafort had no choice but to resign from the campaign. The identity of the leaker remains a mystery. But, considering the news was damaging to Manafort and Trump and helpful to the Hillary campaign, and that Alexandra Chalupa had devoted herself full-time to the business of destroying Manafort, I suppose we can guess who was behind it.​

Free Manafort NOW. This grotesque injustice should not be tolerated in a free country.

Your entire post is bullshit. Manafort's case was not made on the "black ledger". It was made on his bank records, where he defrauded American banks for millions of dollars, and evaded income tax on millions of dollars of overseas income.

17 charges of money laundering, bank fraud, wire fraud, and other fiscal abuses. Jurors said the mountain of evidence against him was overwhelming.

His "solitary" confinement, is actually a private cell where he has WIFI, a small library, a TV and a computer. He's living in the lap of luxury while in jail.

I hope he never gets out.

Jackson noted that the private cells where Manafort was held in protective custody in Alexandria were different from the Special Housing Units, or SHUs, that are used to discipline prisoners with "solitary confinement."
Jackson said of Manafort's situation: "The defendant was not in the SHU. I understand now that he is in protective confinement. It is true that his cell is not shared, it has a single bunk, it has a window, radio, newspapers, and view of the television. It is true that he's released for only a few of his waking hours every day out of that confinement to walk around and be with other people."

Anyway- probably the sentencing won't really matter since Trump is likely to pardon his criminal buddy.