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Rudy is at the White House. I'm calling a Manafort pardon before the night is over. (Original Post) sarcasmo Mar 2019 OP
I hope the NY AG is ready to step up... shanny Mar 2019 #1
Gov Cuomo definitely won't be pardoning him. BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #2
Yup, leave Federal court and go right to NYS pokey... mitch96 Mar 2019 #6
Yeah, is being in Rikers really better than being in Alexandria? Doesn't seem like it. RockRaven Mar 2019 #8
It would be the DA of either Manhattan (New York County) or Brooklyn (Kings County) nycbos Mar 2019 #13
I thought there was more sentencing to come? elfin Mar 2019 #3
I'm with you on that....there's still the DC sentencing to go. OnDoutside Mar 2019 #7
It wouldn't matter. Such a pardon would likely end those proceedings. tritsofme Mar 2019 #11
Manafart could swap his ostrich jacket for a full length... magicarpet Mar 2019 #15
Holy shit Leghorn21 Mar 2019 #4
Yaknow, this is where scumbags like Bannon would come in handy... TreasonousBastard Mar 2019 #5
A defiant pardon of federal crimes would work for us. Hortensis Mar 2019 #9
News on the street: 4 indictments coming. kennetha Mar 2019 #10
Friday will be on 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 sarcasmo Mar 2019 #12
That sounds more like porn than news... tritsofme Mar 2019 #14
It could be true, but patribiotics is a horrible source. bearsfootball516 Mar 2019 #16
patribotics is not reliable, though that doesn't mean they're wrong. unblock Mar 2019 #18
He probably doesn't even know who he is. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2019 #17

mitch96

(13,868 posts)
6. Yup, leave Federal court and go right to NYS pokey...
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 06:27 PM
Mar 2019

Do not pass go,do not collect $200 and forget about boardwalk..
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RockRaven

(14,872 posts)
8. Yeah, is being in Rikers really better than being in Alexandria? Doesn't seem like it.
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 06:31 PM
Mar 2019

Manafort might want to consider turning down the pardon...

nycbos

(6,034 posts)
13. It would be the DA of either Manhattan (New York County) or Brooklyn (Kings County)
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 06:41 PM
Mar 2019

The five boroughs of NYC are their own county with their own court systems.

elfin

(6,262 posts)
3. I thought there was more sentencing to come?
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 06:23 PM
Mar 2019

Then he may hold off until that comes down -- or else issue two sequential pardons?

Manafort is well and truly screwed UNLESS the fix is in for ALL sentencing.

magicarpet

(14,095 posts)
15. Manafart could swap his ostrich jacket for a full length...
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 06:43 PM
Mar 2019

... sewer and Rikers Island rat and rodent stole. I heard that is considered very fashionable at the New York State Penitentiary. If you like exotic fur coats.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
5. Yaknow, this is where scumbags like Bannon would come in handy...
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 06:24 PM
Mar 2019

explaining to the fucking moron that this pardon would be one of the worst things he could possibly do.

If he does it, lessee if it reaches the level of the Nixon tapes as the breaking point where even his supporters have to throw up their hands.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
9. A defiant pardon of federal crimes would work for us.
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 06:33 PM
Mar 2019

Almost everything at stake is much bigger than how much time Manafort spends in prison. Much as I'd like to know he'd, appropriately, spend the rest of his life there.

Proportional sentencing should consider the number of people affected. Stealing a state election is incredibly more hurtful than stealing a trailer of liquor, doesn't matter if it's valued at half a million.

kennetha

(3,666 posts)
10. News on the street: 4 indictments coming.
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 06:36 PM
Mar 2019
Exclusive: Multiple sources with links to the intelligence communities of more than one five eyes nation, and to the Trump administration, report that Special Counsel Mueller is going to indict all three of Donald Trump’s oldest children along with Jared Kushner.

Donald J Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, and Mr. Kushner will all be indicted, these sources said, although they were not clear if the indictments would all be revealed at once.

https://patribotics.blog/2019/03/07/donald-trump-jr-eric-trump-ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-all-indicted/


Don't know how reliable they are. My friend who shared this with me says 90% of what they have said was going to happen in the past has happened.

bearsfootball516

(6,372 posts)
16. It could be true, but patribiotics is a horrible source.
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 06:47 PM
Mar 2019

They’re 99 percent flash and flair and 1 percent actual substance.

unblock

(52,089 posts)
18. patribotics is not reliable, though that doesn't mean they're wrong.
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 06:48 PM
Mar 2019

a lot of people here on du, myself included, have said for a long time that the four of them our get indicted.

but it wasn't news when i said it, it was speculation.

and it's not likely news when patribotics says it either. their speculation might be slightly more informed speculation, but it's still speculation.

imho, they're wrong enough to fully justify not bothering to read them.

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