Discussion: Manafort: I Was Truthful To Mueller To 'The Best' Of 'My Ability'

[system1]

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[dickweed]

I just have very little ability to tell the truth.

[blandsten]

Prove it…

[turdburgler]

…without having to drink polonium tea.

[lestat]

We really should change the definition of perjury from “knowingly lying about a material fact under oath” to “not telling as much of the truth as one is able to tell, given one’s individual truth-telling capabilities.”

[erik_t]

“…but my ability to do so is very small (or weak)!”

Sad.

[smiley]

Maybe I should try that with my wife – “Honey, I was faithful to you… to the best of my ability.”

ETA: It’s a joke – I adore my wife!!!

[lizzymom]

“I just can’t help myself…lying is in my genes. It’s not my fault. It’s my parents’ fault, I’m a victim here. Very misunderstood…”

[tiowally]

Manafort’s attorneys said in the filing that they are not requesting an evidentiary hearing on the claims.

Is this legalese for “We no longer have a desire to be busted dead to rights”?

@lizzymom “The dog ate my memory.”

[maximus]

I was truthful to Mueller to “the best” of “My Disability”.

As a pathological liar.

FIFY

[benthere]

Well, there are confessions, and then there are alternate confessions.

[irasdad]

“Manafort: I Was Truthful To Mueller To ‘The Best’ Of ‘My Ability’…”

“…given the Kalashnikov jammed into the back of my neck.”

(Whimpers and begins sobbing again)

[docd]

It would be nice if these guys had expectations for themselves that are as high as their expectations for poor black kids.

[xpurg8d]

“I told the truth as much as I could while the presidents of two powerful countries were scaring me about what I could say. One of them lets me rot in prison if I don’t lie for him, the other one promises me a poison cocktail if I don’t lie for him. What would you do, judge?”

[mondfledermaus]

Manafort: I Was Truthful To Mueller To ‘The Best’ Of ‘My Ability’

Call that the mythomaniac defense. Just like the nymphomaniac: “Really honey, I was faithful to the best of my ability.”

Let’s hope it doesn’t catch traction with judges like “Afluenza” did,

[rascal_crone]

Basically the attorneys are saying that their client is incapable of telling the truth.

It’s like me saying that “I’m tall to the best of my ability.”

[rascal_crone]

did you guys just hear the sound of a cast-iron frying pan landing on a cranium?

[mike_in_houston]

Looks like Manafort’s team is incompetent as well… they failed to fully redact the documents shared with the public.

Mueller has Manafort sharing polling data with Kilimnik related to the 2016 Presidential campaign.

Jon Swaine (@jonswaine)

1/8/19, 12:35 PM
NEW: Paul Manafort’s attorneys failed to properly redact their filing. They reveal that Mueller alleges Manafort “lied about sharing polling data with Mr. Kilimnik related to the 2016 presidential campaign”. Konstantin Kilimnik has alleged ties to Russian intelligence.

[jtx]

Seriously that is his defense? He is does not have the ability to be truthfull?

[erik_t]

They did the thing, that same damned thing every time, where you set the background color the same as the text color, but do not actually block selection and copying of the letters (or print, block, and OCR… or something)

My god, people NEVER learn.