Quote:The new indictment accuses Manafort and Gates of dramatically understating their income on federal tax returns filed from 2010 through 2014. The pair is also accused of bank fraud totaling more than $20 million tied to three loans Manafort applied for in connection with various homes he owns.

In all, Manafort and Gates laundered more than $30 million in income, chiefly from their Ukraine work, the new indictment alleges.

None of the charges currently facing the pair appears to relate directly to the core of Mueller's investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. But the special counsel has jurisdiction to pursue any crimes he finds in the course of his probe, and the new charges Thursday show he is ramping up pressure on the former aides to President Donald Trump.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/2...tes-422335

Oh noes

Quote:The scrutiny of the pair so far has focused on their lobbying work on behalf of the Ukrainian government and former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych from 2006 to 2015. The initial indictment claimed they generated tens of millions of dollars through that work, which was then laundered through “scores of United States and foreign corporations, partnerships, and bank accounts.”

Prosecutors claim in the new indictment that Manafort made various misrepresentations to obtain loans, including forging profit-and-loss statements for his consulting businesses.

No new defendants were charged in the latest indictment, but it alleges that the men had a "conspirator" at at least one of the lenders from which Manafort obtained the loans.

In response to one of the profit-and-loss statements provided in connection with a loan request, the unnamed "conspirator" allegedly replied that the document was too obviously faked.

"Looks Dr'd. Can't someone just do a clean excel doc and pdf to me?" the indictment quotes the bank employee as replying.

Manafort and Gates should have contacted the DNC and Cankles for President Campaign for advice. Those entities were pretty good at funneling money to outside contacts in an attempt to avoid detection. They also had great contacts with foreign agents and even Russians.

This is surely what gets Trump impeached.

The CNN headline for this will certainly be--"Mueller Investigation Closing In On Trump--White House In Panic". The MSNBC Headline will be "Trump In Custody After Brief Struggle".

(02-22-2018 10:20 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  The CNN headline for this will certainly be--"Mueller Investigation Closing In On Trump--White House In Panic". The MSNBC Headline will be "Trump In Custody After Brief Struggle".

I think some of us have been saying this was an issue for Manafort since before the inauguration.

One thing Mueller is facing here is a defendant who can spend an unlimited amount on defense, so Mueller can't spend him into bankruptcy.

I am really surprised about the house arrest. Taking his passport yes, but no bail? Seems like an abuse of government power. Mueller is doing a lot of troubling things, even more so since he backed Comey when he was fighting Gonzalez on W.'s domestic surveillance program.

Good thing we put a special prosecutor in place to investigate Manafort and his Ukranian dealings.

"http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/23/manafort-faces-new-charges-in-mueller-probe-blasts-ex-partner-for-pleading-guilty.html"

Morning joe said today that mueller's intentions aren't to "get Trump", that's the voter's job.

Admitting defeat? lulz

The clock has run out. There comes a time where impeachment is less practical than focusing on the next election. We are there. Either they go all in on impeachment as the midterm campaign issue, or they drop it. They are choosing to drop it.

(02-22-2018 10:20 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  The CNN headline for this will certainly be--"Mueller Investigation Closing In On Trump--White House In Panic". The MSNBC Headline will be "Trump In Custody After Brief Struggle".

A very brief struggle.

(02-23-2018 08:29 PM)Old Dominion Wrote:  

(02-22-2018 10:20 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  The CNN headline for this will certainly be--"Mueller Investigation Closing In On Trump--White House In Panic". The MSNBC Headline will be "Trump In Custody After Brief Struggle".

A very brief struggle.

Honest question. You want to see him impeached and removed from office?