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originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Sillyolme
Sealed indictments are just that - sealed. I would like to know who leaked the info from the indictment in terms of who it targets and what the charge is.
Rooney said one reason for the tension is an erosion of trust, exacerbated by an ongoing ethics investigation into the "entire Republican staff," including "the woman up front that answers the phone" for alleged leaks.
The other issue with these prosecutions is they are outside the scope of the special counsel mandate (and again the special counsel currently is violating the special counsel law requirements to even exist).
If the judge in the Flynn case is any indication of where Mueller stands legally then he is in trouble. To have a judge order disclosure of exculpatory evidence after the target plead guilty is significant.
Sullivan’s order did not come due to any known request from the defense team and he did not explain his rationale for releasing it. Instead, he said only that the order was issued “sua sponte,” in other words, at his own volition.
“It’s not unexpected coming from him,” said Jack Sharman, a lawyer at Lightfoot, Franklin & White and former Whitewater special counsel. “I think it would probably be an over-read to make a conclusion about the defect in the plea just based on this order.”
Sullivan issued the order “sua sponte”—or at his own volition, unprovoked by Flynn’s defense team. He filed a nearly identical order in mid-December, after taking over the case.
There are no details in the filing that are specific to the case.
“It’s just a way to have in the record a judge’s reminder to the prosecutors about their Brady obligations,” said Randall Eliason, a George Washington University law professor and former U.S. attorney. “It’s just a generic, boilerplate [order] you could file in any case.”
As for the additional indictment you are correct that it is not unheard of. However the reasoning behind it can mean different things. Either they developed new information based on their investigation, they flipped someone or they added the indictment to put pressure on the target to plead guilty to the current charges instead of facing those charges plus additional charges on top of it.
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The other issue with these prosecutions is they are outside the scope of the special counsel mandate (and again the special counsel currently is violating the special counsel law requirements to even exist).
I do not make those kinds of accusations.
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: sdcigarpig
I do not make those kinds of accusations.
You have been posting little barbs all through this thread, insinuating that Trump is guilty of Russian collusion in the election... or is it obstruction of justice today? I forget... despite not one scintilla of evidence.
Special counsel Robert Mueller is turning up the heat on Paul Manafort and Rick Gates even higher.
On Thursday, a Virginia grand jury indicted Manafort and Gates on a combined 32 counts, alleging a dizzying array of tax, financial, and bank fraud crimes, some of which took place as recently as last year. Mueller alleges that Manafort laundered more than $30 million with Gates’s help.
These new charges will be considered in a separate venue from the combined 12 counts of conspiracy, money laundering, financial, and false statements charges Mueller filed against the two men through a Washington, DC, grand jury last October.
It’s notable that Nixon, a Republican, faced impeachment in a Congress controlled by Democrats, and Clinton was impeached by a Republican-controlled Congress. For Trump to be impeached, members of his own party would have to turn on him.
That’s why Republican base approval of Trump is so important. If Republican voters do not abandon the president, Republican members of Congress are not likely to.
That in March 2016, Manafort and Gates gave a document to a different lender overstating their income by more than $2 million — and worked with a “conspirator” working at the lending company to get an approval
originally posted by: soberbacchus
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: sdcigarpig
I do not make those kinds of accusations.
You have been posting little barbs all through this thread, insinuating that Trump is guilty of Russian collusion in the election... or is it obstruction of justice today? I forget... despite not one scintilla of evidence.
There is a MOUNTAIN of evidence that Trump and team is guilty of Colluding with the Russian Government and Obstructing Justice including Don Jr's meeting with Russian Agents for the express purpose of " part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump " and several guilty pleas for lying to the FBI.
Whether Mueller comes to the conclusion that the evidence he has gathered is sufficient to indict is another question.
The claim that there is "not one scintilla of evidence" is a flat earth position at this stage from what is known publicly.
originally posted by: JBurns
a reply to: soberbacchus
The sealed indictment is easy...
originally posted by: JBurns
a reply to: dawnofvictory
Or that Mueller already cleared Trump of any potential conspiracy charges by writing "had no knowledge," therefore he's no longer the target of this investigation.
originally posted by: dawnofvictory
originally posted by: soberbacchus
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: sdcigarpig
I do not make those kinds of accusations.
You have been posting little barbs all through this thread, insinuating that Trump is guilty of Russian collusion in the election... or is it obstruction of justice today? I forget... despite not one scintilla of evidence.
There is a MOUNTAIN of evidence that Trump and team is guilty of Colluding with the Russian Government and Obstructing Justice including Don Jr's meeting with Russian Agents for the express purpose of " part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump " and several guilty pleas for lying to the FBI.
Whether Mueller comes to the conclusion that the evidence he has gathered is sufficient to indict is another question.
The claim that there is "not one scintilla of evidence" is a flat earth position at this stage from what is known publicly.
Russia government support Trump. For what? To kill Russians in Syria?
originally posted by: dawnofvictory
Most likely fake. Russia government support Trump. For what?
originally posted by: dawnofvictory
So it seems this Russia Trump story is fake.
originally posted by: dawnofvictory
a reply to: soberbacchus
If they did attack they would have had air defense backup, at least Buks. So it seems like a fake story.