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Manafort spokesman says investigations 'entirely politically motivated'
Posted on 9/22/17 at 8:48 am
Posted on 9/22/17 at 8:48 am
politico.com
quote:Meanwhile @ thehill.com, former deputy assistant attorney Harry Litman, speculates impeachment of Trump.
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman believes the investigations into his actions are “entirely politically motivated,” Paul Manafort's spokesman Jason Maloni said Thursday.
Maloni referred to a CNN report this week, alleging that U.S. investigators conducted surveillance of Manafort under secret court orders before and after the 2016 presidential election.
The CNN report “is all you need to know about this case. When CNN’s story broke about the revelations of not one but two FISA warrants, that made this crystal clear a political story,” Maloni told NPR’s “1A” on Thursday morning. “Paul’s feeling is this is entirely politically motivated.”
Manafort, through a statement released by Maloni on Wednesday, called for the Justice Department’s inspector general to look into the FISA warrant leaks and find the motivations behind surveillance of his communications. He also urged DOJ to release any transcripts it had of his communications with non-Americans.
“Why it’s coming to light now is for someone to investigate,” Maloni said Thursday. “Paul Manafort earlier in the week begged, said, ‘Please, somebody conduct an investigation.’ First of all, who revealed the fact that one of the most classified and valuable tools at our intelligence community’s disposal, the FISA court, why was this violated, and who’s behind it and why? Those are questions that need to be answered.”
FBI agents raided Manafort’s home in July, in what Maloni on Thursday called a tactic “reserved for violent offenders” that should shock the American people on the same scale as Chelsea Manning’s leaks of classified information to WikiLeaks.
And Maloni signaled that, as a result,
This post was edited on 9/22/17 at 9:30 am
Posted on 9/22/17 at 8:52 am to cajunangelle
Mueller has a great reputation with both parties.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 8:56 am to cajunangelle
What's he gonna say....
But he is not wrong either. Everything in Washington is political
But he is not wrong either. Everything in Washington is political
Posted on 9/22/17 at 8:57 am to cajunangelle
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investigations 'entirely politically motivated'
Unlike the investigations into Benghazi, Whitewater, etc., right?
Posted on 9/22/17 at 8:59 am to cajunangelle
I'm shocked that Manafort's spokesman didn't say that the investigation is motivated by his client's criminal acts
Posted on 9/22/17 at 9:02 am to cajunangelle
It would be more interesting news if Manafort's spokesperson said "the investigations are entirely justified because my client is a corrupt piece of shite."
I'd read that.
I'd read that.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 9:21 am to cajunangelle
Manafort has most likely done some illegal shite.
Many members of congress and elected officials have either committed the same crimes or much worse.
Everyone deserves to go down.
Many members of congress and elected officials have either committed the same crimes or much worse.
Everyone deserves to go down.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 9:23 am to cajunangelle
Manafort should have been more careful.
If only he had his own server in the basement, met with the AG on a tarmac somewhere, or lost all his E-mails or took the fifth in front of Congress and the whole nation on TV; then nothing could be done.
Dumb SOB.
If only he had his own server in the basement, met with the AG on a tarmac somewhere, or lost all his E-mails or took the fifth in front of Congress and the whole nation on TV; then nothing could be done.
Dumb SOB.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 9:50 am to cajunangelle
Gee. If the investigation began before the election, and has continued after the election, even after he is no longer associated with the administration, the odds of this being politically motivated drop considerably.
Was it politically motivated when he wasn't working for the campaign?
Is it politically motivated now that he is no longer associated with the administration?
His association with Trump was rather short lived. What politics exactly motivated this? And across two administrations?
Manafort is one of those dirty guys who has exposed Trump to consequences which Trump may not have had to deal with on his own.
Was it politically motivated when he wasn't working for the campaign?
Is it politically motivated now that he is no longer associated with the administration?
His association with Trump was rather short lived. What politics exactly motivated this? And across two administrations?
Manafort is one of those dirty guys who has exposed Trump to consequences which Trump may not have had to deal with on his own.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 9:53 am to cajunangelle
IMHO, if we take the time to honestly review the entire "Whitewater" matter from all of those years ago, there is a credible argument to be made that it was a "politically motivated" process directed at the Clintons.
We should all be honest about this.
We should all be honest about this.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:01 am to cajunangelle
Secret court order means they got caught illegally spying on him and had to get some bogus federal judge to backdate an order to cover their arse.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 3:47 pm to cajunangelle
quote:
Manafort spokesman says investigations 'entirely politically motivated'
Why, it must be true, then.
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