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And it’s barely almost 4 o’clock.
In the other hand news breaking that Cohen has pleaded guilty to 8 counts himself.
And it’s barely almost 4 o’clock.
i must have missed that tbh
i dont know, you tell me
Looks like a flip to me. Unitended or otherwise.
In all seriousness, the chances are high that he will cooperate in some way with Mueller if Cohen has something of worth.
agreed that his statement amounts to a flip for all intents and purposes. a good soldier would have taken the blame all for himself and just waited for a pardon, instead of admitting trump was aware of it. though given videotape recordings, would probably be difficult to try to claim trump had no knowledge
Tonight's Trump infrastructure week rally is gonna be lit!
He's gonna have to revoke Obama's security clearance to counter today's news.
Flynn guilty, flipped
Papa Dop, guilty, flipped
Manafort, guilty
Cohen, guilty
but Trash is purely innocent, right?
Technically, Cohen flipped harder than anyone so far.
Trump is sweating right now.
10 legal experts on why Trump can’t pardon his way out of the Russia investigation
Paul Manafort was just convicted. Here’s what you need to know about the president’s pardon power.
Lisa Kern Griffin, law professor, Duke University
Many offenses — including some of the financial crimes included in the Manafort indictment — are also crimes under state law. The president can pardon only for federal offenses, and defendants counting on a blanket pardon may find that it does not cover all potential prosecutions.
If the president issues a pardon in order to influence a witness and impede the investigation, that would also be a further act of obstruction. Although he has the legal authority to pardon, he cannot use that power to commit another crime.
Julie O’Sullivan, law professor, Georgetown University
If — and this is a big if — the president is shown to have pardoned them to avoid his own personal exposure in the Russia investigation, that in and of itself could cons ute obstruction of justice.
Mark Tushnet, law professor, Harvard University
Basically, even after a pardon, people who Mueller wants testimony from will still be negotiating for immunity grants.
Asha Rangappa, associate dean, Yale Law School
If President Trump pardons subjects of Mueller's investigation, they will be unable to claim their Fifth Amendment rights if they are asked to testify under oath.
In theory, this would then facilitate Mueller's investigation, as these individuals would have to tell Mueller everything they know.
What Trump's pardon of Arpaio reveals, however, is that he is not above subverting the judicial process to reward those who stay loyal to him.
Joshua Dressler, law professor, Ohio State University
If President Trump pardons someone involved in the Russian investigation, it may depend when he pardons that person.
Paul Butler, law professor, Georgetown University
A pardon is different from a blanket grant of immunity, however, so a person pardoned by the president might still claim the Fifth Amendment privilege in testifying about the subject of the pardon — for example, there might be a legitimate concern about a state prosecution for the same conduct.
Christopher Slobogin, law professor, Vanderbilt University
If Congress doesn’t like the president’s use of the pardon, its only legal remedy is impeachment, although it could also hold hearings to embarrass him.
Peter Shane, law professor, Ohio State University
Russiagate pardons would pose some strategic risks for Trump. No one pardoned could cons utionally withhold their testimony in either a criminal investigation or from Congress.
Russiagate pardons would pose some strategic risks for Trump. No one pardoned could cons utionally withhold their testimony in either a criminal investigation or from Congress.
While Trump's "conscience" has yet to display itself, both Congress and the voters can hold him to account "in his political character."
Ric Simmons, law professor, Ohio State University
So even though Flynn or Manafort or Kushner would not necessarily be admitting guilt if they accepted a pardon, their pardon would mean that it would be much easier to get them to testify about their actions.
Andy Wright, law professor, Savannah Law School
President Trump did significant further damage to his presidency by pardoning Joe Arpaio.
Any attempt to pardon Russia figures on naked cronyism grounds would enhance the president’s legal troubles and backfire politically.
If Flynn still refused to testify, Congress could detain him and jail him in the Capitol building until he agreed to testify to Congress’s satisfaction.
This practice is called “inherent contempt,”
and either the Senate or House can act to jail a contemptuous witness on its own.
A pardon would not reach Congress’s contempt jailing because it is a civil, rather than criminal, detention.
With each abnormal, unbecoming, or dishonorable act, President Trump makes it harder for his appointees to defend him,
harder for traditional Republicans to maintain their uneasy power alliance with him, and
easier for Democrats to take the moral high ground and secure political advantage.
President Trump is in danger of snuffing out his candle in the first year of his presidency.
https://www.vox.com/2017/8/29/162117...p-pardon-power
WTF is happening to the party of values?
Coming undone at the seams.
Well, this would be the headline any other day under any other president.
So where are the goalposts now?
Well, Trump committed federal crimes but not the ones you wanted! PZWNED!
"i won't let them"
Trump advisers privately confess he’s being protected by the Office of the President
the president’s associates believe it’s the official position that will ultimately protect him.
Trump allies and advisers privately say the office of the presidency is protecting him from what he might otherwise face,”
she tweeted Tuesday.
“Prosecutors would not have accepted Cohen’s plea if they did not believe he was making true statements about what took place around the campaign finance crimes.”
The comment was in response to Fox News correspondent John Roberts, who tweeted that
sources close to Trump are telling him, “remember, the President cannot be indicted.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/trump-advisers-privately-confess-hes-protected-office-president/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaig n=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29
iow, Trash's mafiya KNOW he's guilty, AND protected by the Office of so-called Presidency
What the Manafort Verdict Means
It’s Robert Mueller’s biggest victory yet, in one of the most successful special counsel investigations in history.
five guilty pleas,
32 indicted individuals,
187 charges revealing startling evidence of Russia’s 2016 attack on our democracy, and
now the conviction of one of the top operators in the Trump campaign orbit.
It instead is one of the most successful special counsel investigations in history.
the trial evidence included Mr. Manafort’s close ties to pro-Russia forces and his desperate financial straits as he “volunteered” his time for the next president.
The trial revealed how willing Mr. Manafort was to corruptly leverage his position of influence over Mr. Trump during the campaign for his own personal benefit.
He offered briefings to a pro-Russia Ukrainian oligarch and
dangled a position in the Trump administration in front of a banker
who provided him a loan for which he would not otherwise have qualified.
The conviction also shows the caliber of the foe that President Trump is facing
as he decides whether or not to sit for an interview with Mr. Mueller focusing on obstruction of justice.
We should now prepare for a potential extended legal battle about the scope and power of a possible Mueller-issued subpoena for the president’s testimony.
his win in the Manafort case sends Mr. Trump the message that the special counsel and his team have the will and the ability to win a battle over a subpoena.
Mr. Manafort’s conviction should also send chills down the spines of other potential defendants, possibly including the president’s son Donald Trump Jr. and his informal adviser Roger Stone.
Mr. Cohen had previously suggested publicly that he has information to share, and
today he implicated the president by indicating that Candidate Trump instructed him to make illegal payments to influence the election.
Notably, Mr. Cohen’s plea agreement does not provide him with any protection from additional charges that could be brought against him by the special counsel.
should Mr. Trump pardon him,
Mr. Manafort should expect state attorneys general to pick up under applicable state laws
the threads of corruption and tax fraud that Mr. Mueller has already woven together.
The Cons ution and the laws of our country do not allow Mr. Trump to dangle the possibility of, or explicitly offer, pardons with corrupt intent.
If his fawning statements about Mr. Manafort during the jury deliberations were part of an effort to impede or harm the investigation,
that could be used to support the obstruction of justice case against him.
If he or his representatives had gone further and actually promised or offered pardons to Mr. Manafort or other potential Mueller witnesses to prevent or change their testimony,
as some reports suggest, that could support bribery charges as well.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/o...er=rss&emc=rss
Trump rally crowd chants “lock her up” as Trump ignores Manafort and Cohen
https://www.vox.com/2018/8/21/177664...-west-virginia
goddamn, Trash's cultist are stupid, hopeless, loser mofos
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