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14. The Special Counsel would have been remiss to ignore such an obvious potential link

Reply to Gothmog (Original post)

Tue May 15, 2018, 05:54 PM

May 2018

"Who had connections to the Russian government? Who attended meetings on behalf of the campaign?" Berman Jackson wrote. "Given the combination of his prominence within the campaign and his ties to Ukrainian officials supported by and operating out of Russia, as well as to Russian oligarchs, Manafort was an obvious person of interest."

"The Special Counsel would have been remiss to ignore such an obvious potential link between the Trump campaign and the Russian government," she wrote later in the opinion.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/05/15/politics/manafort-special-counsel/index.html

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A Judge Just Denied Paul Manafort's Motion To Dismiss The Indictment Against Him In DC [View all] Gothmog May 2018 OP

From my twitter feed Gothmog May 2018 #1

great to see the Judge note that the charge falls with Muellers authority. riversedge May 2018 #22

Not a surprise YessirAtsaFact May 2018 #2

Yes. It's probably standard to move to dismiss. Always denied. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #20

That's probably why the judge was hard on the prosecution YessirAtsaFact May 2018 #21

K&R sheshe2 May 2018 #3

Yay! jpak May 2018 #4

The Great "Right Hope" Goes down in Flames Stallion May 2018 #5

This is what people need to take away from this... blugbox May 2018 #8

That was the second of the motions brought by Manafort Gothmog May 2018 #9

Different judge johnnyknj May 2018 #11

This was the first of the two motions made by Manafort Gothmog May 2018 #6

Is this the judge we worried about last week? RandySF May 2018 #7

No, that was Manafort's Virginia indictments Izzy Blue May 2018 #10

No Gothmog May 2018 #13

This opinion was written by Judge Amy Jackson. Still waiting pnwmom May 2018 #12

The Special Counsel would have been remiss to ignore such an obvious potential link .99center May 2018 #14

Manafort will plead to a lesser charge to stay out of jail SkatmanRoth May 2018 #15

Dunno. Manafort pretty high up. It would be a mistake to limit jail time to tRump's inner circle. Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #18

I fully expect the "mean" federal judge who got a lot of press in a separate Paul Manafort case out Gothmog May 2018 #16

Oh, that's gonna leave a mark. aeromanKC May 2018 #17

I'm sure it was recognized by all as being a Hail Mary. BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #19