Not going to be the last son-in-law to make a plea arrangement
It just gets curioser and curioser.
Manafort seems to attract deadbeats and grifters who follow his lead.
And if he pleads out, what reason does he have left to provide any information to Mueller? His plea deal better fucking contain a clause ensuring his cooperation with Mueller’s investigation.
I have a feeling Mueller has that covered.
Separate case, separate requirements.
A plea here gives him zero protection in the Mueller investigation.
Has Manafort ever made an honest dollar in his life? He seems to walk around in a cloud of shell companies, like Pig Pen.
I understand that. But he’s likely not directly implicated in that matter. Allowing him to plead out in his own matter releases all leverage.
This doesn’t make me optimistic:
The criminal investigation into Yohai by The DOJ and Los Angeles U.S. attorney’s office…
Pretty bad when you suspect that these guys could be trying to muddy the waters here, although I have to believe that Mueller already has enough to convict him.
@thunderclapnewman Oh, good.
So the WSJ is back on the field again, after a silence. The Ed page has been on the Crooked Hillary Grosse Liege beat. Rupert Murdoch never heard of a Chinese Wall. I’m pretty sure they’re suppressing all kinds of evil financial dealings–and not because any authorities are asking them to do it. If the business community wants Trump gone some of it will come out, and that might be The End.
Yohai was in up to his neck in a Ponzi scheme and probably (via his charming father in law) money laundering. An earlier article in the NY Times (http://nyti.ms/2Ay456f) back in June suggested that Manafort didn’t much like the new son-in-law, but took him on as a business partner anyway. I don’t know whether the daughter and Yohai are just separated or divorced, but I think it might affect the outcome. If they’re still married, the daughter will be liable for the fines (and may be in legal jeopardy herself) if the husband goes down.
I wonder what Daddy is going to do about that? So far, he’s been most cooperative, apparently assuming (as does Rick Gates) that Trump will fix all with a pardon.
Somehow, and I don’t feel a bit bad writing this:this couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch of grifting thieves.
Mr. Mueller accurately depicted in one picture?
Yoahi’s lawyer, Aaron May, told the Journal in a statement that Yohai “has not been charged with any crime nor has he entered into any plea agreements.”
Undoubtedly a true and accurate statement but I suspect Mueller and company have been pretty clear about the crimes he can and will be charged with if he decides to stonewall the investigation.
My experience in reading about this sort of thing is that even when the top managers are crooked, there’s still parts of the department that do their job with integrity, and the crooked guys work around them. It’s not like they flip a switch and the whole DOJ becomes corrupt. At least I hope not.
Deleted my speculative post.
We need more facts.
We don’t know what Mueller knows, so I doubt that.
I’m waiting to hear that Mueller is seeking a plea deal with Manafort’s former butler.
O/T but YooHOO
Can’t stand the SOB
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Days after Republicans suffered electoral defeats up and down the ballot in Virginia, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R), chairman of the House ...Manafort is not Flynn. There’s no chance he’d act against his own best interests for the sake of his son(-in-law).
@southerndem VA-6 is R+13…out of reach, frustratingly.
That’s a nice thought, but it’s not necessarily the case in light of who is in charge of DOJ. Mueller’s not superman and his investigation can’t just interfere with other prosecutions. I have a lot of faith in him myself, but there’s a limit to what he can and can’t do.