Wow, squeezing those balls must really hurt.
Green, at the hearing, stressed that Gates did not know what had been
discussed, and that the misrepresentation he was admitting to was saying
that he had been told Ukraine wasnât discussed.
So is this going to turn out to be where Green has to ask to be replaced sometime down the road? Or was it the point where Manafort deliberately turned Gates into a conspirator to ensure his silence and loyal behavior?
conspiracy against the U.S.
Canât wait for the White(s Only) House to spin the guilty plea of the campaign coffee boy and short-time pResidential advisor as they frantically make call after call to Attends Healthcare Products negotiating lifetime supplies for everyone in the oranzhevaya orbita.
âCan we get them monogrammed?â
Without the lies I hope.
Here is Gatesâs cooperation agreement:
And here is Manafortâs new defense plan:
Lots of small fish have been netted (and gutted) but weâre waiting for the colossal Orange Grunt (yes, there really is a fish of that name) to flop around on the deck. Come on, Bob, get the gaff hook sharpened.
Very odd: Defendant agrees to âparticipate in undercover activitiesâ and ânot to reveal his cooperation.â
The agreement blasts his cooperation to the world. And I canât imagine anyone saying anything even mildly interesting of a political nature around Mr. Gates until his trial is over and his sentence complete.
Is this just boilerplate? Any lawyers have a better sense of what this language means or why itâs in the agreement?
A lot of people are saying the wannabe dictator is demanding to be called Orange Roughy as a nod to both his imaginary tough-guy image and his golf prowess.
âNobody loves (to cheat at) the game more than I do.â
Very odd: Defendant agrees to âparticipate in undercover activitiesâ and ânot to reveal his cooperation.â
The agreement blasts his cooperation to the world. And I canât imagine anyone saying anything even mildly interesting of a political nature around Mr. Gates until his trial is over and his sentence complete.
Is it possible that he already performed undercover work since Feb. 1? Three weeks of talking things over with Manafort?
Memo to: Manafort, and then Trump
Subject: Your respective futures
Each manâs death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
You know who Gates should be angry at? All those republicans who have worked to reduce the IRS and other oversight staff so their nefarious deeds couldnât be traced. and dammit - look what happened anyway. the only place this seems to work right is the consumer protection dept.
Sing out, Louise Rick!
thereâs also an orange grouper, whoâs name might be used by those fond of punsâŚ
So can we now presume Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA) is now a potential target of the Mueller investigation?
As I understand it Rohrbacher, also called âPutinâs Congressmanâ, attended a meeting with three others. And Gatesâ recent guilty plea was triggered by the FBI catching him lying under oath to conceal Rohrbacherâs presence at that meeting.
What was so important about this meeting?
Does anyone know how did meuller find out that gates lied to them earlier this month
I stealing that, I plead guilty, I will cooperate fully.
Winning!
At least four years. Ouch. The downside of not cooperating must have been pretty bad.
I would really like to see the conference where they showed him all they have on him and explained all the time he would serve.
This would be my guess. I donât know if Manafort would be the target of any proactive cooperation done. There could be lots of other targets.
And, credit where credit due. The LA Times , turns out, was right. Daily Beast, turns out, was wrong.
Yes.