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Princess Turandot

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7. A brief AP report:

Reply to George II (Original post)

Fri Feb 23, 2018, 06:14 PM

Feb 2018

AP, via Sacramento Bee https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article201753554.html

4:40 p.m.

Special counsel Robert Mueller is accusing President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman of secretly paying former European politicians to lobby on behalf of Ukraine.

The new allegation against Paul Manafort comes in a newly unsealed indictment made public Friday. The indictment followed a guilty plea by Manafort's longtime business associate, Rick Gates.

The indictment accuses Manafort of paying the former politicians, informally known as the "Hapsburg group," to appear to be "independent" analysts when in fact they were paid lobbyists. Some of the covert lobbying took place in the U.S.

The indictment says the group was managed by a former European chancellor. Court papers accuse Manafort of using offshore accounts to pay the group more than 2 million euros.

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BREAKING: Mueller files new charges against Manafort [View all] George II Feb 2018 OP

Mueller is applying the pressure big time! Downtown Hound Feb 2018 #1

pppplease flamingdem Feb 2018 #11

I'm thinking in that direction, too. malthaussen Feb 2018 #18

Mueller will go down in history for this, to be sure. Downtown Hound Feb 2018 #19

pdf here jberryhill Feb 2018 #2

Thanks. Good stuff in that document. George II Feb 2018 #6

thanks! Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2018 #30

Manafort Destiny Blue Owl Feb 2018 #3

I like that - though not territorial expansion, indictments expansion! George II Feb 2018 #4

Putin will probably take him out Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #5

Yeah I was looking at a weather forecast and saw that on AP BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #14

A brief AP report: Princess Turandot Feb 2018 #7

Former chancellor? "Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schrder nominated to Russia's Rosneft board" muriel_volestrangler Feb 2018 #25

Not looking like he'll be taking his Phoenix61 Feb 2018 #8

Ho ho! Dear Paulie Walnuts, have a nice weekend, you traitor and scumbucket! Signed TCB. n/t Turn CO Blue Feb 2018 #9

No wonder Dotard has been saying such stupid (even for him) stuff lately. mobeau69 Feb 2018 #10

Mrs. Webster the third grade teacher surely knows how to sling a gun flamingdem Feb 2018 #12

Never, never misunderestimate the dotard! mobeau69 Feb 2018 #16

The GOP platform was written favorable to Russia and eastern Ukraine. joshcryer Feb 2018 #13

Yep. The RUSSIAN side of Ukraine. George II Feb 2018 #15

I'm thinking Mr Manafort is toast. n/t malthaussen Feb 2018 #17

Bless his heart. I'm thinking Russian agents may be rolled up Hortensis Feb 2018 #32

Random tinfoil theory woundedkarma Feb 2018 #20

Manafort needs to give his prison forwarding address to AARP. 3Hotdogs Feb 2018 #21

What is the Russian/Ukraine equivalent to the AARP? George II Feb 2018 #22

Nail that as s! laserhaas Feb 2018 #23

I'll bet Manafort will have a fatal accident in prison. Ligyron Feb 2018 #24

Wouldn't be surprised if he meets a dark, mysterious fate before trial AdamGG Feb 2018 #28

And republithugs will try to tie HRC to it. fleabiscuit Feb 2018 #31

Notice that the more active Mueller gets, the more distractions Trump comes up with? Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #26

That's probably why shortly after Gates flipped, Mueller added new charges. He probably.... George II Feb 2018 #27

The safest place for Manafort for the reast of his life erlewyne Feb 2018 #29