BREAKING: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance unseals 16 fraud and conspiracy charges against Paul Manafort.

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BREAKING: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance unseals 15 fraud and conspiracy charges against Paul Manafort. Indictment here: manhattanda.org/wp-content/upl… Background here at @CourthouseNews: courthousenews.com/wary-of-manafo…

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Breakdown:
Residential Mortgage Fraud in the First Degree: 3 cts
Attempted Residential Mortgage Fraud in the First Degree: 1 ct
Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree: 3 cts
Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree: 8 cts
Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree: 1 ct

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State charges, bro.

 

[hitme]

Dead man's switch activated.

 

[Squarehard]

 

[Disco Stu]

Manafort fucking loves crime.

 

[cameron]

lol

 

[PawPrints]

fuck yes

 

[onadesertedisland]

Pardon me, but would this mean a presidential pardon might not help him?

 

[Deleted member 11637]

Yummy in my tummy! Get fucked, traitor.

 

[Maxim726x]

Hahaha perfect timing.

Manafort isn't only getting 7.5 years, evidently.

Pardon me, but would this mean a presidential pardon might not help him?

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Correct, a president cannot pardon state charges.

 

[ApatheticDolphin]

morefraud.jpg

 

[Armaros]

Pardon me, but would this mean a presidential pardon might not help him?

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bingo but not might not, will not.

State charges are in the perview of the governor of NY to pardon.

 

[skullmuffins]

Pardon me, but would this mean a presidential pardon might not help him?

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Right. Trump can pardon federal crimes. The NY governor is the only one who can pardon NY state crimes, and good luck with that!

 

[alr1ght]

 

[kris.]

Pardon me, but would this mean a presidential pardon might not help him?

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Hell yeah buddy. Manafort is fucked :)

 

[Temascos]

Residential Mortage Fraud comes up a couple of times, if I'm understand it the penalty is around a million dollars. Ouch.

 

[Trouble]

Dead man's switch activated.

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yes

Manafort fucking loves crime.

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yes

Pardon me, but would this mean a presidential pardon might not help him?

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yes

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Pardon me, but would this mean a presidential pardon might not help him?

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He hasn't been federally indicted for these charges so no, executive pardon won't help, he's right and proper fucked.

 

[Tahnit]

Pardon me, but would this mean a presidential pardon might not help him?

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Yup. This is a state crime. He can't pardon those.

 

[Damaniel]

Pardon me, but would this mean a presidential pardon might not help him?

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Against state charges? Nope.

Throw the book at him.

 

[Deleted member 42]

Oh this was a fucking S E T U P

 

[Vilix]

Pardon me, but would this mean a presidential pardon might not help him?

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Not if it's a state crime.

 

[RailWays]

Ooh shit.
GOT EM

 

[Lifendz]

Get fucked, traitor.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Wow the timing of this is giving me life. It must be like climbing over a mountain for him and staring at a taller mountain.

 

[nightstalker962]

Round 2 motherfucker.

 

[Deleted member 21]

 

[Trouble]

I love that they wasted absolutely no time once he was clear of federal cases. This is a clear signal of what everyone else can expect.

 

[Deleted member 24052]

LOL

Get rekt, manafort. Rot in prison.

 

[Stryder]

Cyrus Vance sounds like a cool anime name.

 

[Strike]

Third time's the charm. Bury him. Make sure he dies in prison.

 

[Lump]

Remember when Qanon asserted that there were countless sealed indictments ready to be sprung any day now against democrats?

Jk lol, they're just being sprung on Trump's inner circle.

 

[Thorn]

Pile that shit on!

 

[Mengy]

Dead man's switch activated.

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Pretty much! Good news, this criminal deserves more time than he's gotten so far, and these are state charges so a pardon can't be used to escape them.

Let's see some Justice.

 

[Randomly Generated]

What sort of time could he face?

 

[jack_package_200]

I want to find someone who loves me as much as Paul Manafort loves crime

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Ha! Brilliant - not even waiting for the dust to settle on the ABJ sentencing. Now to see what happens re: pardons for the other trials...

 

[KHarvey16]

Nice.

I think these charges were coming regardless of his sentencing.

 

[Nacho Papi]

Oh....OH. SNAAAAP!

This shit is more hype than E3.

 

[Poeton]

What are higher odds?

That Trump doesn't realize he can't pardon him for state charges?

Or that Trump will complain about the fact that he can't pardon state charges?

 

[Hycran]

Never forget that he would have gotten away with it if it weren't for Trump.

 

[ApatheticDolphin]

 

[Pomerlaw]

 

[How About No]

So do these charges also open the possibility of a separate sentence??

 

[Netherscourge]

Cohen is next.

Then the Trump family.

 

[Deleted member 42]

Nice.

I think these charges were coming regardless of his sentencing.

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Yeah I think this is the playbook

Cooperate and you don't get squeezed
Refuse to cooperate and you get your war chest bled dry, all of these long federal trials, and the second you're done, they throw more state stuff at you

It's suffocating and legit frightening actually

 

[DrFunk]

damnnnnn

 

[DrArchon]

It's so great that Manafort just couldn't be content with one crime.

 

[Shadybiz]

HAHAHAHA!!!!! Get fucked, Paul!!

 

[Squarehard]

So do these charges also open the possibility of a separate sentence??

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They are separate charges.

Those other charges were federal, these are state.

 

[Deleted member 24052]

What are higher odds?

That Trump doesn't realize he can't pardon him for state charges?

Or that Trump will complain about the fact that he can't pardon state charges?

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Absolutely both.