NBC News: The unnamed Congressman in the Gates information is Rep. Dana Rohrabacher

[MelissaB]

NBC News: The unnamed Congressman in the Gates information is Rep. Dana Rohrabacher @TracyConnor reports. More here:

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Feb 23 2018, 5:10 pm ET
Mueller probe: Manafort hit with new charges after Gates pleads guilty

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In addition, Gates admits that even while he was negotiating a deal with Mueller, he lied about a March 19, 2013, meeting attended by Manafort, a lobbyist, and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. He told investigators that Ukraine had not been discussed when he knew it was.

Rohrabacher's press secretary said the meeting was a dinner with longtime acquaintances. "The three reminisced and talked mostly about politics. The subject of Ukraine came up in passing," the press secretary, Ken Grubbs, said.

"It is no secret that Manafort represented [former Ukraine president] Viktor Yanukovych’s interests, but as chairman of the relevant European subcommittee, the congressman has listened to all points of view on Ukraine. We may only speculate that Manafort needed to report back to his client that Ukraine was discussed."

More: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-trump-campaign-aide-rick-gates-set-plead-guilty-n849256

Put a fork in Rohrabacher...

Note: Please see the document below in posts 2 & 8.

[NightWatcher]

1. And the hits keep coming

[MelissaB]

2. From court docucuments

75. Unnamed Congressman revealed in Rick Gates Statement of Offense—to which Gates, per Plea Agreement, will provide allocution—is Rep Dana Rohrabacher (CA-48). Rohrabacher knowingly violated 52 USC § 30121: accepting straw donor contributions from Russia-backed Ukraine 19Mar13.

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[MelissaB]

8. From earlier

Office of Congressional Ethics complaint (4Jul17) March 2013: Reps Royce (retiring 2018) & Rohrabacher knowingly took undisclosed contributions from Pro-Russia Ukraine via Manafort & Lobbyists (Mercury LLC). Criminal violations 52 USC § 30122/30122.

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[MelissaB]

11. Documents from post #2 enlarged:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. No surprise; it was bound to be either him or Nunes.

Now I want them to get Nunes.

[imanamerican63]

7. You bet me this!

[Skittles]

4. yet another Putin whore

[Docreed2003]

5. Lol...

So much for “keeping it in the family”, huh Paul Ryan??? Wonder what that schmuck’s response will be

[Freethinker65]

9. Wasn't Ryan caught on tape yukking it up about Rohrabacher's Russian connections?

[Docreed2003]

13. Yep

That was when he made the “let’s keep it in the family” quote.

[Initech]

6. Oh yeah called it!!!!!!

[Fullduplexxx]

10. It's gonna be a crying shame when trump pardons everyone

[gratuitous]

16. Trump's power to pardon has limitations

First, the President can pardon only for federal offenses. Any state court charges will stand, and the New York Attorney General has been working closely with Mueller's office to bring state-level charges against anyone who might slip the federal net.

Further, anyone pardoned loses his or her Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination, and can be compelled to testify in any further criminal proceeding against other defendants. If Trump is worried about what might be said by the defendants who've taken a plea deal, he'd be shitting bricks on his gold toilet to contemplate what Manafort might have to say.

Finally, things can often be divided into two camps: Things you can do something about, and things you can't do anything about. Nobody can do anything about whether Trump pardons everyone; all we can do is forge ahead under the Constitution and try to uphold the laws of the land.

[TarponSnook]

12. Oh boy!

Our angels rejoice!

[procon]

14. I really hope Rohrabacher is indicted. nt

[Turn CO Blue]

15. Quelle suprise! NOT! Remember McCarthy quote There's two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher

and Trump."

!!!

[dalton99a]

19. +1

[Roland99]

17. Burn these traitors at the stake!

[dalton99a]

18. RT: "An indispensable partnership"

[mopinko]

20. if it just came up in passing, why did gates lie about it?