Yeah, good luck with that.
Ah, the true face of âMake America Great Again!â
Is there a clearer way of saying âYeah, Iâm guilty! So fâng what?â
This is a Hail Mary right?
manafort: go big or go home.
nice cajones.
Guess heâs not playing nice in the sandbox with the Mueller folks yet.
Well that should really slow things down, pissing on the people investigating you.
Remind me again whoâs your legal council so that I can avoid them at all costs.
I wouldnât use them to get out of a jaywalking ticket
Here we go again. If I investigate one for robbery and find something unrelated, like a murder weapon, I canât investigate and charge for murder. Trump admin logic.
In a related story, Manafort sues âmotherhoodâ claiming that it has also exceeded its authority and too is deliberately vague.
Once again, weâve all learned something that not many people know. I can speak only for myself, I suppose, but I was unaware that the DOJ and its top officials were allowed to prosecute only some Federal crimes, specifically, the ones that my client hasnât committed. Works out really well for my client.
This suit will last about a minute. A New York minute.
Donât look in that closet!
Seems to me that that argument didnât save any of the people prosecuted in the Whitewater Investigation.
Iâve seen pro se sovereign citizen suits arguing that the court lacked jurisdiction because the flag in the courtroom had yellow fringe with more merit.
Itâs even more extreme than that. If the police obtain a warrant to search someoneâs house for illegal drugs, and they walk in to discover a dead guy in the middle of the living room floor with a knife sticking out of his chest, theyâre required to avert their gaze.
Work it up the ladder to SCOTUSâŚand voila! You can bet thatâs what he has in mind.
If he can enjoy his ill-gotten gains, heâll just have to burn through them with the help of his lawyers. Speaking of which, canât Mueller freeze Manafortâs accounts?
This is what is called âmanufacturing your appeal issues.â
The goal here, clearly, is to try to run this up the court system and, they hope, land in front of conservative hack judges who will go along with rewriting the universe to suit Trumpâs needs.
Reading r hard:
§ 600.4 Jurisdiction.
(a)Original jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of a Special Counsel shall be established by the Attorney General. The Special Counsel will be provided with a specific factual statement of the matter to be investigated. The jurisdiction of a Special Counsel shall also include the authority to investigate and prosecute federal crimes committed in the course of, and with intent to interfere with, the Special Counselâs investigation, such as perjury, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence, and intimidation of witnesses; and to conduct appeals arising out of the matter being investigated and/or prosecuted.
"âThe investigation of Mr. Manafort is completely unmoored from the Special
Counselâs original jurisdiction to investigate âany links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump,ââ Manafortâs lawsuit said, quoting the appointment order Rosenstein issued for Mueller."
Doesnât have the facts. Doesnât have the law. The only thing left is the table.
Pound away, jackass.