The apostrophe is a clue

[macwriter]

In the court papers about the pardon investigation, there is a clue about the blacked out name on page 16.

When showing possession, the proper grammatical form is apostrophe "s". Example, Mary's or John's. But when an "s" is the last letter of a name, it is just an apostrophe. Such as Bess' or Chris'

So, on page 16 when we see a blacked out name followed by an apostrophe, we can assume it was someone with a short name ending with an "s"

Could it be Lev Parnas? And could the agent or rep referred to is Rudy in the same section be Ruby who was not his lawyer, but conferred with him frequently.

What do you think?

[Frasier Balzov]

1. Parnas flipped on Giuliani and Trump back in January.

Isn't the pardon negotiation from sometime this summer?

[greenjar_01]

2. I agree. It's the only place where there's a possessive for the pardon seeker

And it happens twice in the page.

I don't think it's Parnas because the name is too short. I'd bet the pardon seeker has a four letter last name ending in an s.

[octoberlib]

5. Could be Rick Gates. Or Robin Hayes

Hayes, 75, was one of four men indicted in 2019 on multiple charges in a sweeping federal bribery case. All were accused of bribing Republican state Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey with $2 million in campaign contributions in an attempt to get him to remove the department official responsible for regulating one of Lindberg’s companies.

Greg Lindberg — the Durham billionaire who was the heart of the corruption scheme — was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in prison. John Gray, an associate of Lindberg’s, received a 2 1/2 year sentence. Another associate, John Palermo, was found not guilty.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/rnc-2020/article245014905.html

[greenjar_01]

6. I doubt Gates. He flipped on Manafort in open court, and has no scratch anyway

Hayes is interesting, but he probably hadn't been sentenced at the time of the investigation, and got probation anyway, so I'd say no. I'd still guess a shorter name.

[octoberlib]

3. Rick Gates

[chowder66]

4. +1

[wishstar]

9. Gates has been under threat of having to return to complete his sentence so could well be him

Last I heard Gates had started serving his sentence but Judge Jackson gave him an indefinite reprieve last spring due to Covid because of his wife's illness, but he was still subject to going back eventually and also under 3 years probation which he had violated with a weapons charge arrest so he fits both the name size and the clue that it is someone who had to report to BOPrisons.

Also he was doing interviews making it obvious he was trying to get back into Trumps' good graces before election with several media appearances where he downplayed Russia stuff and seemed to be supporting Trump.

[octoberlib]

10. Thanks for the info. Yep, Gates did tons of

interviews where he was kissing Trump’s ass.

[True Dough]

7. Gates, Hicks, Sessions, Priebus, DeVos...and Nunes.

^^^ Saw that suggested in a tweet by Greg Olear. I take no credit, but it's a good list.

[Cha]

8. Sounds righteous to me.. good one,

mac.

[skip fox]

11. I think you're smart!