Manafort spokesman says investigations 'entirely politically motivated'
Source: Politico
By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 09/21/2017 11:28 AM EDT
President Donald Trumps former campaign chairman believes the investigations into his actions are entirely politically motivated, Paul Manafort's spokesman Jason Maloni said Thursday. Maloni referred to a CNN report this week, alleging that U.S. investigators conducted surveillance of Manafort under secret court orders before and after the 2016 presidential election.
The CNN report is all you need to know about this case. When CNNs story broke about the revelations of not one but two FISA warrants, that made this crystal clear a political story, Maloni told NPRs 1A on Thursday morning. Pauls feeling is this is entirely politically motivated.
Manafort, through a statement released by Maloni on Wednesday, called for the Justice Departments inspector general to look into the FISA warrant leaks and find the motivations behind surveillance of his communications. He also urged DOJ to release any transcripts it had of his communications with non-Americans.
Why its coming to light now is for someone to investigate, Maloni said Thursday. Paul Manafort earlier in the week begged, said, Please, somebody conduct an investigation. First of all, who revealed the fact that one of the most classified and valuable tools at our intelligence communitys disposal, the FISA court, why was this violated, and whos behind it and why? Those are questions that need to be answered.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/21/paul-manafort-fbi-investigations-spokesman-242974
shraby
(21,946 posts)stooges like Manafort, etal.
How can it NOT be politically motivated? That's what Manafort deals in..destabilizing countries for Moscow.
when your entire adult life is spent in sleazy political manipulation, you will eventually end up investigated for it
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)We want to be informed abut TRAITORS, no matter which party they belong to. They seem to be mostly (R), for some strange reason. Wait, not "mostly" ALL of them. What an asinine statement.
Botany
(70,442 posts)The investigation into you, Manafort, started before Trump
announced he was running for POTUS.
MGKrebs
(8,138 posts)If you didn't do anything wrong, just cooperate and testify, and we'll all get to the end of this quickly and easily.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,697 posts)Paul Manafort, like his former boss, blames others for his own misdeeds and law breaking. How convenient!
DBoon
(22,338 posts)In fact it is part of the criminal mindset
dogman
(6,073 posts)Justice
(7,185 posts)Trump team seems keen on throwing Manafort under the bus.
Statements by Corey and by Trump's lawyers over last day underscore this intent.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... actually, he's coming across as a bit of a JACKASS.
Hekate
(90,527 posts)W T F
(1,145 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)Now that he has been caught, he wants to start a RW revolt. Good. Let's arrest all of the traitors and lock 'em up.
VaBchTgerLily
(231 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)You're going to jail because you repeatedly broke the law, Mr. Manafort.
emulatorloo
(44,057 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)MGKrebs
(8,138 posts)When he discussed American politics with Russians while he was a campaign manager for a Republican political campaign, I guess it is political!
DippyDem
(659 posts)"The CNN report is all you need to know about this case. When CNNs story broke about the revelations of not one but two FISA warrants, that made this crystal clear a political story, Paul Manafort's spokesman Jason Maloni said Thursday.
Fake news no?
angrychair
(8,677 posts)How is a FISA warrant "politically motivated"?
This is just another example of republican bullshit: a FISA court is a wonderful thing when it suits your purposes and is used as a weapon in their interest but bad when the rules and standards they set are applied to them and their actions.
This is yet another living example of the simple truth that republicans want not just a plutocracy but a plutocracy that is limited to a very exclusive group.
lark
(23,059 posts)sayeth his attorneys. Forget the crimes he committed or that he did those for pay from Russia. Forget the fact that the FISA court approved 2 instances of wiretapps. So what? Russia is a good WHITE country, what's wrong with spending millions to ensure that Drumpf stole the election?
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