"We're going to need to bring him in." Senate wants Manafort to testify!

[Kingofalldems]

Hahaha. Hopefully he'll go John Dean on Trump's ass.

Link to tweet

[femmocrat]

1. Wow, that will be must-see TV.

Hope it's televised!

[Alice11111]

28. They said it will ne behind closed doors. Too bad.

[Binders Keepers]

2. Dumb question but....

Will he be under oath?

[Kingofalldems]

4. I would assume.

[sarah FAILIN]

5. It won't matter.

They lie as easily as they breathe.

[littlemissmartypants]

24. This times a bazillion.

Sociopathic.

[Alice11111]

29. Yes. Testimony is by definition under oath. He will be

Sworn in.

[KittyWampus]

3. He's lawyering up. And I doubt he'd talk. That might mean he ends up dead.

He knows way too much.

[kentuck]

9. I plead the Fifth, your Honor!

I don't want to talk.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Sorta lawyers up.........."Manafort hires crisis communications firm"

Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, has hired a crisis communications firm.

The move comes as Manafort faces scrutiny over possible ties to Russia centered on his past consulting work for officials in Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's pro-Russia government.

Manafort’s new spokesman is Jason Maloni, a former senior vice president and chair of the litigation practice at Levick who formed his own firm, called JadeRoq, late last year.

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/lobbying-hires/325053-former-trump-aide-manafort-hires-crisis-communications

[KittyWampus]

22. Thank you for the correction. Much appreciated.

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. oh dear..not meant as a correction....

when I read it today, I took it as a first step in ass covering, and certainly one need not seek cover unless there is good reason.
He probably has a roomful of lawyers lurking as well.

[sarcasmo]

26. Putin likes to use the poison.

[Alice11111]

30. Talks or takes the 5th, which implies guilt, I do not wish to

Incriminate myself. I think if he's offered a deal, he will talk. He and DT didn't get along. No love lost.

[Takket]

6. Time is running out to evade these allegations

Eventually these chumps are going to have to decide if this billionaire doofus in the white house is worth protecting at the cost of spending a decade or two in prison......... Manafort, Flynn, Guiliani........... i don't care about any of these people. offer every single one of them immunity to roll Trump and testify so we can send this monster to prison. i can't believe anyone is going to prison to protect 45.

[Alice11111]

31. Gulianni is up to his nose in poo. He has already

Lawyered up. He might get a light sentence in light of his service on 9/11. I can't see doing too much to a hero for that day. That's why he took himself out of the spotlight and refused the AG job, is he finally got wind, this keg is going to burst open, IMHO.

[Hortensis]

7. If he "goes John Dean" on Rump before the sanctions

are lifted, and/or before whatever else Tillerson's involved in is consummated, what might Putin do? A little polonium tea? Otoh, if the scandal were messy enough, maybe he'd be satisfied with throwing us into this upheaval and drastically lowering our status in the world.

[Alice11111]

32. Putin already got the last part. Can't DT return to Russia

and someone climbs out of the ceiling at night into his room, somehow to allude the secret service, which shouldn't be too hard, given their incompetence. While gazing out the window, he falls out the window on his head, like the poor Russian witness today.

[CincyDem]

8. Won't happen until I hear it from a R Senator.

IIRC, the minority does not have subpoena power. Without that, this is wishful thinking. Comey/Rogers need to drop another truth bomb on the committees in classified session to take this step.

I hope to f'ing god it happens but the unfortunately reality of the last election is we're down 52-48.

Time to change things in 2018.

[bronxiteforever]

10. Better Call Saul!

[mountain grammy]

18. ....

[Satch59]

11. Is another hearing scheduled yet?

Would be awesome to have Manafort, Page & Stone all on tap...and all go John Dean...Trump's head could explode.

[Alice11111]

33. Nice if Pence, Ryan, and Turtleman were implicated too.

I guess that would give us Tillerson, maybe he would resign before then. We might get Mattis at some point, but he's the best of the bunch. Maybe Mattis would hire Obama as Chief of Staff until things get put back in place.

I must be fading...

[LisaM]

12. Good.

I hope the first thing he does is testify that Devin Nunes does, indeed, know who he is.

[Sunlei]

13. "We're going to need to bring him in"

[KewlKat]

15. No way will manniefart flip on Pootie. If he did, he knows he's dead!

I think we can get Page to flip, Stone, maybe?

[ananda]

16. Isn't he wanted for corruption and criminality in the Ukraine?

He is one corrupt scumbag.

[roamer65]

17. Threaten if he doesn't talk, we extradite him to Ukraine.

[mountain grammy]

19. Perfect!

[zentrum]

20. He won't go John Dean.

Manafort is corrupt and a traitor it seems. Dean never was.

[Peachhead22]

21. There's so many possible rats

Manafort, Page, Flynn, Stone and even Jeff Sessions and Tillerson. And I'm sure there's more. I imagine the FBI will tell them only the first one to turn state's evidence gets a decent plea deal. I betting on Page being the first one to crack. Get your popcorn ready.

[sarcasmo]

25. The Ukraine wants Manafort for questioning. Sounds like Paul will end up in Russia.

[Alice11111]

35. I don't think he has to go, but he can.

[briv1016]

27. If he's subpoenaed, he'll simply disappear.

Putin won't take chances.

[Alice11111]

34. Putin would find him, though he may disappear.

He released that long statement today about not being in collusion. Hey, no one really called his name. It was like a denial before the charge. I thought, he just said, I'm guilty.

He will easily turn on DT. Hated each other. His problem will be how to turn on DT and not piss off Putin. I wouldn't be surprised if he skips the counyry, and maybe Putin wouldn't care as long as he remains underground. He'll just watch him.

[briv1016]

36. Oh by "disappear" I mean he'd going to be in a shallow grave somewhere (or otherwise disposed of)

Putin will not risk him talking now or any time in the future.