Manafort's lawyers are inept or really, really bad at what they're doing

[nat4900]

If this entire reversal of Manafort's plea agreement is being viewed as a preamble to Trump pardoning him, the entire scenario is a SHAM.

Even if one were to place aside Trump's impeachment (almost a surety in congress and even upheld by the Scotus)........a pardon does NOT apply to state offenses.......and Mueller was cunning enough as a prosecutor to get states such as VA, NY, CA, etc. to ALSO file indictments for tax evasion and money laundering by Manafort.

Under the Constitution, only federal criminal convictions, such as those adjudicated in the United States District Courts, may be pardoned by the President. ... However, the President cannot pardon a state criminal offense.

So, are Manafort's lawyers inept ???

 

[Aurora Woman]

I heard that he has the best lawyers that other people's money can buy.

 

[Pete7469]

Like Stormy's?

 

[nat4900]

I heard that he has the best lawyers that other people's money can buy.

NO ONE is regretting more having had the misfortune of ever meeting Trump, than Manafort, Gates and Flynn.....(so far that is.......there will be others.)

 

[nat4900]

On another, related thread, someone asked what states have their claws after Manafort...claws that are beyond Trump's pardon; they are VA, NJ, NY, and CA.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Mueller is 2 years into an investigation to nowhere. Even after shredding attorney client privilege, he's dicking around -- with Corsi!

 

[nat4900]

Mueller is 2 years into an investigation to nowhere. Even after shredding attorney client privilege, he's dicking around -- with Corsi!

Frankie, Frankie.....don't be a dickhead.....

Mueller was appointed in May 2017......that's about 18 plus months.....

Secondly, why don't you stop watching Hannity and check out just how many of Trump's staff have pled guilty and how many indictments Mueller has handed out?

Such news will be "enlightening" to your half brain.

 

[Dale Smith]

nat4900 said????? "
For many of us democrats who would have wanted someone else besides Clinton as the nominee, Comey's letter is of little consequence since most of us just CANNOT fathom an administration headed by the charlatan, Trump.

Nonetheless, as reported by the WashPost....here are some GOP pollsters' view of how the election will pan out, FBI letter or not.

“I’d characterize it more as Trump consolidating some of the available anti-Clinton vote as opposed to Clinton’s support eroding,” said GOP strategist Bruce Haynes. “Now the question is do people interpret this news in a way that raises enough doubts about Clinton’s judgment to cut into her number. Because it’s not enough for Trump’s number to move up. Hers has to go down.”…
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“One thing that really hasn’t changed is their ‘unfavorables’ this entire campaign, hovering within 3-4 points of one another. And their ‘strongly unfavorable’ have continued to grow: He’s over 50 percent and she’s almost at 50 percent,” said Ed Goeas, a GOP pollster in Washington. “Barring something like a true indictment of her or him being caught today fondling some woman, I just don’t think anything is going to change the fundamentals, which favor Clinton.”

“It’s not just the electoral map,” Goeas continued. “The thing about polling is: polling assumes both campaigns are equal. You look at quality of surrogates, money raised, ground game — she has an advantage in all that. So you basically have to look at the polling and say it reflects the worst-case scenario for her.”
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“She was knocking on 400 electoral votes; that’s going to slide back,” said Steve Schmidt, the GOP strategistwho guided John McCain’s 2008 campaign….Schmidt now predicts Clinton winding up with somewhere between 338 and 350 electoral votes. “It’s just really unlikely that there is an undecided bloc of voters still weighing Hillary Clinton’s emails. I think everyone made up their minds a long time ago on that subject.”

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

If this entire reversal of Manafort's plea agreement is being viewed as a preamble to Trump pardoning him, the entire scenario is a SHAM.

Even if one were to place aside Trump's impeachment (almost a surety in congress and even upheld by the Scotus)........a pardon does NOT apply to state offenses.......and Mueller was cunning enough as a prosecutor to get states such as VA, NY, CA, etc. to ALSO file indictments for tax evasion and money laundering by Manafort.

Under the Constitution, only federal criminal convictions, such as those adjudicated in the United States District Courts, may be pardoned by the President. ... However, the President cannot pardon a state criminal offense.

So, are Manafort's lawyers inept ???

Likely not.

They just have a client who is a compulsive liar and convicted felon.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Mueller is 2 years into an investigation to nowhere. Even after shredding attorney client privilege, he's dicking around -- with Corsi!

Frankie, Frankie.....don't be a dickhead.....

Mueller was appointed in May 2017......that's about 18 plus months.....

Secondly, why don't you stop watching Hannity and check out just how many of Trump's staff have pled guilty and how many indictments Mueller has handed out?

Such news will be "enlightening" to your half brain.

Mueller is a putz that still has nothing against Trump. Hes indicted a few ham sandwiches, bfd

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Even if one were to place aside Trump's impeachment (almost a surety in congress and even upheld by the Scotus)......

This guy actually votes, people.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Under the Constitution, only federal criminal convictions, such as those adjudicated in the United States District Courts, may be pardoned by the President. ... However, the President cannot pardon a state criminal offense.

Do you believe Mueller has the authority to accept a plea deal on behalf of State prosecutors?

 

[easyt65]

If this entire reversal of Manafort's plea agreement is being viewed as a preamble to Trump pardoning him, the entire scenario is a SHAM.

Even if one were to place aside Trump's impeachment (almost a surety in congress and even upheld by the Scotus)........a pardon does NOT apply to state offenses.......and Mueller was cunning enough as a prosecutor to get states such as VA, NY, CA, etc. to ALSO file indictments for tax evasion and money laundering by Manafort.

Under the Constitution, only federal criminal convictions, such as those adjudicated in the United States District Courts, may be pardoned by the President. ... However, the President cannot pardon a state criminal offense.

So, are Manafort's lawyers inept ???

No