T-rump must be sh!tting his shorts right now. Federal Court docs just released show Manafort has plead guilty to all of Muellers federal charges ; indicating he has flipped on T-rump and now working with Mueller.
What a witch hunt, huh?
People cooperating/getting immunity:
*Trump's attorney
*Trump's bookkeeper
*Trump's campaign manager
*Trump's deputy campaign manager/inaug
*Trump national security adviser
I bet right about now, Trump Senior is wishing that he spent more time tossing a ball to Trump Junior.
"I bet right about now, Trump Senior is wishing that he spent more time tossing a ball to Trump Junior."
LOL!!!!!!!
What a witch-hunt, eh? How long before T-rump and his propaganda machine starts tearing apart Manafort's credibility?
This really is so glorious.
Manafort's attorney mentioned his priority was ensuring the safety of his family. This just reinforces the notion that he held out until now because he was foremost concerned about their safety.
It was also fascinating how Manafort's lawyers ran a disinfo campaign for the last two weeks in order to misdirect the president as to what they were in negotiations for Manafort to plea to. We saw lots of reports of how he was planning to plea to the charges but not cooperate against the president. It seemed just about inconceivable at first that Mueller would allow Manafort to plea without flipping. But it turned out to be effective, because the most salient point wasn’t news media coverage per se. It was what the President and his lawyers knew. It seems pretty clear they were duped and did not see it coming. There were many bad things that could have happened if this were telegraphed far in advance, as Michael Cohen – with a very different set of facts – was doing.
I pity the poor sods in the White House today who had to deal with the fallout from the child president who inevitably heaped the blame for not keeping him informed on all his aides and advisors.
Giuliani insists T-rump is not worried about Manafort flipping because T-rump did "nothing wrong". Yes, I'm sure T-rump is as calm as can be tonight.
Wonder if he still considers Manafort a "brave man"....or will he change his description of him?
Guliani also said today that a pardon is not off the table for Manafort.
This could actually happen as a last ditch desperation effort to remove Manafort as a cooperating witness and dare the Republican congress to impeach him over the blatant obstruction of justice, which I think it's accurate to assume they probably would not do.
But I think it's increasingly unlikely since reports are Manafort's already had at least two proffer sessions spilling the beans to Mueller. Pardoning Manafort at this point would only immunize Manafort from punishment, but wouldn't indemnify him from perjury charges if called to testify against Trump to what he's already confessed under oath to Mueller in a proffer. If he's uncooperative after a pardon, there's not just perjury he'd have to fear, but also NY State charges he'd have to be concerned about.
Trump nominated Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court because he doesn't believe in indicting a sitting president and possibly not subpoenaing him if Mueller wants him to testify. Meanwhile, the Republican politicians have proven that they are cowards.
The ball is in the court of voters in November.
Come on, blue wave!
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