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ImpureScience's avatar

One part of me is all boy howdy about Manafort pleading guilty. Another is concerned that he may be trying to get a pardon based on doing Trump a solid by avoiding a messy trial filled with references to Russia and collusion just before the midterms: https://talkingpointsmemo.c...

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sgt. jmk de la résistance's avatar

He owes too many Russians money.

Money he doesn't have.

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sgt. jmk de la résistance's avatar

Ugh, no, he has the worst taste.

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Emil Muz's avatar

and I didn't even think about the other charges they still could've re-tried him on as well. Whatever they used, they got him anyway.

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Maybe's avatar

Well, I believe rats are known to cannibalize one another.

This is a graphic representation of the Trump organization:http://mentalfloss.com/arti...

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Charles Wolf's avatar

He was in jail.

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Kathleen Warnock's avatar

They couldn't even put him on the International Space Station, because they've got a Russian crew, and take Russian rockets to get there! Oops! We did not know his suit had leak in it.

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Kathleen Warnock's avatar

And commit suicide by taking poison, shooting himself in the back and getting thrown out a hotel window?

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Kathleen Warnock's avatar

Even with a pardon...Manafort's up for some serious crimes in individual states. Our acting ag in NY, Barbars Underwood, has been holding Trump's feet to the fire with his fake foundation, and she takes no prisoners. (I wish she'd been running in yesterday's primary...however, Tish James won, and I don't think she's going to step back.)

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Charles Wolf's avatar

Anybody planning to go to the soon to be announced, federal auction of Manafort's shit???

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Mr Canoehead/M Tête-Canoë's avatar

Except for the whole "going literally insane from the isolation" thing.

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Mr Canoehead/M Tête-Canoë's avatar

You're not the boss of me! I'm making fetch happen!

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UpstateNYObserver's avatar

One thing about a pardon, it requires an admission of guilt to accept it. Once pardoned, he can be COMPELLED to testify and then jail comes in where he cools his heels and Trump can't help him.

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thud's avatar

Ukraine already had such in the works but dropped it when Lord Trump agreed to sell them a shipment of antitank missiles. I'm sure there's still some interest there.

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DO SOMETHING! Linda's avatar

Turn rat? TURN? He is King of the Rats.

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