'Long Time Friends' Of Paul Manafort Set Up Legal Defense Fund

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Tierney Sneed | May 30, 2018 2:08 pm

A legal defense fund has been set up for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort by his “long time friends,” according to the fund’s website.

The Paul Manafort Defense Fund was established “to assist Paul and his family in meeting the tremendous legal costs resulting from the proceedings commenced against him by the Office of Special Counsel following the historic 2016 Presidential Election.” NPR was first to report the fund’s existence on Wednesday.

Manafort is facing charges in Washington, D.C. and Virginia that include money laundering, failure to disclose foreign lobbying, tax fraud and bank fraud. He’s pleaded not guilty.

It is not clear who is behind the fund. A TPM inquiry sent to a generic email on the website about the fund’s backers and its plans for public disclosure of contributions went unanswered.




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[Phoenix61]

1. Somebody really, really doesn't want him talking nt

[lagomorph777]

4. Is the fund accepting Roubles?

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Rudy got one thing right.

It is bigger than what he thinks.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Wonder if his friends are Russian or Ukrainian.

[Mc Mike]

6. Those are creditors. Like muscle for a loanshark, but with AKs.

[Mc Mike]

5. He HAS no friends. Just co-conspirators.

He's not a very likeable guy.

[3Hotdogs]

7. Damn. I'd like to help. I'm fresh out of rubles and I'm also out of prayers but I can send some

thoughts about what he and his friends can do with their fund.

[Thomas Hurt]

8. Seems like if they were really his friends they would all be high rollers like Manafort

grifters, money launders and the like and would have plenty of cash to help out their friend.

But nawww, lets shear the Trumpian sheeple, LOL.

[NCjack]

9. Mueller should look into that list -- probably co-conspirators. nt