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Tommy_Carcetti

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2. Yulia? Yulin?
Tue Oct 16, 2018, 12:32 PM
Oct 2018

All part of the Paul Manafort playbook, I suppose.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulia_Tymoshenko



Tymoshenko finished second in the Ukrainian presidential election of 2010 runoff, losing by 3.5 percentage points to the winner, Viktor Yanukovych. In the first round she had also finished second.

After the 2010 presidential election, a number of criminal cases were brought against her. On 11 October 2011 she was convicted of embezzlement and abuse of power, and sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to pay the state $188 million. The prosecution and conviction were viewed as politically biased by many governments – most prominently the European Union, who repeatedly called for the release of Tymoshenko as the primary condition for signing the EU Association Agreement, the US, and international organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.[13] She was released on 22 February 2014, in the concluding days of the Euromaidan revolution, following a revision of the Ukrainian criminal code that effectively decriminalized the actions for which she was imprisoned. The decision was supported by 322 votes.[14][15] She was officially rehabilitated on 28 February 2014.[15][16][17][18] Just after the Euromaidan revolution, the Supreme Court of Ukraine and European Court of Human Rights closed the case and found that "no crime was committed".[19][20][21]

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There's plenty of corruption in PR (not unlike DC, btw, esp w/ Trump) but Trump's comments undermine RockRaven Oct 2018 #1
Yes. Cheeto's definitely not one to point fingers as far as corruption. sandensea Oct 2018 #6
Yulia? Yulin? Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2018 #2
Good point. sandensea Oct 2018 #7
Trump said, "Ultimately I'm in charge of what the Justice Department does." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Oct 2018 #23
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That's what it looks like. sandensea Oct 2018 #8
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I tell you. sandensea Oct 2018 #9
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Fascism 101: sandensea Oct 2018 #10
Fucking toadstool. hedda_foil Oct 2018 #11
Amazing atreides1 Oct 2018 #12
So it begins, Wellstone ruled Oct 2018 #13
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If Cheeto keeps blowing kisses at his FBI directors, sandensea Oct 2018 #17
so the fbi is acting like attack dogs against anybody who speaks against bloato? niyad Oct 2018 #15
Cheeto must've gotten pointers from all his despot friends. sandensea Oct 2018 #18
That's rich! sakabatou Oct 2018 #16
Two words ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2018 #19
Must be enough to give Cheeto a Zinke-ing feeling. sandensea Oct 2018 #21
Fucking mob boss crap Botany Oct 2018 #20
Is he using the FBI to attack political foes? lancelyons Oct 2018 #22
Cheeto must've gotten pointers from all his despot friends. sandensea Oct 2018 #24
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He is scared to death of women with power. Hates them with a passion. appleannie1943 Oct 2018 #26
Make no mistake, Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #30
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"A spokesman for the agency told news service " .99center Oct 2018 #27
Is the FBI becoming Trump's Gestapo? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 #28
Really sounds like it! bluestarone Oct 2018 #29
pResident Hump wants to harm Mayor Cruz because she didn't suck up to him, didn't flinch Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #31
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