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Calista241

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15. Manaforts attorney wrote:

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Nov 2, 2017, 03:41 PM

Nov 2017

The weight of the evidence outlined against Mr. Manafort has also been embellished. The Indictment reads like a criminal tax case against Mr. Manafort, yet there are no Title 26 (Internal Revenue Code) counts to be found anywhere in the charging document. (See Government’s Memorandum at 3–4). There is loose talk of falsely reporting income, etc., but no tax offenses have been propounded.

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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