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CNN Breaking News: Judge rules Manafort intentionally lied to the FBI, OSC and Grand Jury (Original Post) mobeau69 Feb 2019 OP
K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 spanone Feb 2019 #1
A Pardon will not save Manafort from the Russians..... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2019 #2
+1, ... and the Russians have already showed they go after family members. The one girl that was uponit7771 Feb 2019 #4
They do indeed go after family first.... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2019 #5
You don't stiff a Russian oligarch/monster. Eyeball_Kid Feb 2019 #6
+1 MBS Feb 2019 #8
Yuppers!!! ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2019 #10
Yeah, baby!! Leghorn21 Feb 2019 #3
You have to wonder how serious his crimes were Ilsa Feb 2019 #7
Womp Fucking Womp! hatrack Feb 2019 #9
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL manor321 Feb 2019 #11
Lock him Up malaise Feb 2019 #12
these guys just think they can get away with anything. Takket Feb 2019 #13
The wheel of sharp weapons just rolled over Manafort vlyons Feb 2019 #14
Very well put vlyons but there are a lot of other people in this world to feel sorry for first. mobeau69 Feb 2019 #19
Hey mobeau vlyons Feb 2019 #20
And he may find enlightenment by serving a just sentence of life in prison. mobeau69 Feb 2019 #21
me too vlyons Feb 2019 #24
Hee hee (nt) Recursion Feb 2019 #15
Amy Berman rocks...guess who else drew that judge recently? Zippy Stone... pecosbob Feb 2019 #16
V. is a little disappointing but 4 out of 5 still ain't bad. mobeau69 Feb 2019 #17
Gates was also at that meeting and now the judge ruled Manafort is a liar. CONSPIRACY on fucking UniteFightBack Feb 2019 #18
"Nothing for you, Paulie," the Pardon Nazi will tell him. Hassler Feb 2019 #22
I am not so sure about that. I hope you are right BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #23
K&R ck4829 Feb 2019 #25

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,897 posts)
2. A Pardon will not save Manafort from the Russians.....
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 07:44 PM
Feb 2019

As ruthless as they are, Manafort rotting n prison for the rest of his wretched is the best place for him. He should have thought about his family as he played with fire with the Russians in the first place.

uponit7771

(90,371 posts)
4. +1, ... and the Russians have already showed they go after family members. The one girl that was
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 07:47 PM
Feb 2019

... poisoned in the UK.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,897 posts)
5. They do indeed go after family first....
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 07:49 PM
Feb 2019

whether they be little children, the spouse, then go after you. To them, they are collateral.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,440 posts)
6. You don't stiff a Russian oligarch/monster.
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 07:51 PM
Feb 2019

Paulie Walnuts owes Deripaska over ten million but just got all of his assets forfeited. So he’s not even safe in prison. Oleg is not happy with Paulie. But then again, Trumpy lifted sanctions on Deripaska and gave him a sweetheart deal worth hundreds of millions. So maybe Paulie will get pardoned and become an anchorman on Fox.

Ilsa

(61,712 posts)
7. You have to wonder how serious his crimes were
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 07:51 PM
Feb 2019

to be afraid of turning State's Evidence because some russians might poison you and your family. He's really screwed.

Takket

(21,702 posts)
13. these guys just think they can get away with anything.
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 08:09 PM
Feb 2019

after all... it has worked for them all their lives.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
14. The wheel of sharp weapons just rolled over Manafort
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 08:09 PM
Feb 2019

The truth of karma is just like gravity. It never stops working. The best thing that I could wish for Manafort is that while in prison, he gets his hands on some books about ethics, preferably Buddhist ethics. He's spent his whole life in the service of corrupt people in greedy pursuit of his desire for money. He's lied, cheated, stolen, and god know what else. And now the results of all that effort has born bitter fruit. I honestly feel very sorry for him, because he has wasted his life. And for what?

Be ever mindful of the shortcomings of desire's rewards.

mobeau69

(11,168 posts)
19. Very well put vlyons but there are a lot of other people in this world to feel sorry for first.
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 09:34 PM
Feb 2019

A man reaps what he sows.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
20. Hey mobeau
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 09:44 PM
Feb 2019

We all of us, every single sentient being wants to be happy and not suffer. And yet, here we are in samsara, addicted to samsara, creating more and more and more samsara for ourselves. The Boddhisattva view is to see people like Manafort, as a once in endless lifetime's opportunity to bring a dreadful evil person onto the path of enlightenment and compassion. Every single person. No one gets left behind in samsara. No one.

mobeau69

(11,168 posts)
21. And he may find enlightenment by serving a just sentence of life in prison.
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 10:00 PM
Feb 2019

I sincerely hope he does.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
24. me too
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 10:19 PM
Feb 2019

the chances are slim and none. But I like to keep an open mind about it. A prison cell is not all that different from a monk's cell. He will probably go to a high risk Fed prison, where he is in solitary 23 hrs a day. Not all that different from a cave high in the mountains, except a lot warmer.

pecosbob

(7,549 posts)
16. Amy Berman rocks...guess who else drew that judge recently? Zippy Stone...
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 08:12 PM
Feb 2019

So go run your mouth over at FOX, Roger...we're all watching now...

 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
18. Gates was also at that meeting and now the judge ruled Manafort is a liar. CONSPIRACY on fucking
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 08:20 PM
Feb 2019

parade. Believe Gates !

Hassler

(3,400 posts)
22. "Nothing for you, Paulie," the Pardon Nazi will tell him.
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 10:08 PM
Feb 2019

Here's why--Paulie was running a side deal off of Cheeto and Cheeto always gets all the money. That's his MO. Paulie was cheating him. No pardon for Manafart.

BigmanPigman

(51,653 posts)
23. I am not so sure about that. I hope you are right
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 10:18 PM
Feb 2019

but with batch of greedy crooks you never know what will happen since they have no loyalty at all.

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