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I'm sure Paul Manafort's guilty plea to conspiracy against the US is nothing.
Dennis_DeYoung
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This is Mueller's best shot at fooling low info types like Hondo
Pretty sure your better than that?
The case was brought by Mueller's team, which is probing potential crimes related to the 2016 election. But Manafort has not been charged with anything related to the campaign.
I'm sure Mueller is real interested in Trump's involvement in a 12 year old tax case
You guys got played
Sad
Ooooooh
Manafort's plea deal with Mueller, which dramatically ramps up the legal and political danger already facing Trump, came just three days before Manafort was set to begin jury selection for the second of his two federal criminal trials.
Prosecutors said the deal includes a 17-page cooperation agreement with Mueller."
**President Trump has surrounded himself with convicted felons and his enterprises are under investigation.**
- National Security Advisor Michael Flynn - *pleaded guilty.*^[[1]](https://www.macleans.ca/politics/michael-flynn-to-plead-guilty-to-making-false-statements-to-fbi/)
- President Trump's Personal Attorney Michael Cohen - *pleaded guilty.*^[[2]](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/21/michael-cohen-striking-deal-with-federal-prosecutors.html)
- Foreign Policy Advisor George Papadopoulos - *pleaded guilty.*^[[3]](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mueller-prison-papadopoulos-1.4790303)
- Deputy Campaign Chairman Richard Gates - *pleaded guilty.*^[[4]](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rick-gates-pleads-guilty-will-cooperate-with-robert-mueller-probe)
- Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort - *convicted on 8 Federal counts.*^[[5]](https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/paul-manafort-federal-trial-trump)
- The Trump Foundation is under investigation.^[[6]](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/14/new-york-ag-files-lawsuit-against-trump-foundation-for-alleged-illegal-conduct-trump-says-wont-settle.html)
- The Trump Organization is under investigation and may face criminal charges.^[[7]](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/nyregion/trump-organization-criminal-charges-vance.html)
- The Trump Organization's CFO Allen Weisselberg was granted immunity.^[[8]](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/24/trump-organization-attorney-allen-weisselberg-granted-immunity-in-michael-cohen-case.html)
- A good friend of President Trump, David Pecker, has been granted immunity by Federal Prosecutors. Why is that important?^[[9]](https://www.apnews.com/143be3c52d4746af8546ca6772754407/AP:-National-Enquirer's-safe-held-damaging-Trump-stories)
>Court papers in the Cohen case say Pecker “offered to help deal with negative stories about (Trump’s) relationships with women by, among other things, assisting the campaign in identifying such stories so they could be purchased and their publication avoided.”
>The Journal reported Pecker shared with prosecutors details about payments that Cohen says Trump directed in the weeks and months before the election to buy the silence of McDougal and another woman alleging an affair, porn star Stormy Daniels. Daniels was paid $130,000, and McDougal was paid $150,000.
President Trump has been freaking out about criminals flipping.^[[10]](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/23/trump-michael-cohen-flipping-should-be-illegal-warns-against-impeachment) President Trump said he knew all about "flippers" and that criminals flipping on other criminals should be illegal - a direct attack on prosecutors and the rule of law in America.^[[11]](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/donald-trump-flipping-ought-to-be-illegal)
**President Trump is an unindicted co-conspirator. Michael Cohen incriminated the President while under oath when he pleaded guilty to all charges. President Trump directed Cohen to make illegal payments and Pecker can corroborate this.**
President Trump's personal attorney and RNC Deputy Finance Chairman Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to charges laid out by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, while under oath he admitted to making illegal payments under the direction of then candidate Trump.^[[12]](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/21/michael-cohen-striking-deal-with-federal-prosecutors.html) Lanny Davis, Cohen's attorney, went across the networks claiming his client had knowledge of topics pertaining to Special Counsel Mueller's investiation and that his client was willing to cooperate.^[[13]](
According to court filings prosecutors say that President Trump's real estate company paid Michael Cohen $420,000 in an effort to illegally silence women during the 2016 Presidential Campaign, relying on sham invoices that concealed the nature of these payments.^[[14]](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-company-approved-420000-in-payments-to-cohen-relying-on-sham-invoices-prosecutors-say/2018/08/21/b6b327fc-a596-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html?utm_term=.49d948fadb62) In a completely separate investigation a New York state judge subpoenaed Cohen in the Trump Foundation investigation.^[[15]](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-21/trump-security-team-to-face-jury-for-punching-choking-activists)
**While President Trump has attacked and distanced himself from his personal attorney, he has treated the Manafort situation completely differently. He has gone as far as considering pardoning his former Campaign Chairman, convicted felon Paul Manafort, because he hasn't "flipped." Let's see if the President's tune changes after this tentative plea deal.**
Fox News reported that President Trump was considering pardoning Manafort.^[[16]](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/trump-says-hes-considering-pardon-for-manafort-fox-news-reporter-idUSKCN1L806F) President Trump followed up by tweeting his support of Manafort, claiming he was *"brave"* not to break under pressure unlike his personal attorney Michael Cohen.^[[17]](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45276734) It should also be noted that Manafort was convicted on 8 counts, is now a felon, and if it weren't for 1 juror irrationally holding out Manafort would have been convicted on all 18 counts.^[[18]](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort-juror/manafort-juror-says-one-holdout-kept-jury-from-convicting-on-all-counts-idUSKCN1L80AA) And then we learned that President Trump had discussed pardoning Manafort weeks ago.^[[19]](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/23/trump-sought-his-lawyers-advice-weeks-ago-on-possibility-of-pardoning-manafort-but-they-counseled-against-it-giuliani-says/)
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1) [Macleans - Michael Flynn pleads guilty to making false statements to FBI](https://www.macleans.ca/politics/michael-flynn-to-plead-guilty-to-making-false-statements-to-fbi/)
2) [Fox News - Michael Cohen admits committing campaign finance violation 'at direction of' Trump](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/21/michael-cohen-striking-deal-with-federal-prosecutors.html)
3) [CBC - Mueller recommends 6 months in prison for Papadopoulos](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mueller-prison-papadopoulos-1.4790303)
4) [Washington Examiner - Rick Gates pleads guilty, will cooperate with Robert Mueller probe](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rick-gates-pleads-guilty-will-cooperate-with-robert-mueller-probe)
5) [Roll Call - Paul Manafort Convicted on Eight of 18 Federal Counts](https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/paul-manafort-federal-trial-trump)
6) [Fox News - New York AG files lawsuit against Trump Foundation for alleged 'illegal conduct;' Trump says he 'won't settle'](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/14/new-york-ag-files-lawsuit-against-trump-foundation-for-alleged-illegal-conduct-trump-says-wont-settle.html)
7) [New York Times - Trump Organization Could Face Criminal Charges From Manhattan D.A.](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/nyregion/trump-organization-criminal-charges-vance.html)
8) [Fox News - Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg granted immunity in Michael Cohen case](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/24/trump-organization-attorney-allen-weisselberg-granted-immunity-in-michael-cohen-case.html)
9) [Associated Press - AP: National Enquirer hid damaging Trump stories in a safe](https://www.apnews.com/143be3c52d4746af8546ca6772754407/AP:-National-Enquirer's-safe-held-damaging-Trump-stories)
10) [The Guardian - Trump says 'flipping' in criminal cases should be illegal and warns against impeachment](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/23/trump-michael-cohen-flipping-should-be-illegal-warns-against-impeachment)
11) [Vanity Fair - “I know all about flipping": Trump goes full Gotti As two more of his associates face jail time, the president is sounding more like a mob boss.](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/donald-trump-flipping-ought-to-be-illegal)
12) [Fox News - Michael Cohen admits committing campaign finance violation 'at direction of' Trump](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/21/michael-cohen-striking-deal-with-federal-prosecutors.html)
13) [MSNBC - Michael Cohen More Than Happy To Tell Mueller All That He Knows: Attorney | Rachel Maddow](
14) [Washington Post - Trump’s company approved $420,000 in payments to Cohen, relying on ‘sham’ invoices, prosecutors say](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-company-approved-420000-in-payments-to-cohen-relying-on-sham-invoices-prosecutors-say/2018/08/21/b6b327fc-a596-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html?utm_term=.49d948fadb62)
15) [Associated Press - New York state subpoenas Cohen in Trump Foundation probe](https://apnews.com/72c5c19195f84abfaa42eaffe78d806a)
16) [Reuters - Trump says he's considering pardon for Manafort: Fox News reporter](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/trump-says-hes-considering-pardon-for-manafort-fox-news-reporter-idUSKCN1L806F)
17) [BBC - Trump heaps praise on 'brave' Manafort after conviction](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45276734)
18) [Reuters - Manafort juror says 'one holdout' kept jury from convicting on all counts](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort-juror/manafort-juror-says-one-holdout-kept-jury-from-convicting-on-all-counts-idUSKCN1L80AA)
19) [Washington Post - Trump sought his lawyers’ advice weeks ago on possibility of pardoning Manafort, Giuliani says](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/23/trump-sought-his-lawyers-advice-weeks-ago-on-possibility-of-pardoning-manafort-but-they-counseled-against-it-giuliani-says/)