Feds Move To Take Paul Manafort's Trump Tower Condo

[highplainsdem]

Source: NPR

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has moved to seize former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's condo in Trump Tower in New York.

According to a court filing from Friday, the seizure is expected take place on or after Oct. 20.

The prosecutors said the federal government would "take full and exclusive custody and control" as part of a broader forfeiture, and Manafort signed the document.

The move follows a plea deal that Manafort made last month. As NPR's Carrie Johnson and Ryan Lucas reported, he pleaded guilty two felonies rather than face trial on charges related to his lobbying work for Ukraine and alleged witness tampering. He agreed to cooperate "in any and all matters" that prosecutors deemed relevant.

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Read more: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/05/655007793/feds-move-to-take-paul-manaforts-trump-tower-condo

[Liberty Belle]

1. Can they move in and surveil the whole building please?

All kinds of illegal stuff no doubt doing down there.

[DeminPennswoods]

21. Beat me to it!

What a great place from which to surveil the entire Trump crime family.

[Leghorn21]

2. A delightful piece of news indeed. MARVELOUS.

Whassuppp, MANAFORT??!

[iluvtennis]

8. Exactly.

[onetexan]

18. i want to adopt the man holding up the sign as my UNCLE

[BigmanPigman]

3. I hope they de-bug and fumigate it for more rats.

[SkipG]

4. What will the Feds do with the property? ⬇︎

Perhaps they could provide a place to live for some of those folks Fat Donnie and his daddy discriminated against back in the 70's.

[Grassy Knoll]

5. They Should Sell It To George Soros..

..What A Hoot.

[bluevoter4life]

6. Seriously though

What get's done with it once the Feds own it? New and free office space for an agency?

[Progressive Jones]

7. It will be sold. Feds get the money. Part of Manafort's fines. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

9. The federal government usually does auctions for seized items

whether cars, boats, or "real property".

See this - https://www.treasury.gov/auctions/treasury/rp/

This link - https://www.usa.gov/auctions-and-sales also includes links to other federal websites that list auctions.

I often hear radio ads here in Philly announcing auctions of cars (usually GSA fleet vehicles and some seized ones).

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

11. I hope a blind person moves in.

Remember Donny insisting that the braille be removed from the Trump Tower elevators because "no blind person will live in Trump Tower"?

[BumRushDaShow]

12. It's whoever wins the auction

I expect the professional brokers are already rubbing their hands together in delight right about now waiting for this (and his other properties) to come up. It will probably take awhile though.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. They could keep it as housing for Secret Service

Maybe cheaper than paying big rents to Trump when he or Melania is in town.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Nice that Mueller's investigation is still making news in the election cycle

[meow2u3]

13. Why not seize the rest of Trump Tower while they're at it?

After they fumigate the building, they should call in an exorcist to rid the structure of evil--then it can become the new field offices for Federal law enforcement.

[3Hotdogs]

15. That comes after the feds review his taxes after they read the NYT article.

[Harker]

16. It needs a new name. n/t

[3Hotdogs]

17. Maybe he can start a GoFundMe page for suckers to contribute to "Save My House from the Dark State."

[Harker]

19. They're out there.

He can find them. Just passing around the offering plate at his frequent fascist rallies might do it.

[SergeStorms]

20. Turn it into a.....

methadone clinic. There aren't enough treatment facilities in New York City, and after New York State confiscates Trump's penthouse for back taxes we can turn that into a homeless shelter. Perhaps we can house and treat all of the Veterans who are currently homeless. Do something to help THE PEOPLE, instead of rich assholes, for a change.

[Rene]

22. when they get in there...they should monitor the drumpf computers on election day

for extra activity accessing Secretary Of State's computers in many states