A pardon unlocks the prison doors.
Acceptance of a pardon is a de facto admission of guilt.
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Yes Iām told it is. But since heās already acknowledged his guilt, thereās nothing de facto about it!
Yep so Manafort if he is going to plea guilty, with Muellerās help, has to give something of value to Mueller.
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How so? Heās still set for trial on a not guilty plea.
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Yes. Without cooperation with Mueller, Manafort wonāt get much of a ādealā even if he pleads guilty to some of the charges.
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but wonāt wipe out the stench of his guilty plea
The Modern Dixie GOP, and Donald John Trump donāt care about no stinking stenchā¦
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There are two potential storylines in the reporting.
[/quote] Nonsense. Heās turning up the heat on the orange shitgibbon.
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That weāre hearing about these talks indicates the manafort defense team wants everyone (especially any orange ones) to know the talks are happening.
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Precisely. We know Mueller aināt talking.
I agree with all this, but have to think itās going to be very hard to convince him to cooperateāthe Russian mafia targets civilians. Which he knows all too well.
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The operating assumption in my discussion is that Manafort pled guilty. That was the ground rule. When a defendant says, āYes. I am guilty,ā by definition thatās an acknowledgment of guilt. Unless I donāt understand the English language!