Interesting turn of events with Cohen not flipping.
Trump/Russia/SDNY investigation
- Thread starter Raoul
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I don't get it, if you're not flipping why plead guilty?
You get a lesser sentence.
And you avoid a trial, I guess. Maybe he's been instructed. Weeks/months of Trump's personal lawyer having his dirty linen aired in public would definitely be something the White House wants to avoid.
You know there was a time when someone like Avenatti would have seemed like a completely absurd , almost cartoon like character.
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Don't like the man at all, but buckle up buttercup is a perfect turn of phrase
Plead guilty and then get pardoned ?
Doesn't Cohen have to plead guilty regardless of whether he seeks the pardon route, a plea deal or actual cooperation?
Between the records seized and conversations they ve had with the guy though prosecutors might just want to move on to the bigger fish and this whole potential denial of cooperation thing is a moot point.
Between the records seized and conversations they ve had with the guy though prosecutors might just want to move on to the bigger fish and this whole potential denial of cooperation thing is a moot point.
The look on Cohen's face is priceless, I must say.
Just a good meme
Trump has to pardon them if he's guilty. At that point a political crisis is better than him going to jail.
Incredible scenes, Cohen plea and Manafort verdict happening at the same time. What are the chances
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I've not been able to follow it too closely the past couple of days... that's bad news for Manafort isn't it? Essentially the best he was hoping for was no verdicts?
Oh my
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Mistrial on 10, verdict on 8 if the jurors agree to it.
Cmoooooon guilty.
Cmoooooon guilty.
This shows how clueless even the legal "experts"/media are on this. The journos were in the courtroom and they were all saying the jurors were only split on 1 of the counts.
Wonder how long it'll take to speak to each juror.
Yep, he's still going to jail for a long time. But we were all led to believe the evidence was so strong that this case would be a slam dunk for the prosecutors.
That was because of the message the jurors sent:
That could be interpreted to mean they couldn't agree on one count, multiple counts or no counts at all.
No matter what happens .It's bad news for Manafort
Guilty on the tax charges.
People are running out of the court house like it's in fire
I guarantee the jury will explain after the trial that there were one or two feckwitts that frustrated everybody else
Found guilty of one account
Manafort guilty on 8 counts, mistrial on the other 10
Guilty on 8 counts.
Why dont you like him?
But the media were not interpreting it that way. They jumped to the conclusion it was only one count that the jury was split on and that they reached a verdict on the other 17 counts.