Paul Manafort IS in Deep Shit…..
Any thoughts that he would be able escape the law with a Donald Trump ‘get out of jail free’ card is evaporating…..
He will be indicted by a sitting New York Grand Jury….
And he might NOT be the only one …..
Donald Trump and Company is not gonna be free of criminal liability when the Mueller people end their investigations and file their report….
The Manhattan district attorney’s office is preparing state criminal charges against Paul J. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, in an effort to ensure he will still face prison time even if the president pardons him for his federal crimes, according to several people with knowledge of the matter.
Mr. Manafort is scheduled to be sentenced next month for convictions in two federal cases brought by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III. He faces up to 25 years in prison for tax and bank fraud and additional time for conspiracy counts in a related case. It could effectively be a life sentence for Mr. Manafort, who turns 70 in April.
The president has broad power to issue pardons for federal crimes, but no such authority in state cases. And while there has been no clear indication that Mr. Trump intends to pardon Mr. Manafort, the president has spoken repeatedly of his pardon power and defended his former campaign manager on a number of occasions, calling him a “brave man.”
Mr. Vance’s office first began investigating Mr. Manafort in 2017 in connection with loans he received from two banks. Those loans were also the subject of some of the counts in the federal indictment that led to his conviction last year. But the state prosecutors deferred their inquiry in order not to interfere with Mr. Mueller’s case.
They resumed their investigation in recent months, and a state grand jury began hearing evidence in the case, several people with knowledge of the matter said. The panel is expected to wrap up its work in the coming weeks, several of the people said, and prosecutors likely will ask the grand jurors to vote on charges shortly thereafter.
Mr. Vance’s office is expected to seek charges whether or not the president pardons Mr. Manafort. The plan was first reported by Bloomberg News…..
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jamesb says
Paul Manafort IS IN DEEP SHIT…
Prosecutors say Manafort lied to:
-tax preparers
-bookkeepers
-banks
-Treasury Department
-National Security Division of DOJ
-FBI
-Special Counsel’s Office
-grand jury
-his own legal counsel
-Members of Congress
-executive branch of US government
jamesb says
And NY State is also about to indict him on separate State charges…..
jamesb says
Update…
Paul J. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman who is serving a federal prison sentence, is expected to be transferred within the next few weeks to the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, where he will most likely be held in isolation while facing state fraud charges, people with knowledge of the matter said….
More…
jamesb says
Update…
A judge in New York on Wednesday dismissed the Manhattan district attorney’s fraud and conspiracy charges against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, citing the state’s “double jeopardy” laws, CNBC reports….
Axios…