Paul Manafort

Tony Podesta, a Clinton Friend, and Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort Are Charges with the Same Crime. Podesta Has Been Offered Immunity to Testify Against Manafort.

Tony Podesta, a powerful Washington lobbyist and brother of Clinton Campaign manager John Podesta, has been offered immunity in exchange for testifying against Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort for the same crime.  When laws are applied unequally, they become political tools.  [...]

Judge Throws Paul Manafort, Trump’s Former Campaign Manager, in Jail to ‘Sweat’ Him

Federal Judge Amy Berman, an Obama appointee, jailed Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, on charges of obstructing justice by trying to contact two former business associates in order to influence them as potential witnesses. Tucker Carlson says that the Mueller team is trying to "sweat" Manafort into testifying against Trump, and, by throwing him in jail, they are also guilty of trying to influence Manafort, who is a witness. [...]

Paul Manafort in JAIL as Russiagate investigation gasps for breath

Russiagate refuses to lay down and die just yet.
Even as President Trump begins to more openly discuss the need to bring Russia back into the G8 nations and as he discusses feeling vindicated by the Justice Department’s Inspector General report on the Hillary Clinton / FBI e-mail probe, Paul Manafort had his bail revoked by a federal judge. He is now to be sent to jail while awaiting separate trials on money laundering and fraud charges. These charges followed allegations that he sought to obstruct the Russia inquiry whilst being under house arrest.

Paul Manafort Sent to Jail to Wait for Trial

(ZHE Op-ed) — It seems Special Counsel Robert Mueller finally has Paul Manafort right where he wants him – behind bars. The judge overseeing the case against the former Trump campaign executive has ruled that the witness tampering charges levied against Manafort a week ago are serious enough to justify canceling his house arrest terms. Manafort will […]

Judge Questions Motives and Honesty of Mueller’s Investigation of Paul Manafort

A federal judge told Mueller's prosecutors that he knew they were not really interested in possible bank fraud committed by Paul Manafort but were just trying to force him to testify against Donald Trump. If Manafort can be frightened into thinking he will go to prison for the rest of his life on bank-fraud charges dating back to before he worked for Trump as his campaign manager, the chances are good that Manfort would say anything to avoid prison even if it were not true. Mueller's prosecutors are determined to use Manafort as the path to destroy Trump.