Discussion: Yankees Official: Manafort Had 'Legends Suite' Season Tickets Through 2017

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ā€œYankees Official: Manafort Had ā€˜Legends Suiteā€™ Season Tickets Through 2017.ā€

Well, now heā€™s got season tickets to a different suite.

Through 2147.

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I wonder if huge baseball fan Brett Kavanaugh ever joined Manafort in that suite for a Yankees vs Nationals game?

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all inclusive food and in-seat wait service.

Heā€™ll be a pro waiter in no time. Lots & lots of waiting.

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The Yankeeā€™s? That alone should be enough to convict.

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Ballers gonna ball.

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A quarter million dollars to see a season of ā€¦ the Yankees? Oh, man, the irony.

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Hey batter, batterā€¦Legend suite? Of course. Youā€™re not going to wear your ostrich skin suit out in the left field bleacher seats.

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So I was checking dates on Manafortā€™s wiki page and he has in the past lobbied for foreign leaders and foreign causes in which he registered as a FARA(Foreign Agents Registration Act). So I know this trial is about tax evasion, evasion such a high class word for cheating, but why didnā€™t Manafort register as FARA in his later work? Would not registering help in hiding his money overseas?

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This is amazing. Itā€™s the federal court equivalent of ā€œI swear officer, that (insert illegal substance here) in my back seat is not mineā€
Remember ā€œthree strikesā€? If Manafort was a young black man heā€™d be on death row by now.

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Some people say baseball originated in Russia in the 14th century as a game called lapta. Always a Russian connection with this guy, no matter how obscure.

I wonder if he had the all you can eat borscht and pierogies.

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I assume that lobbyists are disinclined to register unter FARA because it has reputational penalties (I mean geez, people think youā€™re working on behalf of a foreign government or something)

Someone was explaining on another thread that a lot of what manafort did for his clients was ā€œreputation launderingā€ - making them out to be founding fathers shepherding their fledgling country towards democracy the best way they know how.

Itā€™s a lot easier to do that work if you pretend youā€™re not,you know, lobbying on behalf of a foreign government

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ā€œIn a humorous moment, prosecutor Brandon Van Grack on Friday asked Kirimca to explain what the New York Yankees is, prompting Kirimca to explain that itā€™s a Major League Baseball team.ā€

Heheā€¦yeahā€¦the questions you have to ask to ā€œestablishā€ things are sometimes questions youā€™d think would never need to be asked.

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Actually, I thought I read somewhere that the total potential term he could be sentenced for (if the terms for individual crimes are sentenced to be served consecutively, not concurrently, and I have no idea how that is determined) is over 300 years LOL!

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Heā€™s a Yankees fan?

Hang him.

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scoff if you must pshah - Iā€™d enjoy eating all potato pierogies I could if I could get away with it.

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Well, thatā€™s your pierogitive.

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To be fair, right field is the VIP bleacher section. Ask for Bald Vinnie if youā€™re there.

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Well, that pays for Clayton Kershawā€™s salary for just over a game!

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Always leftā€¦more homers, more progressive.

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