Former Trump campaign manager Manafort files to dismiss charges

 

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort departs from U.S. District Court in Washington. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort on Wednesday filed a motion in federal court seeking to dismiss charges against him, saying that the special counsel had exceeded his authority by charging Manafort with crimes not related to Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

 

In a 46-page filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Manafort's attorney Kevin Downing also said Manafort had been threatened with additional indictments and "faces a game of criminal-procedure whack-a-mole" by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who has massive government resources he cannot possibly match.

 

(Reporting by Sarah Lynch; Writing by Eric Walsh; Editing by Eric Beech)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-03-15

LOL!!! No chance of that.  They allowed Ken Starr to investigate Bill Clinton's BJ from Monica Lewinski based on a special counsel referral for an investigation of Hillary Clinton's investment in Whitewater.  Ken Starr turned out to be a total fraud as he subsequently was forced to resign in disgrace from Baylor University due to his cover up of a huge sexual misconduct scandal involving the football team.

 

Manafort's only hope is to get a pardon from Trump, but he's running out of time, because it's a big risk if he goes to trial.  He will certainly be found guilty and get what amounts of a life sentence.  Faced with that, he will need to cop a plea rather than face the trial and pray for a Trump pardon.

Manafort needs to flee to Belarus or Kyrgyzstan if he wants to avoid 20 years locked up.

 

Or he could squeal on Trump but then the Kremlin would order him assassinated.

 

Either way he is screwed.

What's the betting he'll somehow wriggle free like the worm he obviously is. 

3 hours ago, Briggsy said:

Manafort needs to flee to Belarus or Kyrgyzstan if he wants to avoid 20 years locked up.

 

Or he could squeal on Trump but then the Kremlin would order him assassinated.

 

Either way he is screwed.

If he wants to leave his house, he needs to shed 2 ankle bracelets.  He's wearing 2 GPS ankle bracelets as a condition of his bail agreement.  Guys like him, Carter Page, and Sater are total flight risks.  They might as well be Russian citizens.

If they were Russian citizens, they'd be at a party telling jokes and getting laid knowing they'd NEVER face trial in the states just like the 13 real Russian citizens are doing now. Mueller's a joke. A year down the road and he's still fishing and making threats to coerse plea agreements. 

Let’s get back to you on this?