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Paul Manafort, Who Once Ran Trump Campaign, Surrenders to F.B.I.
Paul Manafort and his former business associate Rick Gates were told to surrender to federal authorities on Monday morning, according to a person involved in the case.
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Something for the 24-hour news shouters to cover for the next week, instead of Uranium One or the JFK files.
I believe the term is "Manafucked".
who's next? [fingers crossed]
Please be Don Jr. or Kushner. But I doubt they will go that high that fast.
I read somewhere recently that if Trump pardons someone, they lose their 5th amendment right to remain silent and can be forced to testify against others.
Added: http://time.com/4868418/donald-trump-presidential-pardons-backfire/
Can someone tell me if this is even significant or if this is basically a smoke screen?
Early days, yet. Suffice it to say that it's mining a rich vein of corruption, and that could lead far and wide and deep. So far, at least, it's criminal prosecution not the political revolution Clinton Democrats are praying for. It's more than some special prosecutors found after years and millions spent, like that on-again off-again pecksniff Ken Starr.
Upvoted for pecksniff! Somebody remembered their Dickens' vernacular.
The charges stem from when he worked for the Podesta group. Podesta just stepped down from powerful democrat lobby group 15 minutes ago
The talking heads have spent maybe 2 seconds discussing this part of the story. CNN even posted an article online poking fun at Fox News for not having "wall to wall" coverage of this and instead reporting on other things too.
The campaign manager of a sitting president is being charged with conspiracy against the United States of America. What a time to be alive.