Crime Is Flynn Cohen to Prison? (SCO Thread v. 26)

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We really are a month a way from a did you order the code red moment and trump base would have no problem with it
 
Why am I not surprised John gottis daughter is on the maga train?
 
xcvbn said:
@Hunter Simpson @Quipling

Rick Gates Tells Mueller About Trump Team’s Dealings With Israeli Intelligence Firm



I'll just go ahead and collect my winnings now
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Joe said:
We really are a month a way from a did you order the code red moment and trump base would have no problem with it
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The majority of the country doesn’t give a shit about Muh Russia.

MSNBCs viewership will be outraged I’m sure. Ther rest of us?



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Diamond Jim said:
It’s what Rudy does. He goes out there every so often to move the goal posts for Trump. This started with nobody in my campaign had any contact with Russians to now, people inside the campaign may have colluded.
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And if they colluded its not a crime, And if it is a crime its not an important one.
 
MikeMcMann said:
And if they colluded its not a crime, And if it is a crime its not an important one.
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And if its an important one, it doesnt matter because hes the POTUS and he cant be charged.
 
political twitter is convinced rudy is trying to head off a new bombshell
 
Quipling said:
Previous Thread

Current big news:
  • Flynn is being sentenced today. He has cooperated in three different criminal investigations. SCO has also released a redacted memo summarizing the interview.
  • 3 men have been indicted in connection with Flynn's illegal actions on behalf of Turkey. One is his business partner,two are Turkish contacts.
  • Cohen was sentenced to 3 years in prison. He received a downward departure for cooperating with the SCO and SDNY.
  • The National Enquirer is cooperating with investigators wrt Cohen's campaign finance allegations.
  • OSC has filed their sentencing memo in Manafort's case. He apparently lies a lot and continued to do so throughout his purported cooperation.
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Major events so far:
  • Manafort, Trump's campaign manager and transition committee member has been indicted arising from misconduct reaching into 2017 related to payments received through 2014 from the pro-russia faction of Ukraine's pre-war government. Manafort pleaded guilty agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors, and then lied to them.
  • Michael Cohen, Trump's attorney, has pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations, which he claims to have committed at Trump's direction to influence the election. Cohen cooperated with federal prosecutors and received a 3-year sentence.
  • Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Org. CFO, has agreed to immunity in exchange for cooperating with federal prosecutors
  • Rick Gates has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and conspiring (with Manafort) to commiting tax fraud, failing to register as a foreign agent, and lying to the FBI
  • George Papadopolous pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators in 2017 about activities occuring 2016-17. Admits to meeting with various Russian officials regarding setting up meetings and "dirt" on Hillary while acting on behalf of the Trump campaign, something he previously denied. Papadopoulos is now accusing Mifsud of being a deep state plant on Twitter.
  • Mike Flynn, Trump's National Security Advisor, has also pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about several meetings that he had with the Russian ambassador. Flynn was allegedly involved in other business involving Turkey, but has not yet been charged with respect to that behavior.
  • 13 Russian indictment for activity starting in 2014 and continuing through 2017. A US citizen pleaded guilty for agreeing to help them. There is also a separate 12 count indictment targeting GRU officers
  • An attorney linked to Manafort, Gates, and a Russian oligarch has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI
  • Yohai, Manafort's former son-in-law has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department
  • Daniels's lawsuit has somehow, insanely, gotten linked up to the Mueller investigation thanks to alleged wrongdoing and influence-peddling by Michael Cohen. Who has pleaded guilty and offered to fully cooperate.
  • Twelve Russian intelligence officers have been indicted for conspiracy against the United States and aggravated identity theft
  • Bruce Ohr, of dossier fame, has been working to obtain information from Russian oligarchs since 2014.
  • Documents relating to Manafort's guilty plea implicate Tony Podesta. Tony Podesta is the brother of Clinton's campaign advisor, John Podesta. His former firm, which is now cooperating with the probe, worked for Manafort in Ukraine.
Dumb talking points:
Collusion isn't a crime!
No. Conspiracy to do crimes is.
That wasn't a criminal campaign finance violation because Edwards!
The sticking point was willfullness. That's satisfied in Trump's case.
Fruit of the poisonious tree!
That excludes evidence obtained during an illegal search. You need to identify that search. It also doesn't vacate guilty pleas.
Comey told Flynn not to bring a lawyer!
Nope. He said he could, but other lawyers would also be involved. That's ok. Also, not letting someone have a lawyer comes under the fifth amendment and requires other circumstances not applicable here.
They already had what they needed! The like wasn't material! Perjury trap!
Materiality turns on whether something is important to the investigation. X can be a material fact even if there's already evidence on that specific issue, because lying about x keeps the investigator to getting to underlying facts. In Flynn's case, lying about whether he had certain contacts meant investigators couldn't get to the underlying nature of the contacts.
The 304 has the wrong date!
That's an actual nothingburger
Phones deleted!
Yeah, after having their data reviewed by a federal agent.
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I think Flynn is helping Kelly, Rodgers, Sessions, and Mattis with coordinating the Military tribunals.
 
Diamond Jim said:
It’s what Rudy does. He goes out there every so often to move the goal posts for Trump. This started with nobody in my campaign had any contact with Russians to now, people inside the campaign may have colluded.
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I've been saying all along, his purpose is both to confuse the issues and to release information slowly so that when it becomes widely known, "We knew that already, what's the big deal?"
 
Quipling said:
Manafort did a lot of lies. In one instance, he gave three different stories about a 125,000 payment, none of which were true.
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For some reason this reminds me of the Joker in The Dark Knight telling different stories about how he got his scars.
 
A_bomb47 said:
For some reason this reminds me of the Joker in The Dark Knight telling different stories about how he got his scars.
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He was a great character but the lack of an ostrich jacket let it down.
 
Giuliani : I never said there was no collusion. hahah
Something must be coming down the pipe in the next few days from Mueller.

 
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