Politics Manafort goes on trial tomorrow

[MARIS61]

Acquittal

 

[barfo]

Acquittal

Deliberations don't start till tomorrow, so you are a little early.

barfo

 

[Lanny]

Deliberations don't start till tomorrow, so you are a little early.

barfo

The evidence against Manifort is overwhelming, so overwhelming that Manafort's defense team didn't call a single witness. Why would that be? My theory is because any witness they called would work against them. Now, that's damning right there.

 

[yankeesince59]

Acquittal

...of all charges?...not a chance.

...besides, there's at least one more trial after this one.

 

[Chris Craig]

Acquittal

My ass

 

[SlyPokerDog]

All it takes is one MAGAite on the jury and Manafort walks.

 

[yankeesince59]

All it takes is one MAGAite on the jury and Manafort walks.

...if it is a hung jury they'd simply retry him though, right?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

...if it is a hung jury they'd simply retry him though, right?

Yes, but that would be considered a victory for the defense

 

[yankeesince59]

Yes, but that would be considered a victory for the defense

...if they were hung say for example 7-5, I'd say yes........ but if it's 11-1 Manafort might get a brief reprieve but the prosecution were surely retry, as they should.

...regardless, even without Gates' testimony there was a mountain of evidence against Manafort...it should be a slam dunk, but you just never know.

 

[Lanny]

All it takes is one MAGAite on the jury and Manafort walks.

You're thinking of a murder trial.

Some lesser trials don't require 12 guilty votes. They can be convicted in those trials with less guilty votes.

 

[Lanny]

...if they were hung say for example 7-5, I'd say yes........ but if it's 11-1 Manafort might get a brief reprieve but the prosecution were surely retry, as they should.

...regardless, even without Gates' testimony there was a mountain of evidence against Manafort...it should be a slam dunk, but you just never know.

I'm not so sure but that 11-1 just might mean conviction.

 

[Lanny]

Yes, but that would be considered a victory for the defense

Yeah, because it would be another 6 months that he could smell the sweet air on the outside. Also, it would mean another 6 months where he wouldn't have to eat prison food or wear prison clothes or hear angry random shouts from other prisoners all through the day. And then there's the fact that he could see people on the street, eat hot dogs from a vendor, look at good looking women all dressed up and visit with people who weren't prisoners or guards.

 

[Chris Craig]

The jury has submitted a note to the judge

 

[Chris Craig]

In their note to the judge, jury has asked four clarifying questions.

 

[Chris Craig]

The first question asked about requirements for filing FBAR reports

The judge reread the jury the laws regarding FBAR reports


The second question asked about the definition of shell companies and their filing requirements

The judge declined to telll them the definition of shell companies and their filing requirements. Said they need to rely on their reccolections.

The third question asked about the defintion of reasonable doubt

The judge reiterated the definition of reasonable doubt to the jury, and that the government is not required to prove quilt beyond all possible doubt

The last question asked the judge whether the exhibit list could be ammended to reflect the indicment counts

The judge declined to ammend the exhibit list

 

[Chris Craig]

The judge has sent the jurors home untill 9:30 am tommorow

 

[Chris Craig]

Day 2 of deliberations

 

[CupWizier]

Acquittal

So you think he's innocent of all counts? Why?

 

[Chris Craig]

So you think he's innocent of all counts? Why?

His character does

 

[Chris Craig]

Hearing a verdict coming this afternoon

 

[DaLincolnJones]

Hearing a verdict coming this afternoon

Where are you hearing this?

 

[Chris Craig]

Where are you hearing this?

The voices in my head

 

[DaLincolnJones]

The voices in my head

Come on, man. Be civil. I asked a sincere question as to the source, so that I may follow as well.

 

[riverman]

Trump praising Mannafort this morning...called him a great guy...alluded he's a victim. I think he doesn't understand this swamp draining thing at all...cheating your taxes and laundering money in Cypress and banking fraud is just so Make America Great Again....holy shit...Trump is making excuses for this sort of corruption says to me...he's got a hell of a lot to hide

 

[Chris Craig]

Come on, man. Be civil. I asked a sincere question as to the source, so that I may follow as well.

Just hearing talk

 

[Chris Craig]

Trump praising Mannafort this morning...called him a great guy...alluded he's a victim. I think he doesn't understand this swamp draining thing at all...cheating your taxes and laundering money in Cypress and banking fraud is just so Make America Great Again....holy shit...Trump is making excuses for this sort of corruption says to me...he's got a hell of a lot to hide

Yeah this trial is soooo sad

 

[DaLincolnJones]

Just hearing talk

Thank you. I have not seen anything elsewhere, so this is appreciated.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

 

[MarAzul]

Trump praising Mannafort this morning...called him a great guy...alluded he's a victim. I think he doesn't understand this swamp draining thing at all...cheating your taxes and laundering money in Cypress and banking fraud is just so Make America Great Again....holy shit...Trump is making excuses for this sort of corruption says to me...he's got a hell of a lot to hide

Standard operating procedure for the IRS to handle. Having a Special Counsel do this smells like a witch hunt.

 

[Chris Craig]