Special Counsel Mueller just filed a new criminal charge today (embedded below) alleging a criminal cover-up of ex-Trump aides Paul Manafort and Rick Gates’ illegal foreign lobbying efforts with the House Republican best known as Putin’s favorite Congressman.

A little hint helps. I'm generally reluctant to click a link without some info.

BigmanPigman

(55,137 posts)

9. I wonder about Nunes and Ryan.

Reply to triron (Original post)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 03:11 AM

Feb 2018

The article said that it make you wonder if they funded the entire Repub party. Well, in this section of the article it mentions two other members of Congress anyway.

“Vin Weber and Ed Kutler, lobbyists for the Mercury firm, appear to be just as culpable as Gates and Manafort of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act. They worked hand in hand with Rohrabacher to transfer payments they received from Manafort, originating with the Party of Regions, to Rohrabacher and two other members of Congress.”

OnDoutside

(20,868 posts)

10. What surprised me is how pitifully small the amounts are. You'd think

Reply to triron (Original post)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 03:31 AM

Feb 2018

there would hundreds of thousands at least, unless they're getting more money in different ways, like Manafort did with his offshore accounts.

mopinko

(73,726 posts)

18. ikr?

Reply to OnDoutside (Reply #10)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 10:05 AM

Feb 2018

tho the threat that they will spend more than that to defeat them if they dont tow the line is prolly part of it. but damn, these guys come cheap.

OnDoutside

(20,868 posts)

19. That's definitely true, but I can't help feeling there's some other revenue stream we don't know

Reply to mopinko (Reply #18)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 01:09 PM

Feb 2018

about.

SunSeeker

(58,283 posts)

11. K & R for exposure.

Reply to triron (Original post)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 03:46 AM

Feb 2018

byronius

(7,973 posts)

12. I'd say very big.

Reply to triron (Original post)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 04:28 AM

Feb 2018

But it's been a steady drumbeat lately.

Mueller is getting ready to lay down some more cards soon, I suspect. And if that article is right, Dana's getting an early invitation to go sit in a box for at least a few years.

Unless the Russians win, here, that is, with Republican help. Unless the nation collapses into anarchy and warlord fiefdoms like the libertarian fantasists dream of.

But I happen to be a patriot. I also happen to believe democracy must be defended.

So fuck these traitors.

OhNo-Really

(3,996 posts)

14. isnt there a March 19th statute of limitation looming?

Reply to byronius (Reply #12)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 04:31 AM

Feb 2018

pnwmom

(110,260 posts)

15. For anything illegal that they actually did at that meeting. However, if they took

Reply to OhNo-Really (Reply #14)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 04:39 AM

Feb 2018

any illegal actions after the meeting, then those actions would extend the statute of limitations longer. And since Gates lied about the meeting just this month, who knows? Maybe he just re-started the statute of limitations on whatever they were conspiring about . . .

NBachers

(19,438 posts)

13. "illegally accepting foreign campaign funds." What about trump campaign soliciting contributions

Reply to triron (Original post)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 04:30 AM

Feb 2018

from foreign government officials? This was an issue at one point, but it never seems to have gone anywhere.

"The Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit whose aim is to promote the enforcement of federal election finance laws, filed a complaint Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission accusing the presumptive Republican nominee's campaign of "violating black-letter federal law." US News and World Report 06/29/16

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-06-29/complaint-claims-trump-illegally-solicited-donations-from-foreign-mps

"Trump Campaign Solicits Illegal Foreign Donations Despite Warnings" The Hill, 07/16/16

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/288031-trump-campaign-solicits-illegal-foreign-donations-despite-warnings