The best parts of that were the questions about the best people. Seriously. Even if he is a bumbling idiot what does this say about choosing these people and his vetting process? What a joke.
Also Gates apparently has a public defender and both have pled not guilty.
Oops just went about 20 minutes over my lunch to get caught up here. Back to my desk to continue to refresh this thread.
I don't want to get my hopes up anymore but I feel like Jimmy Dugan in A League of their Own...WE'RE GONNA WIN
to be fair, i don't know that anybody wins when this is all said and done. i have a feeling this is far more widespread than we might even want. i don't think this will only obliterate the right..
I agree. This is going to be bad all around, for both parties. (andwhat brought this up way early in this thread.) Even so, I'm feeling pretty chipper today. I'm taking this day to feel good and be happy. It's a nice change of pace from the rest of this sucktastic year.
Rick Gates was represented by a public defender. What?
Wait. Really?
I wonder if it's related to the fact that (per Seth A.) if they want to post bail, Mueller can require the verification of funds - i.e. not laundered? Or something like that.
Post by leshoequeen on Oct 30, 2017 13:13:35 GMT -5
So...if Manafort's laundering practices were so swiftly uncovered, isn't it likely that Mueller & Co. already have major dirt on the Trump family finances & tax statements?
Can 45 be charged as president with similar crimes?
Remember back when 45 was tweet-threatening Mueller about crossing the line and going after his personal finances...
Oops just went about 20 minutes over my lunch to get caught up here. Back to my desk to continue to refresh this thread.
I don't want to get my hopes up anymore but I feel like Jimmy Dugan in A League of their Own...WE'RE GONNA WIN
to be fair, i don't know that anybody wins when this is all said and done. i have a feeling this is far more widespread than we might even want. i don't think this will only obliterate the right..
You are right. I just so badly want them to all go down.
PLEASE OH PLEASE let Bernard get caught up in it. #wishlist
I’m 100% certain he is.
When I go full tinfoil hat, it's that Comey leaked that October email horseshit to deliberately throw the election and get all these fuckers in the spotlight and such blatantly compromising positions where they can't.fucking.escape.
When I go full tinfoil hat, it's that Comey leaked that October email horseshit to deliberately throw the election and get all these fuckers in the spotlight and such blatantly compromising positions where they can't.fucking.escape.
I haven't read all the thread yet but let's not forget that Manafort was integral in picking Pence for VP.
ETA: And they get house arrest. Poor black men get killed for selling CDs and cigarettes. If they're "lucky" they make it to shithole-prison not the federal reserve version.
I've got MSNBC on, and they just showed some old clip of Manafort from May 2016 and it's so shady. I remember watching Manafort on TV last summer, and thinking that he was shady as fuck, but also that he was the way he was at times because the Trump family was batshit and working for Trump was really a soul-sucking, exhausting effort. But watching it now, his body language and eye movements and evasive, robotic answers take on a whole new significance knowing he could very well be doing all this against his will under Putin's orders. I tried to find a clip online of this old interview, and no luck. But it has the feeling of a hostage reading a prepared statement.
To be clear, I have zero sympathy for him and want him to rot in prison. But it's absolutely chilling re-watching these things with the information we now know.