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12. See count 2 of the indictment

Thu Nov 2, 2017, 01:23 PM

Nov 2017

count 2 (a) is money laundering to avoid FARA, count 2 (b) appears to be money laundering for tax evasion.

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Manafort defense blasts indictment as based on 'tenuous legal theory' [View all] DonViejo Nov 2017 OP

The only thing tenuous is their grasp of reality Roland99 Nov 2017 #1

Money laundering is a tenuous legal theory? marylandblue Nov 2017 #2

If you read the article... Not Ruth Nov 2017 #5

Seems like grasping at straws marylandblue Nov 2017 #7

The point is more subtle than that jberryhill Nov 2017 #9

Historically (well since 1966), the lawyer has a decent FARA defense Not Ruth Nov 2017 #11

See count 2 of the indictment marylandblue Nov 2017 #12

And as with Al Capone, that may be the true focus of the case Not Ruth Nov 2017 #14

so I can launder money by having my Russian oligarch lapfog_1 Nov 2017 #3

tenacious...there, i fixed it for you. ret5hd Nov 2017 #4

Laundering nearly a million dollars through a clothing store is very damning. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #6

Or he often ruins his suits by getting them dirty a lot marylandblue Nov 2017 #8

Are we talking about actual laundry now? Not Ruth Nov 2017 #10

Yes, I get spaghetti sauce on my suits all the time marylandblue Nov 2017 #13

Manaforts attorney wrote: Calista241 Nov 2017 #15

So will that be the next indictment on Manafort... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2017 #16