Special counsel Robert Mueller has abruptly reversed course on a bail agreement his office struck with Paul Manafort's legal team last week that would have allowed him to be released from GPS monitoring.
Manafort evidently failed to tell the government that he was ghost-writing a draft op-ed about his work in Ukraine as late as November 30. He was working on it with his longtime protege Konstantin Kilimnik, who is believed to have ties to Russian intelligence, according to the special counsel's court filing.
The government said that the court had initially "admonished" Manafort's lawyer for making public statements to the press about the case and on November 8 had barred both "the parties and counsel from making statements that could interfere with" a fair trial.
"Even if the ghostwritten op-ed were entirely accurate, fair, and balanced, it would be a violation of this Court’s November 8 Order if it had been publish," the government argued. "The editorial clearly was undertaken to influence the public's opinion of defendant Manafort, or else there would be no reason to seek its publication."
The filing continued: "Because Manafort has now taken actions that reflect an intention to violate or circumvent the court's existing orders ... the government submits that the proposed bail package is insufficiently reasonable to assure his appearance as required. The government's prior general consent to the bail package presupposed that Manafort was complying with the Court's existing orders."
It has been clear to me for months now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is not fucking around here.
Apparently Manafort did not get that memo and did not understand that Mueller would drop the hammer on him if he even pushed a pinky over the line.
One thing I can say with some confidence is that this is definitely going to send a chill down the spine of everybody already targeted by the Mueller team, as well as those who believe their number will come up at any time.
If I were Jarred Kushner, Donald Trump Jr., or even Trump himself, I would probably have to sleep with the night light on tonight.
O/T, there a story on Raw Story of some "Christian" pastor from Texas who showed up at Santa's Workshop in North Pole and started telling kids that Santa isn't real and Jesus is the real reason for Christmas. Don't u have a stand ur ground law in Alaska. One of the elves should have capped his ass. And where is Faux News talking about this guys war on christmas and effing up kids christmas.
ReplyDelete'Don't u have a stand ur ground law in Alaska. One of the elves should have capped his ass." <WTF???
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DeleteOh, of course, because nothing is better than “capping someone’s ass” in front of children to screw them up for life. EYE ROLL.
DeleteYou should probably up your dosage
DeleteI guess I am reading that post differently. I think they are being sarcastic and throwing shade at the pastor, stupid gun laws and Fox News which has reporting on the war on Christmas again. I didn't take the post seriously. Geez. Lighten up Francis.
Deleteamen.
DeleteSeriously. It was sarcasm.
DeleteHey - remember all the times during Pres. Obama's administration the repugs were bitching about black friday and letting their workers be home with family? Well, who noticed that this year black friday started on thanksgiving and many people had to work?
Democrats are getting on my nerves for repeatedly not calling ou tevery single bit of hypocrisy. STOP BEING NICE GUYS.
Every last one of them thinks that they're above the law. That GPS monitoring was even considered part of the plea deal, I shake my head.
ReplyDeleteSupposedly he was going to be allowed travel to New York, Virginia and Florida only. They ought to rescind that and restrict his ass to his house and 100 yards around. Let him be under house arrest. He’ll still get more leeway than your average crack dealer.
DeleteManafort is probably one of the smarter people in this group of idiots and even he is too stoopid to even crime good.
ReplyDeleteTrump adviser’s transition email about Flynn’s Russian contacts contradicts sworn Congressional testimony
ReplyDelete...“Recent developments suggest that Ms. McFarland gave false testimony to the United States Senate on a matter as significant as communications between the Russian government and the Trump transition team,” Booker told the Times. “If this is the case, this is an alarming development, and another example of a pattern of deception on the part of Trump’s closest associates regarding their connections and communications to Russian government officials.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/trump-advisers-transition-email-about-flynns-russian-contacts-contradicts-sworn-congressional-testimony/
The Republican National Committee is jumping back into the Alabama Senate election on behalf of Roy Moore, an RNC official confirmed to The Daily Beast. The news was first reported by Breitbart. The decision by the committee to put money and staff behind the Moore campaign comes hours after President Donald Trump formally endorsed the Senate candidate, who has been accused by multiple women of having sexually preyed on them when they were teenagers. A party committee normally follows the directives of its leader. But the RNC's decision signals a remarkable reversal for the committee. The RNC has been hyper-critical of Democrats for any ties they have to men facing sexual harassment allegations, having pressed lawmakers to return campaign contributions from, among others, Harvey Weinstein. And after the first allegations emerged against Moore, the RNC did eventually cut off its own fundraising ties with the Moore campaign. "The recent allegations against Judge Moore are deeply troubling," said RNC chairwoman Ronna Romney-McDaniel said at the time. "He should step aside if there is any truth to them at all." The RNC's reversal comes on the same day that Mitt Romney, the chairwoman's uncle and the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, denounced Moore and said there was no place for him in the party.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thedailybeast.com/the-rnc-resumes-funding-roy-moore
They don’t need to.
DeleteJones is down by 6% and that isn’t likely to change.
Polls show it isn’t about abortion. Voters just don’t “like” Jones. You can’t make someone “like” someone or vote for someone they don’t “like.” That’s what our elections have become (and probably always have been); a popularity contest.
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DeleteThe new tax code with it's benefits for corporations is supposed to positively affect the stock market, which is good news for those who invest or who have retirement accounts. Fingers crossed.
oops, thought you meant "Dow Jones" ignore my previous comment :-)
DeleteDoug Jones. He's running against Molester Moore.
DeleteJust wait for the republicans to go back on the claim of expelling him from congress if he wins,then try to oust Franken for a pat on the butt.
DeleteLocal news said Conyers defense is his accusations are racial motivated, I was wondering how long it would take to play the race card.
http://dakotafreepress.com/2017/12/04/foreign-markets-outperform-trump-bump-while-dollar-sinks/
DeleteForeign exchanges are outperforming Drumpf's US market. This means more war in Europe.
Well, O/T, the old bat was sworn in as your governor 11 years ago today, Alaska, and she’s become a next to nothing except in the feeble matter she calls a brain. Never lose hope!
ReplyDeleteOnly someone with a feeble mind would bring up Sarah Palin on a off topic thread about something that happened 11 yrs ago. You Palin obsessed people are pathetic.
DeleteWho is more pathetic,the one who tags their thread as OT and makes an OT comment,or the one who just has to read it even though it is OT,then has to make an OT comment on the OT subject?
DeleteDefinitely the Palin obsessed one.
DeleteShe is one rotton spud alright. Maybe putin will give her another call and trump with feed her more pizza. Then Mueller will say Hi. twit twat tweet we go.
DeleteWell, face it. They live in a different world with different rules than we do
ReplyDeleteOnly in their liddle worthless corrupt minds do they live in a different world than us. Sometimes when you steal cheat and lie through life you become delusional and need more lies to feel right.
DeleteLock the arrogant bastard up!
ReplyDeleteManafort will flee. I'm calling it. He probably has some Russian working on a way to scramble his gps thingy or have it send erroneous data as he jets off to russia.
ReplyDeleteThe government said that the court had initially "admonished" Manafort's lawyer for making public statements to the press about the case and on November 8 had barred both "the parties and counsel from making statements that could interfere with" a fair trial.
ReplyDeleteGawd how I wish they'd slap one of these, plus Gorilla Tape, over the mangled apricot's pie hole to shut him up.