Tidbits from the Manafort trial

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  1. MTR

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    and yet another crazy conspiracy theory..... this time from Pete:confused:..... at least I had a good laugh

    Hope they dont lose sleep over this one, its a long time between drinks ...2020:D:p
     
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    Conspiracy theory? Trump has already tried with his imaginary 3 million illegal voters claim. He could easily extend that and try to void legitimate elections, he's that kind of guy.
     
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    He's doing that already by making registration extremely difficult for the type of people who would vote against him

    Yes - I know - it's a left leaning publication, but that doesn't mean the basic facts are biased, just the delivery:

    The Supreme Court’s Husted Decision Will Make It More Difficult for Democrats to Vote
     
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    He's back on Twitter, heaping praise on Manafort for refusing to break or to take a deal. That could well be the precursor to a pardon, and a signal to anybody else who might have any dirt on him to hold off.
     
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    Interesting tweet from the Tweeter ... wonder what Manafort knows that Trump is grateful that he didn't "break" and spill the beans on:

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    That's the Tweet I was referring to.

    Message to others: be nice to me and I'll support you.
     
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    ... and then this ... really? Yes, it is a crime and what the **** has Obama got to do with it?

    "Michael Cohen plead guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations that are not a crime. President Obama had a big campaign finance violation and it was easily settled!"

    The issue with Obama's campaign is that notices of donations weren't issued within the 48 hour period - and they were fined accordingly - not stealing money to pay porn stars so they wouldn't rat out at an inappropriate moment;

    Obama 2008 campaign fined $375,000
     
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    CNBC. ......left biased again

    I wont hold my breath.....
     
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    Slap on the wrist with a feather duster
     
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    If it's about something that happened, the changes are that it will be in other media too. Just because news outlets have a bias doesn't mean that they tell out and out lies. Check things out before you dismiss them as lies.

    How about this link?
    Michael Cohen subpoenaed in NY as part of Trump Foundation probe
     
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    A $325,000 fine for missing the timeline for a few donation receipts ... not quite in the same league as stealing election funds to pay a porn star and a playboy model hush money
     
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    That one was a fine on the Obama election campaign, not on Obama himself, so Trump is incorrect in comparing that to his. Trump has been personally implicated.
     
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    Dodgy Donald is in deep doo doo, it's rapidly getting worse for him.

    Forget two terms, he'll be lucky to serve out this one. If the lawyers don't get him the cheeseburgers will.
     
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    He’s saying flipping ‘almost ought to be outlawed ‘.

    He sounds like a very worried man.
     
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    Yeah - nah

    Think the world will give a huge sigh of relief and the markets will rally ... untangling the mess left behind will be a difficult process tho:

    Trump threatens that everyone will become poor if he’s impeached- Says that the market will crash
     
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    This story is floating around, and makes me wonder how fair the mid-terms can be. Coupled with the story this week about an 11 year old girl (one of several who've done the same thing) hacked into the voting system within ten minutes, and made changes. It was an exercise, so she didn't really change anything, but what could another country with proven hackers manage to do with the votes? Scary.

    Voting Rights Act was changed several years ago and some states are busy making it very hard for minorities to vote. I heard last night that in one area, seven of the nine places to vote have been closed, and this is a poor area with bad public transport. How disgusting to have to stoop so low to get the result required to keep Trump in place.

    But it is clear the republicans, even those who are murmuring a little about Trump's latest travesties, still won't stand up against him. They all need to go out and look for a spine.

     

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