Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted May 4, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted May 4, 2018 The federal judge presiding over Paul Manafort’s tax- and bank-fraud case chastised attorneys representing Special Counsel Robert Mueller Friday for misrepresenting the aim of their investigation and overstepping their authority in bringing fraud charges against the former Trump campaign chairman. During the hearing, U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis pressed Michael Dreeben, the attorney representing Mueller’s team, to explain where the special counsel derived the authority to prosecute Manafort for decade-old financial crimes. “I don’t see what relationship this indictment has with anything the special counsel is authorized to investigate,” Ellis said. Dreeben reportedly argued that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein provided them broad authority to pursue any criminal activity they discovered in the course of investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Ellis was unconvinced, pointing out that some of the relevant information in Manafort’s case came from an earlier Department of Justice investigation, not the special counsel’s probe, according to Fox News. The judge then proceeded to summarize the prosecution’s case: “We said this was what the investigation was about but we are not bound by it and we were lying,” he said. “C’mon Man!” Stay Updated with NR Daily In a fortuitous turn of events for the defense team, Ellis went on to question the prosecution’s entire motivation in bringing tax- and bank-fraud charges against Manafort. “You don’t really care about Mr. Manafort….What you really care about is what information Mr. Manafort could give you that would reflect on Mr. Trump or lead to his prosecution, or impeachment, or whatever,” Ellis said. In addition to the tax- and bank-fraud charges Manafort is facing in Virginia, he is also dealing with charges of money laundering and failing to register as a foreign lobbyist in a separate D.C. court. The charges are related to lobbying work he did in Ukraine before going to work for the Trump campaign. COMMENTS Manfort’s attorneys asked Ellis to dismiss a criminal indictment against him Friday, citing the special counsel’s dubious authority. Ellis suggested the case should be brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Virginia rather than the special counsel and asked the special counsel’s office to provide him a copy of Rosenstein’s memo outlining its mandate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 (edited) The turds is spiralling down the shitter its called a witch hunt because witches are fictional they don't fucking exist just like crimes and collusion with Russia Edited May 4, 2018 by Momorider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 The special council has an obligation to pass on any suspected crimes they encounter to the DOJ for further inquiries . Mueller should’ve passed it on, but he wanted some leverage. Good for him. Either way, Manafort is fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted May 4, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted May 4, 2018 16 minutes ago, spin_dry said: The special council has an obligation to pass on any suspected crimes they encounter to the DOJ for further inquiries . Mueller should’ve passed it on, but he wanted some leverage. Good for him. Either way, Manafort is fucked. Kind of shoots down the theory that Manafort has the means or will go against Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 23 minutes ago, spin_dry said: The special council has an obligation to pass on any suspected crimes they encounter to the DOJ for further inquiries . Mueller should’ve passed it on, but he wanted some leverage. Good for him. Either way, Manafort is fucked. Oh look AFJspookfuck is Again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN! Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 23 minutes ago, Highmark said: Kind of shoots down the theory that Manafort has the means or will go against Trump. Huh? Manafort just lost a similar suit last week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Mueller could not secure convictions against the Hell's Angel's so I think many are far too optimistic about his abilities in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Why did the obama admin have no interest in pursuing these charges earlier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 31 minutes ago, Rod Johnson said: Why did the obama admin have no interest in pursuing these charges earlier it would have looked bad to have Hillary's campaign managers employee brought up on charges . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 "We don't want anyone in this country with unfettered power. It's unlikely you're going to persuade me the special prosecutor has power to do anything he wants. The American people feel pretty strongly that no one has unfettered power." -Judge Ellis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN! Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 FAIL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 On 5/4/2018 at 1:16 PM, spin_dry said: The special council has an obligation to pass on any suspected crimes they encounter to the DOJ for further inquiries . Mueller should’ve passed it on, but he wanted some leverage. Good for him. Either way, Manafort is fucked. You are either falling for the bullshit or you are a party to it. Do you feel they are overstepping their authority.....like they did with the john doe cases in Wisconsin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Usedtoskidoo Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 yikes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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