I can't believe that Manafort and Stone are about to testify to their crimes. . .

[cheyanne]

They must have a reason for testifying to the intel committee, and it can't be good.

I think that they and their cohorts were put in place in the administration to assure Putin that the sanctions would get lifted and they are running out of time since Trump is blowing up his presidency.

Maybe they are going to throw someone else under the bus. Flynn?

This can't be good.

[uponit7771]

1. They've been given all the questions, Nunes is a true hack

[Sculpin Beauregard]

2. Yeah,

Either they lie, or they're more worried about getting murdered than they are about getting charged.

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. Maybe those 9-10 ded Russians have impressed them

and they don't want to fall out of a building and smash their head in and have a heart attack all while being shot.

[rock]

31. Oh, you mean

"Accidental" death.

[sunonmars]

3. They'll screw it up, and incriminate themselves, or just go "no comment" the whole way.

They are that cocky.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Oh they are gonna lie about everything. Why not, there are no consequences.

[WinkyDink]

5. "it can't be good." Oh, it can be VERY good. They are Prime Snitches! Now on whom, hmm? Let's think.

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. The bets are on Carter Page to roll over first.

I saw that tv interview he did.....his tongue outraces his brain very easily, and he lets loose with contradictory statements on a matter of fact basis.

Stone has an equally loose mouth, but he tends to think.

Manafort has been playing with the Russians and the Ukrainians for years, he will never talk about that, too many of his pals have ended up dead.
He might turn on just Trump stuff, tho, if it is true that Treasury has been after him for all the
Russian/Ukraine money laundering he did.
that will be interesting.

trump, of course, lies about everything, all the time, both sides of the story.
He even denies saying things that are in film!
Halfway decent lawyer would plead diminished capacity.

[WinkyDink]

17. Page did come across as fidgety and flaky.

[Cosmocat]

20. Page is flat goofy

He is like that in all of his interviews.

If the Russians cross the line to take out a us conspirator, he's the odds on favorite to be the first to go.

[Solly Mack]

6. I can't imagine them telling the truth.

[snort]

7. They've had plenty of time to get their stories straight.

I think they're going to lie their asses off.

[CanonRay]

8. No. They are going to bullshit. They are professional bullshitters.

[matt819]

9. On the advice of counsel

the odds are good that the fifth amendment will come into the conversation. Like 45 has done dozens of times.

[delisen]

10. Maybe Stone will make Exhibit A his Nixon Tattoo nt

[gibraltar72]

11. First man

gets the best deal. They are probably arguing about who goes first.

[DefenseLawyer]

12. Testify before Congress beats being thrown out a window 100% of the time. n/t

[Peachhead22]

13. Carter Page too

That's gonna be some must see TV!

Does anyone else find it curious that Manafort, Stone and Page are all suddenly "eager" to talk just after Nunes rushed over to Trump to talk about incidental collection during legal FISA SIGINT intercepts?

[Gabi Hayes]

14. here's why: Oliver North got the golden ring: immunity from

prosecution for lying to congress.

that's why they're talking. they want the same deal North got.

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:I7Vh12KCUYUJ:https://fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/chap_02.htm+&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

they may be crooked, lying, treasonous assferrets, but they have the best legal advice millions of rubles can buy:

North was indicted in March 1988 on 16 Iran/contra charges, along with Poindexter, retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard V. Secord and Albert Hakim in a 23-count indictment. After the cases were severed and the central conspiracy charges were dropped due to classified-information problems, North stood trial beginning in February 1989 on 12 counts. On May 4, 1989, he was found guilty of three counts, including aiding and abetting obstruction of Congress, shredding and altering official documents, and accepting an illegal gratuity from Secord.

North's convictions were vacated on July 20, 1990, after the appeals court found that witnesses in his trial might have been impermissibly affected by his immunized congressional testimony.

can't believe this is getting zero coverage on TV (well, considering what's out there today, maybe not), if Manstonepage spill the beans, instead of continuing to lie their asses off, this has got to become the foundation of the unraveling of this bunch of america hating traitors.

how can it not? dems better put their stompin' boots on, and fight like benghazi KGOPers on this one

[UCmeNdc]

22. 100% correct

No one is talking about this possibility.

[wishstar]

25. Their lawyers and WH lawyers (probably with George Conway's advice) know about immunization

Man/Page/Stone all have high powered Repub lawyers who have consulted this past week and concocted this scheme to try to save them by this stunt of coming in front of Congress publicly in hopes of mucking up any prosecutions they could face and hoping for same kind of outcome that overturned North's convictions.

[OnDoutside]

18. What amazes me is that Stone and Page in

Particular have been so willing to engage in media communication, either they are very stupid or super confident they are within the law/law has no evidence.

As someone else said, maybe it is the cover-up that will actually bring them down.

[Skittles]

19. they're just going to bullshit

Stone added, “I am more than anxious to testify before the house committee that I have had no contact with the Russian state and that my limited contacts with Guccifer 2.0 were innocuous in content and came only after hacking of the DNC documents which is the crime we are accused of colluding on. Impossible.”

[UCmeNdc]

21. They hope Nunes will give them cover.

The chairman of the House intelligence Nunes will run interference for them. That is why they are all suddenly running to the house investigation. Nunes will probably give them written questions the committee will be allowed to ask.

[briv1016]

23. If Putin thought they were a threat to his operation they'd be dead already.

Expect them to lie.

[LibraLiz1973]

24. BAHAHA. They most definitely are NOT going to do that

They're liars who are going to lie like their lives depend on it.
It's a fucking joke and the only reason I think it's okay to go through with the travesty at all is that there will be a record of their lies-- making it easier to charge them.

Lets never forget that Manafort took millions of dollars (that we KNOW OF) to push the Russian agenda. I'd bet he's about to earn some more money w/ his testimony.

[Demsrule86]

30. They can be be charged with perjury.

Go for it boys...there is information obtained by the FBI so lie like a rug.

[FarPoint]

26. They have their scripts complex now.

Putin and Trump have already established the directives...They will lie with every breath.....Denial is their motto..Mafia rules of testifying.

[JustAnotherGen]

27. They won't

I think they are being tricksters.

[C_U_L8R]

28. I smell Bannon

This seems pretty contrived (and stinky)

[Demsrule86]

29. I am not sure I buy it. No lawyer in their right mind would

allow them to testify to Congress without a deal...sounds like bullshit like the Nunes thing...be wary. It won't work of course...everyday more and more damaging information comes out. The 'president' is not only illegitimate but it is become clearer that he is a traitor that sold out this country.

[L. Coyote]

32. Republican Dog and Pony Show, narrative control exercise at work.

Watch them blame Obama for illegal political spying on a Republican campaign.

These guys are old hats at espionage and dirty tricks. They know all about the law and how to avoid jurisdiction over their actions, using buffers (mob term for intermediaries so no one can link them to crimes), and they are bald-faced liars who have done whatever it takes to achieve political ends, including allegedly murder. Manafort's daughter's phone was hacked and even his kids talk about the blood on his hands, but you can bet there is no evidence trail to connect him to those deaths.

And the compliant media will be a pre-scripted part of the conspiracy to make this all about Obama's political crimes.

[Adrahil]

33. They have such hubris....

I'm thinking they will purger the hell outta themselves.

Flynn is in deeper and deeper doo-doo. Don;t know if anything will come of kidnapping accusations, but man, these muthafuckas are dirty as all get out.