Who? Manafort’s legal team. What? Every single thing they can find to bring up and argue.
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Back in the bad old days, we’d advise clients that, with a plea bargain,
the prosecutor might agree to reduce their sentence by half.
150,000 volts in the electric chair reduced down to a mere 75,000.
SUCH a deal!
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I honestly don’t know this, since I’m neither a lawyer nor a person with much experience working with one, so I’m asking: If an attorney advises a client that it’s useless, maybe even detrimental to his case, to make some argument, does the attorney have to put it forth to the court if the client insists? I understand how some unscrupulous attorney might offer pie in the sky to an ignorant client and run up “billable hours”, but what happens if an attorney just says “no” for the good of their client? Is them getting fired the only solution? And does a court frown on too many “I’ve changed attorneys again…” pronouncements from the defendant?
I think he sings as soon as he receives his “Cellmate preferences & Compatibility Questionnaire” from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
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That’s where his youthful exuberance will serve him well – he’ll still be a Spring Chicken when he gets out. 
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Unlikely. Manafort’s holding out for 1) Trump and Trump News queering the whole investigation so he’s ends up having his cases thrown out because- deep state, or, failing that, 2) Trump pardons him with a good 'ol boy clap on the back. His alternative might be a little polonium tea.
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He does wear some really nice suits. So he has that.
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It depends on the client. It either leads to the attorney wishing to withdraw or the client firing the attorney or it doesn’t. And that’s just going to be something that depends on the people involved.
And yes courts are not thrilled with changing attorneys too many times. They are generally somewhat reticent about denying the defendant those changes, however, since it’s constitutional.
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When you’re locked in your cell for 23 hours a day you need to find a creative outlet. Some people paint in watercolors. Other people…don’t.
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But at my back in a cold blast I hear
The rattle of the bones, and chuckle spread from ear to ear.
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Thank you. Once again, it’s hard to express how much you legal folks are appreciated in helping the rest of us understand this stuff.
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That’s awful nice. Thanks. hahahahaha
Manfort’s attorneys’ next filing: “In Document 3576, page 47, paragraph 2, sub-section 3, line 4, the prosecution claimed “thats” the way X happened. The use of “thats” vs “that’s” changes the whole meaning; therefore the entire case must be tossed!”
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It might be mostly play money to Manafort. What he doesn’t spend is at risk of seizure as proceeds from criminal activity.
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Yeah I agree.
To be fair, the RWNJs are willing top pounce, regardless. I mean, they are literally making shit up. Does anyone remember the “Fruits of a Poisoned Tree” discussion from some weeks back? Inexplicably, that argument appears to have vanished, it is no less stupid today than when originally raised, but I suppose even the RWNJs realized it wasn’t getting them the traction they’d hoped for… but I don’t expect them to quit trying.
Drumph himself is still on about a “spy” in his campaign… as if the FBI was somehow an arm of the Clinton Campaign.
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Oh FFS, they’re not just nazis, they’re grammar nazis too???
channeling Lost In Space Dr. Smith… we’re doomed.
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Manafort Alleges Charges Multiplicitous. Judge Unsolicitous.
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Just remember: there’s a rat in “separate.”
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Is that a thing? Really? Like for dorm mates?
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