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Musicmystery -> FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/10/2017 6:26:09 PM)
FBI conducted predawn raid of former Trump campaign chairman Manafort’s home FBI agents raided the home in Alexandria, Va., of President Trump’s former campaign chairman, arriving in the pre-dawn hours late last month and seizing documents and other materials related to the special counsel investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The raid, which occurred without warning on July 26, signaled an aggressive new approach by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and his team in dealing with a key figure in the Russia inquiry. Manafort has been under increasing pressure as the Mueller team looked into his personal finances and his professional career as a highly paid foreign political consultant. Using a search warrant, agents appeared the day Manafort was scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee and a day after he met voluntarily with Senate Intelligence Committee staff members. The search warrant requested documents related to tax, banking and other matters. People familiar with the search said agents departed the Manafort residence with a trove of material, including binders prepared ahead of Manafort’s congressional testimony. Investigators in the Russia inquiry have previously sought documents with subpoenas, which are less intrusive and confrontational than a search warrant. With a warrant, agents can inspect a physical location and seize any useful information. To get a judge to sign off on a search warrant, prosecutors must show that there is probable cause that a crime has been committed. “I think it adds a shock and awe enforcement component to what until now has followed a natural path for a white-collar investigation,” said Jacob Frenkel, a former federal prosecutor. “More so than anything else we’ve seen so far, it really does send a powerful law enforcement message when the search warrant is used. . . . That message is that the special counsel team will use all criminal investigative tools available to advance the investigation as quickly and as comprehensively as possible.” Jason Maloni, a spokesman for Manafort, confirmed that agents executed a warrant at one of the political consultant’s homes and that Manafort cooperated with the search. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-conducted-predawn-raid-of-former-trump-campaign-chairman-manaforts-home/2017/08/09/5879fa9c-7c45-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html?utm_term=.60e5fba68f2e

BoscoX -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/10/2017 6:37:29 PM)
According to the New York Times and the Amazon Post, team Clinton / Mueller is leaking like a sieve. Nothing quite like timely release of weeks-old "news" to put Russia back in the front pages, rather than the President's tough and effective handling of the Korean situation

thompsonx -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/10/2017 6:42:47 PM)
ORIGINAL: BoscoX the President's tough and effective handling of the Korean situation What has the president done about the korean situation?

MasterJaguar01 -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/10/2017 8:06:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BoscoX According to the New York Times and the Amazon Post, team Clinton / Mueller is leaking like a sieve. Nothing quite like timely release of weeks-old "news" to put Russia back in the front pages, rather than the President's tough and effective handling of the Korean situation Nothing like a childish threat to North Korea to deflect the media from the Trump/Russia invasion.

BoscoX -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 4:37:51 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MasterJaguar01 quote: ORIGINAL: BoscoX According to the New York Times and the Amazon Post, team Clinton / Mueller is leaking like a sieve. Nothing quite like timely release of weeks-old "news" to put Russia back in the front pages, rather than the President's tough and effective handling of the Korean situation Nothing like a childish threat to North Korea to deflect the media from the Trump/Russia invasion. You're still butt hurt because your pussyhat queen lost [:D]

mnottertail -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 5:01:05 AM)
no, its hilarious watching the nutsuckers shit all over themselves and talking into microphones.

Musicmystery -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 7:51:47 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MasterJaguar01 quote: ORIGINAL: BoscoX According to the New York Times and the Amazon Post, team Clinton / Mueller is leaking like a sieve. Nothing quite like timely release of weeks-old "news" to put Russia back in the front pages, rather than the President's tough and effective handling of the Korean situation Nothing like a childish threat to North Korea to deflect the media from the Trump/Russia invasion. I love the "What would be tougher than fury and fire?" question. Such a putz, this "leader."

tweakabelle -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 8:13:51 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Musicmystery To get a judge to sign off on a search warrant, prosecutors must show that there is probable cause that a crime has been committed. “I think it adds a shock and awe enforcement component to what until now has followed a natural path for a white-collar investigation,” said Jacob Frenkel, a former federal prosecutor. “More so than anything else we’ve seen so far, it really does send a powerful law enforcement message when the search warrant is used. . . . That message is that the special counsel team will use all criminal investigative tools available to advance the investigation as quickly and as comprehensively as possible.” So the existence of a search warrant means that the "probable cause" threshold has been met. While this is far from proving that some criminal acts have occurred, it suggests that there is real evidence to suggest a crime or crimes may have been committed. For me, this eliminates forever any truth in the claims of "fake news" or "witch hunt". It would appear Trump and his apologists will have to come up with some new excuses or agree that crimes may have been committed. It certainly vindicates the investigations.

Musicmystery -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 8:15:25 AM)
The stuff isn't mine -- it was in a jacket I picked up by mistake. ~ Keith Richards

WhoreMods -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 8:30:51 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Musicmystery The stuff isn't mine -- it was in a jacket I picked up by mistake. ~ Keith Richards [:D] Was that his line when they busted him in Toronto and he' was so smacked out it took them three hours to wake him up before they could arrest him?

Real0ne -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 8:41:12 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: tweakabelle quote: ORIGINAL: Musicmystery To get a judge to sign off on a search warrant, prosecutors must show that there is probable cause that a crime has been committed. “I think it adds a shock and awe enforcement component to what until now has followed a natural path for a white-collar investigation,” said Jacob Frenkel, a former federal prosecutor. “More so than anything else we’ve seen so far, it really does send a powerful law enforcement message when the search warrant is used. . . . That message is that the special counsel team will use all criminal investigative tools available to advance the investigation as quickly and as comprehensively as possible.” So the existence of a search warrant means that the "probable cause" threshold has been met. While this is far from proving that some criminal acts have occurred, it suggests that there is real evidence to suggest a crime or crimes may have been committed. For me, this eliminates forever any truth in the claims of "fake news" or "witch hunt". It would appear Trump and his apologists will have to come up with some new excuses or agree that crimes may have been committed. It certainly vindicates the investigations. Bullshit. Our wonderful brito/american law allows the thugs to raid the place without the ability to contest the ruling for validity of the alleged cause. There is nothing in place to prevent any corrupt judge from rubber stamping any warrant that comes across their desk. Its a witch hunt, they have nothing so they are looking for evidence, trying to find shit to throw at the wall. Welcome to american jurisprudence and the just-us club.

WhoreMods -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 8:43:28 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Real0ne quote: ORIGINAL: tweakabelle quote: ORIGINAL: Musicmystery To get a judge to sign off on a search warrant, prosecutors must show that there is probable cause that a crime has been committed. “I think it adds a shock and awe enforcement component to what until now has followed a natural path for a white-collar investigation,” said Jacob Frenkel, a former federal prosecutor. “More so than anything else we’ve seen so far, it really does send a powerful law enforcement message when the search warrant is used. . . . That message is that the special counsel team will use all criminal investigative tools available to advance the investigation as quickly and as comprehensively as possible.” So the existence of a search warrant means that the "probable cause" threshold has been met. While this is far from proving that some criminal acts have occurred, it suggests that there is real evidence to suggest a crime or crimes may have been committed. For me, this eliminates forever any truth in the claims of "fake news" or "witch hunt". It would appear Trump and his apologists will have to come up with some new excuses or agree that crimes may have been committed. It certainly vindicates the investigations. Bullshit. Our wonderful brito/american law allows the thugs to raid the place without the ability to contest the ruling. There is nothing in place to prevent any corrupt judge from rubber stamping any warrant that comes across their desk. Its a witch hunt, they have nothing so they are looking for evidence, trying to find shit to throw at the wall. Welcome to american jurisprudence and the just-us club. You'd be all for it if the Clinton or her campaign manager had been raided, rather than the tiny handed shitgibbon's stooge.

Musicmystery -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 8:49:11 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: WhoreMods quote: ORIGINAL: Musicmystery The stuff isn't mine -- it was in a jacket I picked up by mistake. ~ Keith Richards [:D] Was that his line when they busted him in Toronto and he' was so smacked out it took them three hours to wake him up before they could arrest him? Yep. But his kindness to a blind fan (drove her on tour with them) three years earlier paid off -- she lobbied the judge to let him do a benefit concert for the blind (which he did) as sentence.

WhoreMods -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 8:55:59 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Musicmystery quote: ORIGINAL: WhoreMods quote: ORIGINAL: Musicmystery The stuff isn't mine -- it was in a jacket I picked up by mistake. ~ Keith Richards [:D] Was that his line when they busted him in Toronto and he' was so smacked out it took them three hours to wake him up before they could arrest him? Yep. But his kindness to a blind fan (drove her on tour with them) three years earlier paid off -- she lobbied the judge to let him do a benefit concert for the blind (which he did) as sentence. I'd read about the "blind angel". It's nice to think that he wasn't too much of a prick to be concerned about the well being of somebody who couldn't see at a rock concert and whatever else you can say against him, he deserves some credit for that, at least.

Musicmystery -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 8:57:57 AM)
Yeah, by all accounts, he really does have a very sweet side, and is ready to help out causes. The Stones were the first to do that, I believe, going back to the Nicaraguan earthquake victims in 1973. Not the last time either.

thompsonx -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 4:56:23 PM)
ORIGINAL: Musicmystery I love the "What would be tougher than fury and fire?" question. Has 'shock and awe' been taken yet?

Musicmystery -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 6:10:21 PM)
Um . . . Yes, I think so.

WickedsDesire -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 6:15:06 PM)
you are all irrelevant -

thompsonx -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 6:43:08 PM)
ORIGINAL: WickedsDesire you are all irrelevant - When one thinks about it we are all 'penciled in'.

Nnanji -> RE: FBI raids Trump campaign manager Manafort's home (8/11/2017 6:52:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: tweakabelle quote: ORIGINAL: Musicmystery To get a judge to sign off on a search warrant, prosecutors must show that there is probable cause that a crime has been committed. “I think it adds a shock and awe enforcement component to what until now has followed a natural path for a white-collar investigation,” said Jacob Frenkel, a former federal prosecutor. “More so than anything else we’ve seen so far, it really does send a powerful law enforcement message when the search warrant is used. . . . That message is that the special counsel team will use all criminal investigative tools available to advance the investigation as quickly and as comprehensively as possible.” So the existence of a search warrant means that the "probable cause" threshold has been met. While this is far from proving that some criminal acts have occurred, it suggests that there is real evidence to suggest a crime or crimes may have been committed. For me, this eliminates forever any truth in the claims of "fake news" or "witch hunt". It would appear Trump and his apologists will have to come up with some new excuses or agree that crimes may have been committed. It certainly vindicates the investigations. Of course your predilection for all things looney doesn't blind you to people like the FBI and the ACLU shopping judges. You're just blind Justice, sugar and spice.

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