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Princess Turandot

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43. Didn't he have a bundle in unpaid taxes due to unreported bribes..er..income?

Wed Mar 23, 2022, 07:47 PM

Mar 2022

While his pardon may have absolved him from criminal liability/punishment for that, I'd be surprised if it eliminated the actual tax obligation.

The IRS has the authority to ask State to revoke someone's passport, if a large bill is outstanding and if the taxpayer ain't cooperating.

If a reference to an IRS-related issue came up on the TSA screen, perhaps they decided to confer with higher-ups in terms of what they should do.

While it seems odd that they would let him board initially, that does have one benefit: they knew exactly where he was.

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Trump aide Manafort removed from plane for revoked passport [View all] Jose Garcia Mar 2022 OP

"before it took off for Dubai" PSPS Mar 2022 #1

Looks like someone got tipped off and is planning a preemptive lam. TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #20

Maybe he was heading home to daddy Putrid KewlKat Mar 2022 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #3

How the actual fuck did he board a plane with an expired passport? Oh, FLORIDA! TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #24

Revoked passport, perhaps revoked when he boarded? L. Coyote Mar 2022 #25

Wow, thanks! If that's the case, he's probably hosed. TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #28

"Hosed." LOL, the perfect verb in this context. L. Coyote Mar 2022 #30

Poof! You're an Honorary Hoser. TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #36

Time to skeedaddle. Evolve Dammit Mar 2022 #37

He could have been going there to collect a perfectly innocent bribe Warpy Mar 2022 #34

He's fleeing the interview. Botany Mar 2022 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #10

Manafort, time to get out of town. Botany Mar 2022 #11

The word "woodchipper" has never meant the same. nt Ilsa Mar 2022 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #33

No one will ever know just how entirely DELIGHTED I am this morning with this Leghorn21 Mar 2022 #5

Fleeing !!! Hold him in jail until the House Cmte and DoJ are done with him. NCjack Mar 2022 #6

That's what I'm thinking! KS Toronado Mar 2022 #14

👍👍👍 Rebl2 Mar 2022 #15

Maybe they could have let him go C_U_L8R Mar 2022 #7

Thinks he is above the law and can fly without a passport 🙁 iluvtennis Mar 2022 #8

Not expired. It was revoked. He may not have known. Native Mar 2022 #16

He wouldn't have been informed? wnylib Mar 2022 #26

Not necessarily, and he obviously made it past the TSA checkpoint. Native Mar 2022 #29

That scenario would be my guess, too. wnylib Mar 2022 #31

Totally bizarre Lulu KC Mar 2022 #9

That was my first thought too. n/t whopis01 Mar 2022 #22

How, indeed? Hekate Mar 2022 #42

Googled..."UAE and extradition to the US..... irisblue Mar 2022 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #21

Treasonous Republicans are up to no good Achilleaze Mar 2022 #13

I wish we could find out if he's traveled anywhere outside of the U.S.since he was released in 2020 Native Mar 2022 #17

How many revoked passports does Manafort have in his possession? MontanaMama Mar 2022 #18

It could be what Dubai does not have whopis01 Mar 2022 #23

I think Manafort was known to have a stash of passports Hekate Mar 2022 #41

Revoke his citizenship too IronLionZion Mar 2022 #19

K&R! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #27

How did he make it on the plane with a revoked passport??? CaptainTruth Mar 2022 #35

Great question Evolve Dammit Mar 2022 #39

May not have known it was revoked, could have been to catch him leaving? Akoto Mar 2022 #40

Wonder what his specific "conditions of release" were when he got out. None? Evolve Dammit Mar 2022 #38

Didn't he have a bundle in unpaid taxes due to unreported bribes..er..income? Princess Turandot Mar 2022 #43

Does this mean he goes back to jail? Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2022 #44