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Trump/Russia/SDNY investigation
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We really need a popcorn emote.
We know Nunes won't hand them over.
Smart move by Schiff though...to publicly ask Nunes to release the info, which will make him look like he's hiding something if he doesn't.
They've caught one of the leakers. Speculation is that its a staffer who used to work for Feinstein.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1069836/download
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1069836/download
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Sean Hannity suggests Mueller witnesses 'bash their phones to pieces':
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/07/sean-hannity-mueller-witnesses-bash-phones
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/07/sean-hannity-mueller-witnesses-bash-phones
Fascinating article about Manafort protege Konstantin Kilimnik:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...ale-of-the-man-mueller-calls-person-a/562217/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...ale-of-the-man-mueller-calls-person-a/562217/
Really seems like shit's about to get nastier by the minute. Not saying this staffer didn't do something wrong but you know Trump and Co are now looking for anything to delegitimize the Dems and in Trump's mind thereby the Mueller investigation.
Can’t read the WSJ article due to the wall, is that the same issue as this:
Justice Dept. Seizes Times Reporter’s Email and Phone Records in Leak Investigation
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/us/politics/times-reporter-phone-records-seized.html?action=click&module=In Other News&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage
Justice Dept. Seizes Times Reporter’s Email and Phone Records in Leak Investigation
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/us/politics/times-reporter-phone-records-seized.html?action=click&module=In Other News&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage
The Jim Wolfe indictment:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1069836/download
Twitter feverishly attempting to identify the particpants. So far:
MALE-I - Carter Page
REPORTER #1 - Still unidentified
REPORTER #2 - Ali Watkins (formerly with Buzzfeed, now with the NY Times)
REPORTER #3 - Probably Mariana Sotomayor or Kasie Hunt. both of NBC
REPORTER #4 - Still unidentified
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1069836/download
Twitter feverishly attempting to identify the particpants. So far:
MALE-I - Carter Page
REPORTER #1 - Still unidentified
REPORTER #2 - Ali Watkins (formerly with Buzzfeed, now with the NY Times)
REPORTER #3 - Probably Mariana Sotomayor or Kasie Hunt. both of NBC
REPORTER #4 - Still unidentified
Are they going to charge journalists for releasing info?
I think they are only after Wolfe since journos are protected. Wolfe on the other hand had a clearance and was handing out classified information by the boatload, one of which (Ali Watkins) he was in a relationship with (despite being 30 years older). The rest of the reporters are just the subject of twitter speculation as to their identities.
Calling Nunes Honorable seems a stretch from where I'm sitting. I know it's a title that goes with his position but the use of that word just grates with me.
Apparently congress frowns on calling him a wankstain.
Nunes will have his day at some point in the future.
Why? I'm all for saying it as it is. The guy is absolutely a waste of semen so wankstain definitely fits.
I'm waiting with baited breath.
Break out the Orange jump suit....
Konstantin Kilimnik charges too.
What does Manafort fear that is worse than spending time in jail ?
Is he really facing life in prison?
Is he really facing life in prison?
Well he's already about 70 so any prison term would be a death sentence.
more like death in prisonIs he really facing life in prison?
He's been involved with some really shady people. His family's lives might be at risk.
Good point. Its also possible that he knows about some really deep corruption within the Russian state, possibly involving Putin himself, so he may be a bit concerned that flipping would put him in even worse peril.
Why isn't Manafort in jail right now?
Imagine he will be shortly once this latest indictment gets processed.
Needs a judge to put him there.
A few nights in prison should change his mind pretty quickly. Something tells me he hasn't got the stones to handle that kind of environment.
I suspect that not only does he worry about the safety of his family, their friends and their children... he’s probably a lot tougher than he’s given credit for. You don’t operate in the circles he operates in without being able to look after yourself.
I also think the extent of his corruption may extend far beyond what Mueller knows and he may have to divulge previously unknown information. Let's say he flips and dimes Trump and the Russians out in exchange for no jail or very little jail time. He would still have to deal with being hunted down by Putin if he's a free man.
If I were Putin and he was in jail at risk of cracking at any time, I'd have him hit anyway. Would be easy in jail. Manafort should take his chances in witness protection.
With the seriousness of his charges, he won’t avoid jail time whatever happens. It’ll just be reduced to 3/5/7 years.
You never know, if he really did have something to bring down a president then they could be tempted. It wouldn’t be the first time a vile cnut walked free.
Surely he'd be held in a separate area of a county or federal jail due to his profile. Might even be housed on a military installation pending trial(s). If he does end up in prison he may very well end up at a max facility but in a special wing for high profile types.
I'm surprised Manafort hasn't been bumped off already to be honest.
He's seventy years old, they could make it look like a heart attack or whatever and they'd have absolutely no consequences.
He's seventy years old, they could make it look like a heart attack or whatever and they'd have absolutely no consequences.