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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt must be hell to learn that none of your associates are willing to go to prison to protect you.

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It must be hell to learn that none of your associates are willing to go to prison to protect you. (Original Post)
milestogo
Dec 2018
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Manafort is mixed up with Russian mafia and is afraid of getting himself or his family killed
YessirAtsaFact
Dec 2018
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mucifer
(25,698 posts)1. manafort?
milestogo
(23,139 posts)2. Manafort made a dangerous bet. He still thinks Trump is going to pardon him.
He's not too bright.
YessirAtsaFact
(2,113 posts)3. Manafort is mixed up with Russian mafia and is afraid of getting himself or his family killed
I think that's a lot more real to Manafort than anyone else, because he worked with these guys for years and knows what they are capable of.
milestogo
(23,139 posts)6. He will probably die in prison, but the death will be less scary than at the hands of the Russians.
YessirAtsaFact
(2,113 posts)7. Yes, and it leaves his family safer
I don't feel sorry for the guy, but I do understand the impulse to protect loved ones, regardless.
Leith
(7,864 posts)4. Maybe it's because I'm a person of honesty and integrity
but I never would expect any of my associates to go to prison to protect me.
milestogo
(23,139 posts)5. Well it probably just means you're not a narcissist.
Since a narcissist thinks the world is in orbit around him, that person thinks others would be honored to go to prison to protect him. Loyalty.