Great legal exposition. There’s no ‘Russian collusion’ in anything that came out today. Even the indictments revealed today are questionable, legally. So now what do they do when they’ve come up dry?

Quote:Over the weekend, the mainstream media was absolutely giddy with delight upon learning there would be an indictment by special counsel, Robert Mueller.

This was proof positive, they insisted, that Trump “colluded” with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. Their exuberance was the equivalent of a two day-long tailgate party. Too bad it was premature.

Manafort & Gates

The celebration came to a crashing end when the indictments of Paul Manafort and his business associate, Rick Gates, were unsealed Monday morning. It turns out the charges are, basically, a tax fraud case. The two men stand accused of hiding their income from their lobbying work for Ukraine in order to avoid paying taxes, then lying about it. That’s it.

The 31-page indictment makes no mention of Trump or Russia or “collusion.” The media seemed as dejected as a kid who wakes up on Christmas morning, only to find there are no presents under the tree. Gee whiz.

The truth is, it should have come as no surprise to anyone, much less the media, that Manafort was in legal jeopardy for his business dealings. The FBI raided his home over the summer. It was later learned that the FBI wiretapped his conversations as far back as 2014. And it was widely reported that Manafort had been told by Mueller’s team that he would be criminally charged.

It could be said that Hillary Clinton is the one who was conspiring with the Russians by breaking campaign finance laws with impunity.
The media became even more dispirited when they read through the indictment, discovering that nearly all of Manafort’s alleged wrongdoing substantially pre-dates his brief stint as chairman of the Trump campaign. In other words, there is no connection to either Trump or his campaign.

Somewhere, I’m sure, ABC’s Martha Raddatz and CNN’s Van Jones were crying. Again. Just like the tears they shed on camera election night when Hillary lost.

Papadopoulos

But wait. Shortly after the indictments were unsealed, the media’s spirits were suddenly boosted when the special counsel revealed that a former adviser to Trump pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with a Russian national during his time on the Trump campaign. Surely this was evidence of illegal “collusion,” right?

Wrong. George Papadopoulos pled guilty to a single charge of making a false statement to the FBI. He was not charged with so-called “collusion” because no such crime exists in American statutory law, except in anti-trust matters. It has no application to elections and political campaigns.

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Like being investigated for robbing a bank finding no evidence and getting charged with a speeding ticket from 5 years ago

Sure, if you're not worried about a fair comparison to the charges actually being levied.

You guys can’t be this stupid. The Papadopoulos dude pled guilty to collusion and he’s cooperating. It’s ovahhhhhh. Get real. Welcome to Earth third planet from the sun.

Yay. Got my official "who to vote for" directions from the GOP today. Postmarked from Russia.



Dumb democrats

(10-30-2017 07:17 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  You guys can’t be this stupid. The Papadopoulos dude pled guilty to collusion and he’s cooperating. It’s ovahhhhhh. Get real. Welcome to Earth third planet from the sun.

Um he pled guilty to lying to the FBI, not collusion. Are you sure you're not a parody account or a brilliant satirist?

(10-30-2017 07:23 PM)shere khan Wrote:  Yay. Got my official "who to vote for" directions from the GOP today. Postmarked from Russia.



Dumb democrats

“DT will not go to Russia. We will send a low level campaign staffer to not raise awareness. “


Seriously in a Manafort email.......

Troublesome at least..........


It’s oooovvvahhhhh

(10-30-2017 07:34 PM)Jugnaut Wrote:  

(10-30-2017 07:17 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  You guys can’t be this stupid. The Papadopoulos dude pled guilty to collusion and he’s cooperating. It’s ovahhhhhh. Get real. Welcome to Earth third planet from the sun.

Um he pled guilty to lying to the FBI, not collusion. Are you sure you're not a parody account or a brilliant satirist?

We're sure he's not brilliant.
At least not while under the influence of his daily CNN fix.

(10-30-2017 07:17 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  You guys can’t be this stupid. The Papadopoulos dude pled guilty to collusion and he’s cooperating. It’s ovahhhhhh. Get real. Welcome to Earth third planet from the sun.

The intern who admitted trying to set Trump up with a meeting he wouldn't take... ok.

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(10-30-2017 07:48 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(10-30-2017 07:17 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  You guys can’t be this stupid. The Papadopoulos dude pled guilty to collusion and he’s cooperating. It’s ovahhhhhh. Get real. Welcome to Earth third planet from the sun.

The intern who admitted trying to set Trump up with a meeting he wouldn't take... ok.

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And who the Russians even quit talking to.

(10-30-2017 07:45 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  “DT will not go to Russia. We will send a low level campaign staffer to not raise awareness. “


Seriously in a Manafort email.......

Troublesome at least..........


It’s oooovvvahhhhh

Mach won't go to Russia. We will send a low level poster as to not raise awareness.

Seriously. I just posted that.

You're done dude.

(10-30-2017 07:45 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  “DT will not go to Russia. We will send a low level campaign staffer to not raise awareness. “


Seriously in a Manafort email.......

Troublesome at least..........


It’s oooovvvahhhhh

Talking to Russia isn't going to mean anything.

You have to show something clearly illegal or massively against the interest of the United States.

I don't think you can show that now, and I doubt you can ever show it clearly enough to unseat Trump.

(10-30-2017 07:49 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(10-30-2017 07:45 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  “DT will not go to Russia. We will send a low level campaign staffer to not raise awareness. “


Seriously in a Manafort email.......

Troublesome at least..........


It’s oooovvvahhhhh

Mach won't go to Russia. We will send a low level poster as to not raise awareness.

Seriously. I just posted that.

You're done dude.

Russia's a nice place to visit. And beautiful women. Papadopolous was probably trying to swing a free trip for himself.

Ummmm. When he plead guilty he basically admitted to collusion brainiacs. I knew you guys could defend the indefensible but this is over the top. Even for this room.......

Quote:The Papadopoulos dude...

Who? Is he the double-barrel smoking gun level dude?

(10-30-2017 08:00 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

Quote:The Papadopoulos dude...

Who? Is he double-barrel smoking gun level dude?

XACLY!

I thought it was this cat....

(10-30-2017 07:59 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  Ummmm. When he plead guilty he basically admitted to collusion brainiacs. I knew you guys could defend the indefensible but this is over the top. Even for this room.......

Read the indictment, not the CNN by-line. CNN lies.

He lied on his form in January 2017. He then tried to cover it up by changing his phone and Facebook. That's what he pled guilty to.

The elitist Dems and the Republican elites are like "yay we hate Trump," in reality, America is saying, yay, the corrupt colluders known as the Clintons, Obama's, the Bush's are all being exposed for the corrupt individuals they are. The fact that the investigation refuses to focus on the corruption by the elitist says it all.

I will vote for Trump because the elites hate him. That means he is doing something right by exposing their pyramid schemes known as the deep state.