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highplainsdem

(61,815 posts) Fri Oct 5, 2018, 09:36 PM Oct 2018

Feds Move To Take Paul Manafort's Trump Tower Condo [View all]

Source: NPR

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has moved to seize former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's condo in Trump Tower in New York.

According to a court filing from Friday, the seizure is expected take place on or after Oct. 20.

The prosecutors said the federal government would "take full and exclusive custody and control" as part of a broader forfeiture, and Manafort signed the document.

The move follows a plea deal that Manafort made last month. As NPR's Carrie Johnson and Ryan Lucas reported, he pleaded guilty two felonies rather than face trial on charges related to his lobbying work for Ukraine and alleged witness tampering. He agreed to cooperate "in any and all matters" that prosecutors deemed relevant.

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Read more: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/05/655007793/feds-move-to-take-paul-manaforts-trump-tower-condo

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Feds Move To Take Paul Manafort's Trump Tower Condo [View all] highplainsdem Oct 2018 OP

Can they move in and surveil the whole building please? Liberty Belle Oct 2018 #1

Beat me to it! DeminPennswoods Oct 2018 #21

A delightful piece of news indeed. MARVELOUS. Leghorn21 Oct 2018 #2

Exactly. iluvtennis Oct 2018 #8

i want to adopt the man holding up the sign as my UNCLE onetexan Oct 2018 #18

I hope they de-bug and fumigate it for more rats. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #3

What will the Feds do with the property? ⬇︎ SkipG Oct 2018 #4

They Should Sell It To George Soros.. Grassy Knoll Oct 2018 #5

Seriously though bluevoter4life Oct 2018 #6

It will be sold. Feds get the money. Part of Manafort's fines. nt Progressive Jones Oct 2018 #7

The federal government usually does auctions for seized items BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #9

I hope a blind person moves in. Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2018 #11

It's whoever wins the auction BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #12

They could keep it as housing for Secret Service JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2018 #14

Nice that Mueller's investigation is still making news in the election cycle bucolic_frolic Oct 2018 #10

Why not seize the rest of Trump Tower while they're at it? meow2u3 Oct 2018 #13

That comes after the feds review his taxes after they read the NYT article. 3Hotdogs Oct 2018 #15

It needs a new name. n/t Harker Oct 2018 #16

Maybe he can start a GoFundMe page for suckers to contribute to "Save My House from the Dark State." 3Hotdogs Oct 2018 #17

They're out there. Harker Oct 2018 #19

Turn it into a..... SergeStorms Oct 2018 #20

when they get in there...they should monitor the drumpf computers on election day Rene Oct 2018 #22