Posts for: Worried for our children
Oct 30, 2017 16:59:42 #
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Raylan Wolfe wrote:
No Democrats were arrested!!!!!!!!!!!!
Never claimed there would be, Ray. This topic you created said “arrests” were expected, and none were made. Now admit “rawstory” is clickbait for fools.
And no need to include your link in every post you make. Redundancy is the trademark of fools...
Oct 30, 2017 16:36:13 #
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desparado wrote:
No but it does lead to the campaign
No. No, it doesn’t.
How do you manage to consistently screw up your quote replies...
Oct 30, 2017 16:34:21 #
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Raylan Wolfe wrote:
What part of this are you not comprehending! #1 Ma... (show quote)
Nobody is going rollover on Trump. One word for you, Ray....PARDON.
”President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, allegedly laundered millions of dollars through overseas shell companies and bank accounts, according to a federal indictment. Mr. Manafort and a longtime business partner, Richard Gates, face criminal charges related to a decade of work they did for pro-Kremlin political parties in Ukraine.
Mr. Manafort was charged with nine criminal counts and Mr. Gates was charged with eight criminal counts. The allegations announced by Special Counsel Robert Mueller range from money laundering to tax evasion to conspiracy against the U.S.
Messrs. Manafort and Gates appeared in court Monday and pleaded not guilty.
Separately, a plea agreement between Mr. Mueller’s team and George Papadopoulos, a foreign-policy adviser to the Trump campaign, was also unsealed on Monday.
Below is an overview of the charges outlined in the 31-page indictment and Mr. Papadopoulos’s plea deal.
Count one: Conspiracy against the U.S.
Date of alleged conduct: 2006 to 2017
Prosecutors allege that Messrs. Manafort and Gates, in their work for Ukraine, conspired to evade reporting requirements for lobbyists who represent foreign powers, and to avoid paying U.S. taxes on their profits through the use of shell companies.
Prosecutors say Messrs. Manafort and Gates enlisted two Washington, D.C., firms in 2012 to lobby in the U.S. for Viktor Yanukovych, then president of Ukraine, and his pro-Russia Party of Regions. Podesta Group Inc. and Mercury LLC nominally represented the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine. Prosecutors said the Centre was “a mouthpiece” for Mr. Yanukovych.
Messrs. Manafort and Gates allegedly paid the lobbying firms through offshore accounts linked to shell companies. Podesta Group and Mercury engaged in “extensive lobbying” of Congress on Ukraine sanctions and other issues, the indictment says.
Mr. Yanukovych fled Ukraine in 2014 amid protests of his rule and is now living in exile in Russia.
Prosecutors allege that Mr. Manafort “used his hidden overseas wealth to enjoy a lavish lifestyle in the United States,” allegedly spending more than $12 million in untaxed income on home improvements, antique rugs, luxury clothing, cars and landscaping from 2008 to 2014. He also purchased a Brownstone in Brooklyn, a Manhattan condo and a house in Arlington, Va., without reporting the money he used to make the purchases, the indictment says.
The conspiracy charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Count two: Conspiracy to launder money
Date of alleged conduct: 2006 to 2016
Messrs. Manafort and Gates funneled millions of dollars in payments they received for their consulting work through foreign shell companies in Cyprus, the Caribbean nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Seychelles, an archipelago country off the coast of East Africa.
Mr. Manafort used the offshore accounts to purchase the New York and Virginia properties and then borrowed millions of dollars against the properties, giving him access to cash without reporting or paying taxes on it, the indictment says. Mr. Gates also allegedly used money from the offshore accounts to pay for personal expenses, including his mortgage, children’s tuition and interior decoration, without reporting it to tax authorities.
In all, more than $75 million flowed through offshore accounts. Mr. Manafort allegedly laundered $18 million of the funds through the accounts, while Mr. Gates transferred more than $3 million from the accounts to others he controlled.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Counts three to six: Failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts
Date of alleged conduct: 2012 to 2015
These counts point to Mr. Manafort’s alleged failure to file annual reports alerting the Internal Revenue Service to his foreign bank accounts.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison because prosecutors allege it was part of a pattern of illegal activity involving more than $100,000 in a 12-month period.
Counts seven to nine: Failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts
Date of alleged conduct: 2012 to 2014
These counts stem from Mr. Gates’s alleged failure to file annual reports alerting the IRS to his foreign bank accounts.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison because prosecutors allege it was part of a pattern of illegal activity involving more than $100,000 in a 12-month period.
Count 10: Unregistered agents of a foreign principal
Date of alleged conduct: 2008 to 2014
The Foreign Agents Registration Act requires lobbyists working on behalf of a foreign power in the U.S. to disclose their ties to the Justice Department. Messrs. Manafort and Gates allegedly acted as an agent of the government of Ukraine without registering as foreign agents under FARA.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Count 11: False and misleading FARA statements
Date of alleged conduct: 2016 to 2017
After news reports of Mr. Manafort’s unregistered work for Ukraine, the Justice Department in September 2016 asked Messrs. Manfort and Gates and their political consulting firm, DMP International LLC, for information to help the agency determine whether they had complied with FARA.
Prosecutors allege the letters they received from Messrs. Manafort and Gates in response contained false statements, including the claim that their work for Ukraine and the Party of Regions involved no meetings or outreach within the U.S.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Count 12: False statements
Date of alleged conduct: 2016 to 2017
The allegedly false responses to the FARA inquiry violated another law that more broadly prohibits making false statements to government officials.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Forfeiture: In addition to the criminal charges, Mr. Mueller and his team seek to forfeit Mr. Manafort’s properties in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Long Island and Virginia, as well as a life insurance policy.
Count one against George Papadopoulos: False statements
Date of conduct: 2017
Mr. Papadopoulos, a foreign-policy adviser to the presidential campaign of Mr. Trump, pleaded guilty to making false statements in an interview with FBI agents in January.
Mr. Papadopoulos told FBI agents that, before joining the campaign in March 2016, he spoke with an academic linked to the Kremlin. The academic told Mr. Papadopoulos the Russians had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton, including thousands of emails.
But “in truth and in fact,” Mr. Papadopoulos discussed the alleged information about Mrs. Clinton in April 2016 after he had joined the Trump campaign, according to his Oct. 5 plea agreement filed in federal district court in D.C.
Mr. Papadopoulos tried for months to use the professor’s Russian connections to arrange a meeting between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, according to the agreement, which was unsealed on Monday. He also met a Russian woman he believed was close to the Kremlin—after he joined the Trump campaign—and tried to arrange a foreign-policy trip through her. Those meetings never took place, according to the plea documents.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, though Mr. Papadopoulos is almost certain to receive a much lighter punishment given his plea and cooperation.”
Wall Street Journal
https://apple.news/AYVo2TuWHTieKzHnQ06TN1A
Oct 30, 2017 16:17:43 #
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archie bunker wrote:
Then why ask for proof of NPP's claim?
You overwhelmed him, Arch. Anything more than a meme, gif, or emoji is too much for him to handle.
Oct 30, 2017 15:16:39 #
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Raylan Wolfe wrote:
It's about time!
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/first-charges-have-been-filed-in-bob-mueller-investigations-arrests-expected-monday/
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/first-charges-have-been-filed-in-bob-mueller-investigations-arrests-expected-monday/
It’s Monday, Ray!!!! How many arrests were made today? Lol...tool. 😂
Oct 30, 2017 15:12:57 #
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Raylan Wolfe wrote:
Paul Manafort bail to be set at 10 million! Huuuuuge problems for Trump!
No. No, it’s not. This has to do with Manafort and Rick Gates laundering money, and the Ukraine. Long before the 2016 campaign. Nothing at all to do with our President Trump. Try as you may, but still an insufferable imp.
Btw Ray, it’s Monday. How many arrests were made. Lol.... tool. 😂
Oct 30, 2017 14:16:22 #
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Raylan Wolfe wrote:
Doesn't matter if Mueller was in charge, Trump was!
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/30/former-trump-campaign-adviser-pleads-guilty-to-lying-to-fbi-about-russia-contacts-244311
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/30/former-trump-campaign-adviser-pleads-guilty-to-lying-to-fbi-about-russia-contacts-244311
If it doesn’t matter, why post the silly meme about it being “Mueller Time”? - It’s still old news, and you’re still irrelevant. Go back to sleep, Ray. Nobody can make fun of you if you’re not around. 😂😂
Oct 30, 2017 13:33:18 #
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Raylan Wolfe wrote:
The first of many nails to Trumps coffin!
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/30/former-trump-campaign-adviser-pleads-guilty-to-lying-to-fbi-about-russia-contacts-244311
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/30/former-trump-campaign-adviser-pleads-guilty-to-lying-to-fbi-about-russia-contacts-244311
Lmao!!! Old news, Ray-Ray. Mueller wasn’t even in charge of the Special Council when this happened. Your efforts to be relevant are hilarious.
Oct 29, 2017 20:31:04 #
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Doc110 wrote:
Worried for our children, br br My three favorite... (show quote)
Enjoyed your choice of quotes, and vids very much, thanks. 👍👍👍
Oct 29, 2017 19:18:17 #
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Doc110 wrote:
DJRich, br br You don't read and comprehend very ... (show quote)
Great couple of posts, Doc.
My favorite tweet from Hillary is one from a year ago, where she tweeted a happy birthday to herself, lmao. 😂
Oct 29, 2017 16:44:33 #
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saltwind 78 wrote:
fungus, Hillary Clinton has been investigated eight times by a Republican congress, and they found no wrong doing.
It’s a new day, Salty. New investigation, Republicans have the House, Senate, and the Presidency. Think....RICO.
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She's a tough politician, but not a criminal.
She’s a career politician, that has accomplished nothing. A two time presidential candidate failure, her crimes are many.
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Trump will go down as the worst president in US history.
We can come back to this in seven years, and discuss how wrong you were.
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He is a pathological liar, has narcissistic personality disorder, is in league with Russia's Putin, a murder, and dictator.
Are you really qualified to make this diagnosis? In league with? So Trump is a murdering dictator, really? You’re sounding more coocoo as I continue to read.
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He is also against all of this country's important world wide interests.
Actually, he’s re-establishing this country’s roll as a global leader, while focusing on America first. Shame you don’t love this country equally.
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I believe he has colluded with Russia to get himself elected president,
You can believe whatever you like, just know, there is zero evidence to support your belief. You know what that’s called don’t you, Salty.
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and who knows what the payback for that is?
Apparently, and this is according to the position Hillary and the DNC find themselves in, a failed campaign, and the ruination of the democrat party. According to sources, that cost is between $6 and $12 million.
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Please help this country by asking your congressman to impeach this SOB to stop this country from bleeding!
Please help this country by being informed, and asking the DOJ to convict Hillary Clinton for high crimes and misdemeanors, to include treason while SOS.
P.S.
The country isn’t bleeding any more. 3% GDP. 👍
Oct 29, 2017 14:01:26 #
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archie bunker wrote:
Wrong link let me try again. Can't get it to copy. If you'll take the time to scroll, the story is on the link I posted.
CNN thought Trump's opioid speech was pitch perfect.
CNN thought Trump's opioid speech was pitch perfect.
Here ya go...
https://www.westernjournalism.com/even-cnn-admit-trumps-opioid-speech-pitch-perfect-deserves-credit/
Oct 29, 2017 02:50:55 #
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PeterS wrote:
Well why don't you fire the first shot--why wait on someone else to do you own work...
Be careful, Pete.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texting-suicide-case-michelle-carter-sentencing-hearing/
Oct 29, 2017 00:44:16 #
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EconomistDon wrote:
I am not a fan of Kevin. He is a hopelessly confused liberal
HOWEVER, I am pretty sure that the picture is not Kevin. It is a scene from the movie "Fear and loathing in Las Vegas".
HOWEVER, I am pretty sure that the picture is not Kevin. It is a scene from the movie "Fear and loathing in Las Vegas".
Nice find, Don!!! 👍
I’ve never seen that movie, now I watch it, thanks a lot.
Oct 29, 2017 00:40:35 #
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Super Dave wrote:
Of course. Always.
Couldn’t he even pardon him if convicted?