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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-denies-motion-to-toss-lying-charges-against-manafort/AP May 26, 2018, 1:58 PM
Judge denies motion to toss lying charges against Manafort
A federal judge on Friday rejected former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's attempt to have some of the criminal charges against him thrown out.
It was the latest setback for Manafort, who has seen U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson toss out his civil suit challenging the authority of special counsel Robert Mueller and dismiss a similar move in his criminal case. He faces charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent and money-laundering conspiracy and also two false-statement charges related to information he shared with the Justice Department about his Ukrainian political work.
In a motion, Manafort had argued that the false-statement charges amounted to double jeopardy, charging him twice for the same offense of lying to the government. He also argued that the piling up of the charges could prejudice a jury against him.
But in a seven-page ruling dismissing the motion, Jackson said any harm to Manafort at this stage in his criminal case could be handled by "proper" jury instructions. She said he could revisit the double jeopardy matter after his trial, which is scheduled for September.
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Manafort argues that Mueller shouldn't have been able to prosecute him because the charges don't stem directly from Russian election interference. Prosecutors have countered that Mueller was specifically authorized to investigate Manafort for financial crimes and his political work in Ukraine.
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Judge denies motion to toss lying charges against Manafort (Original Post)
babylonsister
May 2018
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Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)1. Ha ha!
triron
(21,994 posts)2. When is he gonna flip??
BadgerMom
(2,770 posts)4. Do you think he can?
Putin doesnt play. I fully believe that if Manafort flips something lethal will happen to him. He knows theyre criminals. Hes one of them.
Nitram
(22,776 posts)3. "Mueller was specifically authorized to investigate Manafort for financial crimes and his
political work in Ukraine. "
Now THAT'S interesting! Manafort was a fucked, and he didn't even know it. I wonder what else Mueller is specifically authorized to investigate. I wonder if the information was shred at the recent meeting between the Gang of Eight and the Dept of Justice team.
lame54
(35,279 posts)5. To quote The Producers...
"We find him incredibly guilty."
Roland99
(53,342 posts)6. LOL. I need to watch that again