Manafort could face 'rest of life in prison,' judge says

[Bourbon]

Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, runs a significant risk of spending the rest of his life in prison and the evidence against him by special counsel Robert Mueller’s office seems strong, a federal judge declared in an order made public on Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III, who is based in Alexandria, Virginia, and is assigned to a newly filed indictment against Manafort dealing with bank fraud and tax evasion, said the veteran lobbyist and political consultant posed “a substantial risk of flight” because of his assets and the gravity of his legal predicament.

“The defendant is a person of great wealth who has the financial means and international connections to flee and remain at large, as well as every incentive to do so,” Ellis wrote in an order setting the terms of what the judge called “home incarceration” for Manafort, 68, who lives in Alexandria but also has homes in Florida and on Long Island.

“Given the nature of the charges against the defendant and the apparent weight of the evidence against him, defendant faces the very real possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison,” wrote Ellis, an appointee of President Ronald Reagan.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...-prison-460302

[Nordberg]

He is 68, so 20 years should do the trick. Although he would likely go to a prison country club. Closer it gets, the more likely he will turn on Trump.

[PostmodernProphet]

He is 68, so 20 years should do the trick. Although he would likely go to a prison country club. Closer it gets, the more likely he will turn on Trump.

problem is, he has nothing to offer against Trump.....

[Leonthecat]

problem is, he has nothing to offer against Trump.....

[Nordberg]

problem is, he has nothing to offer against Trump.....

How would you know? Manafort was deep into Russian money laundering. He has that in common with Trump. That according to Bannon.

[PostmodernProphet]

How would you know? Manafort was deep into Russian money laundering. He has that in common with Trump. That according to Bannon.

do you think your fantasies are enough to convict Trump?.....

[Nordberg]

do you think your fantasies are enough to convict Trump?.....

Not mine. Bannons. You know he is as right as you are, don't you? Trump put the Russian banker as head of commerce. Ross was the president of Cyprus bank that was the Russian oligarchs money laundering bank, I don't know if trump will be convicted of anything. Neither do you. Not fantasies. There is plenty to start with. Lets fix it all. Trump can release his taxes. Can you guess why he did not?

[Nordberg]

do you think your fantasies are enough to convict Trump?.....

No PP, it is evidence that will take him down.

[Bourbon]

problem is, he has nothing to offer against Trump.....

So you know this first hand ... right?

[PostmodernProphet]

So you know this first hand ... right?

obviously I don't have the same inside info you have....

[Truth Detector]

WAIT; Manafort has not been prosecuted or sentenced yet. Fascinating how the glib dumbfucks on the left think this means he has been found guilty.

The judge was a fool making this claim by the way.

[kudzu]

These guys make Gordon Geko look like a choirboy.

[evince]

lock him up


lock him up


lock him up

[Leonthecat]

Manafart would flip on his own grandmother before he spends his life in prison.
Mueller is on the job.

[Cypress]

Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, runs a significant risk of spending the rest of his life in prison and the evidence against him by special counsel Robert Mueller’s office seems strong, a federal judge declared in an order made public on Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III, who is based in Alexandria, Virginia, and is assigned to a newly filed indictment against Manafort dealing with bank fraud and tax evasion, said the veteran lobbyist and political consultant posed “a substantial risk of flight” because of his assets and the gravity of his legal predicament.

“The defendant is a person of great wealth who has the financial means and international connections to flee and remain at large, as well as every incentive to do so,” Ellis wrote in an order setting the terms of what the judge called “home incarceration” for Manafort, 68, who lives in Alexandria but also has homes in Florida and on Long Island.

“Given the nature of the charges against the defendant and the apparent weight of the evidence against him, defendant faces the very real possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison,” wrote Ellis, an appointee of President Ronald Reagan.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...-prison-460302

Trump sure seems to surrounds himself, and hire, a lot of criminals.