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[astroturfing]

It is a fucking organized crime syndicate. Wait for the RICO charges and asset seizures.

didn't Bill Browder in his testimony directly name a damn syndicate that some of these pro-Putin scum probably have ties to..? Brotherhood something iirc... one of the biggest crime syndicates in the world? i may be way off base here though lol (watched the testimony tired at work).

oh man imagine..

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

 

[Kasumin]

This intro paragraph in particular put a smile on my face.

Paul J. Manafort was in bed early one morning in July when federal agents bearing a search warrant picked the lock on his front door and raided his Virginia home. They took binders stuffed with documents and copied his computer files, looking for evidence that Mr. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, set up secret offshore bank accounts. They even photographed the expensive suits in his closet.

Get fucked, traitor.

 

[Mortemis]

^that sounds great lol

Go get him Mueller.

 

[Funkyhamster]

Who on Mueller's team keeps leaking? I can't decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

But anyway, GET HIM

Most of this stuff is probably coming from defense attorneys. Ben Wittes wrote an article about how to interpret the sourcing in these media reports. I don't have a link handy, and I haven't read these new articles in enough detail to guess at the sources, but you'll notice that in general, most of these articles:

A) have a lot to say about the thinking of Team Manafort/Trump/Flynn,

B) don't have much concrete info to provide about Mueller's thinking, and

C) don't specify which side of the investigation the sources are on.

 

[Mr. Poolman]

i've read the bios on some of attorneys hes assembled and i'd like to believe this "leaking" is intentional to scare the shit out of these people

Yup. This is what I think as well.

They are selling the "boogeyman" idea... pretty successfully btw.

 

[Surfinn]

This intro paragraph in particular put a smile on my face.



Get fucked, traitor.

Wait

He was in the fucking ROOM when this happened?

 

[x24hrs2livex]

So much craziness. Waiting for WAPO to drop a 3rd bomb.

 

[SolarPowered]

Great Caesar's Ghost

It is only Monday and here we are.

 

[Beer Monkey]

Wait

He was in the fucking ROOM when this happened?

They knocked on his bedroom door to wake him up. Bedroom.

 

[Surfinn]

They knocked on his bedroom door to wake him up. Bedroom.

This fucking brightens my day.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

Guess Manafort's got to...man up!

He has to man a fort.

Man a fucking fort.

How could you fuck this up?

 

[GravityInsanity]

They knocked on his bedroom door to wake him up. Bedroom.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

They knocked on his bedroom door to wake him up. Bedroom.

Bobby Mueller don't fuck around

 

[RCSI]

Who on Mueller's team keeps leaking? I can't decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

But anyway, GET HIM

Just need the WP to chime in now for this gif to be appropriate.

Few people can upend Washington like a federal prosecutor rooting around a presidential administration, and Mr. Mueller, a former F.B.I. director, is known to dislike meandering investigations that languish for years.

The speed which Mueller's team is going implied by the relentless pursuit on Manafort, along with the idea of flipping people and the above quote on Mueller's dislike of long investigations stands in contrast to the idea this will take a while. At least, when compared to normal operating procedures, but by pure depth and breadth of the investigations, it will still take time.

 

[Syf]

God I can't wait for all of this to come out. What a day that'll be.

 

[Surfinn]

I hope Mueller showed up in his room personally like fucking Candyman

 

[Renegade Frost]

It's friggin' Monday.

What is this supossed to mean?

 

[Snaku]

Mueller serving RICO indictments: https://youtu.be/PcPElnvb6bI

 

[Netherscourge]

And Trump will pardon him before he even gets into a courtroom.

Something needs to be done to block Trump from pardoning people.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

And Trump will pardon him before he even gets into a courtroom.

Something needs to be done to block Trump from pardoning people.

Easy. Tell him to walk around Seattle.

 

[FaustsBoon]

God damn... Mueller really is Judge Dredd in demeanor.

 

[jvm]

And Trump will pardon him before he even gets into a courtroom.

Something needs to be done to block Trump from pardoning people.

If they get criminal indictments at the state level, that would help. He can't pardon state convictions.

 

[Random Human]

And Trump will pardon him before he even gets into a courtroom.

Something needs to be done to block Trump from pardoning people.

*cue NY Attorney General theme music*

 

[Snaku]

*cue NY Attorney General theme music*

https://youtu.be/96BduIRmfWg

 

[jstripes]

Damn, CNN is saying he was wiretapped by the FBI since 2014 lol.

If they had him wiretapped for that long why didn't they clue into possible interference much earlier?

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

I envisioned this the same way Winston told Perkins she was excommunicado in John Wick.

 

[BigJonsson]

If they had him wiretapped for that long why didn't they clue into possible interference much earlier?

The tap in 2014 was for his role in Ukraine

 

[Slime]

If they had him wiretapped for that long why didn't they clue into possible interference much earlier?

It's possible his indictment doesn't have anything to do with interference.

Manafort's been up to all kinds of other shady shit.

 

[CampbellzSoup]

An indictment is pretty much nothing except the state having an official legal claim it's not a slam dunk or really a win after the defense lawyers come in

 

[thefro]

An indictment is pretty much nothing except the state having an official legal claim it's not a slam dunk or really a win after the defense lawyers come in

Usually when the Feds prosecute they have pretty strong cases.

 

[jon bones]

An indictment is pretty much nothing except the state having an official legal claim it's not a slam dunk or really a win after the defense lawyers come in

lol

 

[Harrison Bergeron]

Usually when the Feds prosecute they have pretty strong cases.

Yup. When they do something they sure use their near limitless resources.

 

[BitStyle]

An indictment is pretty much nothing except the state having an official legal claim it's not a slam dunk or really a win after the defense lawyers come in

I'd say they probably have a strong case

 

[Random Human]

An indictment is pretty much nothing except the state having an official legal claim it's not a slam dunk or really a win after the defense lawyers come in

You think Mueller is playing checkers here? He's playing 4D Dota.

 

[Zyae]

An indictment is pretty much nothing except the state having an official legal claim it's not a slam dunk or really a win after the defense lawyers come in

down playing a federal indictment obtained via a FISA warrant.


Lol

 

[BronsonLee]

An indictment is pretty much nothing except the state having an official legal claim it's not a slam dunk or really a win after the defense lawyers come in

Go finish getting married and gtfo

 

[MrSaturn99]

hoo boy!

 

[cameron]

What is this supossed to mean?

Meant it as it's too early in the week for this shit. Usually news like this drops on Friday. I was just being silly.

An indictment is pretty much nothing except the state having an official legal claim it's not a slam dunk or really a win after the defense lawyers come in

An indictment is not "pretty much nothing" in the context of Mueller’s investigation.

 

[rokkerkory]

I am so ready

 

[Beer Monkey]

An indictment is not "pretty much nothing" in the context of Mueller’s investigation.

Conviction rate for federal indictments is over 90%.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

An indictment is pretty much nothing except the state having an official legal claim it's not a slam dunk or really a win after the defense lawyers come in

you're not coming back are you

 

[Slermy]

Reports over the weekend are leading people to believe that part of the reason this is taking as long as it has is because Mueller is trying to build a case that Trump can't pardon them all for.

Taking long? He just started this investigation this year!

 

[Slaythe]

 

[BlastProcessing]

I hope Mueller showed up in his room personally like fucking Candyman

I assume Manafort woke up to this:

 

[Xe4]

I really hope the leaks are intentional and come from the top. If not, shame on anyone who is doing it. FFS, let the investigation happen (again, if they're not intentional).

That said, get fucked Manafort. Russian puppet POS.

Even if it doesn't reach all the way to Trump (which I have pretty conflicted feelings about), it's pretty obvious there was criminal activity going on all around him, and I hope all those other fuckers get taken out. If it does reach to Trump, take the fucker down.

 

[Woo-Fu]

Bobby Mueller don't fuck around

I guess you could say he is the one who knocks.

 

[jon bones]

.

 

[Fenderputty]

ITT I learned that an indictment is worth nothing lol

 

[Surfinn]

I assume Manafort woke up to this:

You know.

That's even scarier than Candyman