Trump believes in "extreme vetting," except among his staff....

[usmbguest5318]

From the indictments filed Monday and subsequent filing on Tuesday, what have we learned about Gates and Manafort?

• Manafort currently has three US passports, each under a different number. He has submitted 10 passport applications in roughly as many years, prosecutors said. [This effectively gives him three personages.]
• This year, Manafort traveled to Mexico, China and Ecuador with a phone and email account registered under a fake name. (The name is not disclosed in the filings.)
• Both Manafort and Gates were frequent travelers to Cyprus. "Extensive travel of this nature further evidences a risk of flight," the prosecutor's filing said.
  • Cyprus: Espionage Unlimited - Cyprus Guide
    
  • Cyprus, a familiar stopover in spy lore
• Manafort wrote on loan applications and other financial documents that his assets were worth between $19 million in April 2012 and $136 million in May 2016.
• In some months, like while he served as Trump's national campaign chairman in August 2016, Manafort's assessment of his total worth fluctuated. In August 2016 he said his assets were worth $28 million, then wrote he had $63 million in assets on a different application.
• Gates "frequently changed banks and opened and closed bank accounts." In all, Gates opened 55 accounts with 13 financial institutions, the prosecutors' court filing said. Some of his bank accounts were in England and Cyprus, where he held more than $10 million from 2010 to 2013.

Readers of spy novels and non-fiction will immediately notice that they behaved like covert operatives working on behalf of a foreign nation.

 

[iceberg]

From the indictments filed Monday and subsequent filing on Tuesday, what have we learned about Gates and Manafort?

• Manafort currently has three US passports, each under a different number. He has submitted 10 passport applications in roughly as many years, prosecutors said. [This effectively gives him three personages.]
• This year, Manafort traveled to Mexico, China and Ecuador with a phone and email account registered under a fake name. (The name is not disclosed in the filings.)
• Both Manafort and Gates were frequent travelers to Cyprus. "Extensive travel of this nature further evidences a risk of flight," the prosecutor's filing said.
  • Cyprus: Espionage Unlimited - Cyprus Guide
    
  • Cyprus, a familiar stopover in spy lore
• Manafort wrote on loan applications and other financial documents that his assets were worth between $19 million in April 2012 and $136 million in May 2016.
• In some months, like while he served as Trump's national campaign chairman in August 2016, Manafort's assessment of his total worth fluctuated. In August 2016 he said his assets were worth $28 million, then wrote he had $63 million in assets on a different application.
• Gates "frequently changed banks and opened and closed bank accounts." In all, Gates opened 55 accounts with 13 financial institutions, the prosecutors' court filing said. Some of his bank accounts were in England and Cyprus, where he held more than $10 million from 2010 to 2013.

Readers of spy novels and non-fiction will immediately notice that they behaved like covert operatives working on behalf of a foreign nation.

you make a large assumption here that trump would say NO to vetting his peeps. i wonder why that is? could it be every single post you make is a TRUMP SUCKS one hidden behind your jr high thesaurus and "designed by powerpoint" style?

if we learned this and they broke laws, fry 'em. but to pretend and try to link it to trump saying DO NOT VET MY PEEPS is sheer hate-driven bullshit you'd never allow coming your way and we both know it.

if i'm wrong, great. show me. show me where trump told people to NOT vet his staff. link your entire post to your LOOK AT ME headline.

 

[miketx]

From the indictments filed Monday and subsequent filing on Tuesday, what have we learned about Gates and Manafort?

• Manafort currently has three US passports, each under a different number. He has submitted 10 passport applications in roughly as many years, prosecutors said. [This effectively gives him three personages.]
• This year, Manafort traveled to Mexico, China and Ecuador with a phone and email account registered under a fake name. (The name is not disclosed in the filings.)
• Both Manafort and Gates were frequent travelers to Cyprus. "Extensive travel of this nature further evidences a risk of flight," the prosecutor's filing said.
  • Cyprus: Espionage Unlimited - Cyprus Guide
    
  • Cyprus, a familiar stopover in spy lore
• Manafort wrote on loan applications and other financial documents that his assets were worth between $19 million in April 2012 and $136 million in May 2016.
• In some months, like while he served as Trump's national campaign chairman in August 2016, Manafort's assessment of his total worth fluctuated. In August 2016 he said his assets were worth $28 million, then wrote he had $63 million in assets on a different application.
• Gates "frequently changed banks and opened and closed bank accounts." In all, Gates opened 55 accounts with 13 financial institutions, the prosecutors' court filing said. Some of his bank accounts were in England and Cyprus, where he held more than $10 million from 2010 to 2013.

Readers of spy novels and non-fiction will immediately notice that they behaved like covert operatives working on behalf of a foreign nation.

That's because they are Americans. Sometimes the simplest things are just beyond your comprehension.

 

[rightwinger]

He seemed like a nice guy

He even told Trump how great he is

 

[usmbguest5318]

He seemed like a nice guy. He even told Trump how great he is

I suspect Trump "blew smoke up his ass" too. LOL Regardless, you know how Trump is...Flattery is all it takes to gain his approbation.