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TexasProgresive

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8. I don't think he used fake name for the passports- it was phone and email.

Reply to riversedge (Reply #5)

Wed Nov 1, 2017, 06:25 AM

Nov 2017

This year, Manafort traveled to Mexico, China and Ecuador with a phone and email account registered under a fake name. (The name was not disclosed in the filings.)

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Manafort has 3 passports, traveled to China with phone registered under fake name [View all] Sunlei Nov 2017 OP

I know it is (or it least was 5 years ago) possible to legally have two... MLAA Nov 2017 #1

Clarification...2 copies but both under the same name 😬 MLAA Nov 2017 #2

They normally offer extra pages to handle that contingency BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #6

The case I was referring to.. MLAA Nov 2017 #20

But here is what I'm saying BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #22

If he lied on a passport application to get a passport, that's a crime in and of itself. SunSeeker Nov 2017 #3

Well, he used a fake name. That has to be crime. riversedge Nov 2017 #5

I don't think he used fake name for the passports- it was phone and email. TexasProgresive Nov 2017 #8

cnn says the phone and email account were under a fake name. .. riversedge Nov 2017 #16

If you travel a lot in the Middle East you can get a second passport hack89 Nov 2017 #10

mom worked for an international corporation...this happened all the time for reason u describe dembotoz Nov 2017 #11

I know that. But he had THREE passports. nt SunSeeker Nov 2017 #19

According to the State Department it is rare but possible. hack89 Nov 2017 #21

What legit reason could he have had for a second "second" passport? nt SunSeeker Nov 2017 #28

I have no idea. hack89 Nov 2017 #29

Sounds like a fun guy! truthisfreedom Nov 2017 #4

republicans are a freaking criminal enterprise Achilleaze Nov 2017 #7

Sounds like a private spy operation for sale to the highest bidders bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #9

This is white collar crime, not espionage FakeNoose Nov 2017 #14

Sidney Reilly acted on behest of the oil companies of his day bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #15

Manafort has been doing this for several years FakeNoose Nov 2017 #23

It is more likely BOTH white collar crime AND espionage. Nitram Nov 2017 #18

Internet Access? HAB911 Nov 2017 #12

Obviously he didn't want Russians knowing he was playing the Chinese against them & vice versa. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #13

Wouldn't he have to use a fake Social Security number? Nitram Nov 2017 #17

"I hire only the best people. The best" marybourg Nov 2017 #24

I know you can legally have two passports, I don't know about three. Coventina Nov 2017 #25

Yeah, it's not unusual jberryhill Nov 2017 #27

He knows a guy.... MrsCoffee Nov 2017 #26

John Barron? lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #30

Wilbur Ross Commerce Secretary Bank of Cyprus Money Laundering maxsolomon Nov 2017 #31