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Good Twitter thread
I see, thank you for the direction.Just read Quipling's OP.
I remember that post. Jim was definitely an astute ally.Kudos to @Diamond Jim for this July 2016 post, before Manafort had even resigned from Trump's campaign.
Search engine only brings up 200 responses so I couldn't go further back.
http://forums.sherdog.com/posts/119371453/
Good Twitter thread
seems relatively speculative but in part, perhaps correct.I think Manafort is considered a big fish and Gates isn't being used to flip him but rather nail him. Manafort has been a international criminal heavily tied to thugs and mobsters, with JD supposedly almost having him in 2012 before backing off for some reason. Mueller would have been very aware of him as Director of the FBI and was probably pissed they couldn't get him then.
He's 69 yrs old. If Gates is pleading to a 5-7 yr sentence, it means Manafort would get that minimum as well as you don't give better deals to the guy who pleads out after. So Manafort isn't going to plead out and roll over for 7 years in Federal Prison and get out when he's 76 years old. I think he'll fight the charges and appeals and kill himself the day before sentencing when his appeals have been exhausted.
Gates' flip is a slam dunk on getting Manafort behind bars ASAP. That is what Mueller wants here.
what is the speculation behind Manafort being able to bring Trump down? I'm assuming Russian related financial dirt rather than campaign collusion with Russia?Fuuuuuuuuuck, that's fucking deep. Manafort is in some deep shit.
The part I wanna know if it's true is if Trump really told confidants that Manafort could bring him down. If so, this is the political equivalent of the Ottomans sieging Constantinople. When the Dardanelles Gun comes out, it's all downhill from there.
Yeah, dude.what is the speculation behind Manafort being able to bring Trump down? I'm assuming Russian related financial dirt rather than campaign collusion with Russia?
layman it on me.
Speculative. Mostly built around Trump's references to whether Manafort will testify and suspicious behavior by Manafort and how that relates to Trump's own connections to Russia.what is the speculation behind Manafort being able to bring Trump down? I'm assuming Russian related financial dirt rather than campaign collusion with Russia?
what is the speculation behind Manafort being able to bring Trump down? I'm assuming Russian related financial dirt rather than campaign collusion with Russia?
I think Manafort is considered a big fish and Gates isn't being used to flip him but rather nail him. Manafort has been a international criminal heavily tied to thugs and mobsters, with JD supposedly almost having him in 2012 before backing off for some reason. Mueller would have been very aware of him as Director of the FBI and was probably pissed they couldn't get him then.
He's 69 yrs old. If Gates is pleading to a 5-7 yr sentence, it means Manafort would get that minimum as well as you don't give better deals to the guy who pleads out after. So Manafort isn't going to plead out and roll over for 7 years in Federal Prison and get out when he's 76 years old. I think he'll fight the charges and appeals and kill himself the day before sentencing when his appeals have been exhausted.
Gates' flip is a slam dunk on getting Manafort behind bars ASAP. That is what Mueller wants here.
He's already been returned to house arrest (where he was before getting bail) because the assets he offered to meet bail were tainted or subject to foreclosure.You think he'll be able to stay out on bail if everything is rolled out?
He's got connections and bank accounts in several countries.
He's the definition of a flight risk imo
Manafort either doesn't care about himself or is just going to negotiate info for amnesty. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that IF Manafort has real dirt on Trump, it's already been made clear to him that his life is over if he talks. And I'd imagine this is a threat from Russians, not Trump.
I often take it in the was.The guy is completely fucked he just hasn't decided if he wants it in the mouth or the was yet.
Manafort either doesn't care about himself or is just going to negotiate info for amnesty. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that IF Manafort has real dirt on Trump, it's already been made clear to him that his life is over if he talks. And I'd imagine this is a threat from Russians, not Trump.
Yeah, dude.
If Trump was laundering money through Russian/Ukranian networks with his friend, Manafort, then he's done. You think the American people won't toss him if there is concrete evidence proving he's an actual swamp monster? This is literally the most hated abstract paradigm of human being in the country right now. Pretty much everyone, whatever their politics, is aligned against the 0.1%.
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