Trump on Manafort indictment: 'This is years ago'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 10/30/17 10:29 AM EDT

President Trump on Monday called for the focus to be shifted to Hillary Clinton after his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort turned himself into the FBI after being indicted on 12 counts, including conspiracy against the United States.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

In addition, Manafort was indicted on counts including conspiracy to launder money, making false statements and failing to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357789-trump-on-manafort-indictment-it-was-years-ago-why-isnt-clinton-the

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Then why is he worried about it?

It's like throwing rocks into a pig pen: The one that squeals is the one you hit.

[FakeNoose]

16. This is not years ago - this is current

[Little Star]

2. Also you're a con man tRump!....

And on top of that you skeeve me right the **** out!

[Zambero]

3. Sorry?

Sorry? Not sorry enough to be concerned that conspiracy against the U.S. allegedly occurred on the part of his former campaign manager. But I digress, Hillary, emails.....

[Botany]

4. Trump's connection to Manafort goes back to 1980

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10029768231

Manafort, Trump, Stone go way back to 1980 & Sater to 2002

*******
Also, there is NO COLLUSION! Then what about the meeting w/the Russians, Trump Jr.,
Jared, and Manafort in June, 2016 @ Trump Tower?

[onetexan]

5. LOL he's instructing his dimwitted minions who waits on his every word

and to think he thinks the rest of us will buy his crap? Manafort's indictment is an early xmas present for sure . Thank you special counsel Mueller!

[FakeNoose]

19. The toadies are leaving though

Pretty soon nobody will be left. Last one out of the White House please turn out the lights.
Also please shut off the Wifi.

[onetexan]

20. LOL thanks for the graphic now it's ingrained in my head

[wcmagumba]

6. What a total dumb ass...

you would think at some point even drumphs vestigial brain would scream STFU!

[George II]

7. How about your son along with Manafort meeting with Russians in June 2016 on the premise...

...that they would be given "dirt" on Clinton by the Russians?

NO COLLUSION?

[C_U_L8R]

8. Because ALL CAPS really says "i'm not guilty' bwahahahaha

Keep tweeting Donnie.

[Ford_Prefect]

9. Its the usual deflection and diffusion intended to confuse the base about the truth: Fake News!!

Ignore the man behind that curtain.

There is no man.

There is no curtain.

It was all so long ago. How could that matter today?

Benghazi!

Emails!!

Whitewater!!!

The sky is falling!!!!

[Retrograde]

10. Yeah, people are usually indited AFTER a crime

rather than before, as much as some GOPers would like it to be the other way around.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. It's OPEN indictment (may be more charges) & tRump damned whether pardons Manafort or not.

1. Being "open", there can be more charges. Including actions and transaction in 2016. Tremendous pressure on Manafort and tRump.

2A. If tRump pardon's Manafort, then Manafort has no self-incrimination protection by 5th Amendment, so he would be compelled to tell all he knows about Trump-Russia-Republicons.

2B. If tRump does not pardon Manafort, then Manafort is facing long prison time and has tremendous reason to tell all he knows about Trump-Russia-Republicons.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Sadly, No! Papadopoulos is specifically charged with lying about when his Russian contacts were

He told the FBI it was before he joined the Trump campaign; but it was after.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/george-papadopoulos-pleads-guilty-lying-to-fbi

"The professor told defendant Papdopoulos about the "thousands of emails" on or about April 26, 2016, when defendant Papdopoulos had been a foreign policy adviser to the campaign for over a month.
...
Papadopoulos understood that the professor had substantial connections to Russian government officials ..."

[Freethinker65]

13. Gee. Mr. Astute Businessman...and he offers to work for you for free

You are either the most ignorant mf’er, or completely complicit. And as your son and son in law we’re having meetings with Russia about the election, and you told your spawn to lie and say it was about Russian adoptions... I vote for you knew and did not care, as long as Russia left you alone to make your $$$ to repay your debts and pad you and your family’s assets, you were more than willing to give this great nation away.

Now the entire GOP owns this. They were aware of it, but figured that they could destroy social safety nets and get a big tax cut for themselves and their donors before unseating you.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. 3rd indictment: TRUMP foreign policy advisor. (Think he set up Don Jr meeting) Unsealed today:

I think this was the "Russian dirt" that attracted Donald Jr., a man nearly as smart as his father.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/george-papadopolous-trump-russia-probe_us_59f7354be4b07fdc5fbfa210
(emphasis added)

WASHINGTON ― A foreign policy adviser to President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has pleaded guilty to a charge of lying to FBI agents.

George Papadopoulos, 30, pleaded guilty on Oct. 5, 2017, but the case wasn’t unsealed until Monday, when two other Trump associates were indicted by a federal grand jury. Papadopoulos reached a plea deal with prosecutors, and has since been cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Prosecutors’ statement of the offense alleges Papadopoulos “made material false statements and material omissions” during a Jan. 27, 2017, interview with the FBI. He was arrested July 27. Prosecutors agreed to recommend between no prison time to six months under the plea agreement.

Papadopoulos told the FBI an overseas professor had “told him about the Russians possessing ‘dirt’ on then-candidate Hillary Clinton in the form of ‘thousands of emails,’ but stated multiple times that he learned that information prior to joining the campaign,” according to court documents. In fact, Papadopoulos was contacted after he learned he’d be joining the campaign, and the professor only mentioned the “thousands of emails” after he’d been on the Trump campaign for more than a month.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Count 2 says between/around 2006 - 2016

which is not "years ago".

[AtheistCrusader]

17. I see he is getting a bulk discount on rope from Home Depot.

Heartening to see him taking more and more. I like to see that kind of enthusiasm in a criminal. Going to be hard for him to find a branch high enough at this point though.

[RainCaster]

18. I knew he was crooked when I hired him for my campaign

[George II]

21. Manafort said he's known trump since the 1980s.

[demosincebirth]

22. Keep talking, trump.

[snort]

23. GODDAMIT

DO SOMETHING!!

[Thor_MN]

24. How Manafort hasn't eaten Polonium laced Key Lime pie yet is a mystery...