cant wait for the dems and every union and left-affiliated organization throws their weight and endorsements behind Hilary 2.0 while the extremely popular progressive candidate gets left in the dust and we get trump for another 4 years.
Cost of Mueller investigation so far: $16.7 million
Manafort's assets turned over to govt in plea deal: $46 million
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“So here’s what Robert Mueller just did: He sewed up the key witness to implicate the President, and he paid for the entire investigation. And it’s only now lunch time.” - @emptywheel
5. Manafort agrees to cooperate with Special Counsel's Office (aka "the Government") and "other law enforcement authorities identified by the Government in any and all matter as to which the Government deems the cooperation relevant."
6. That means that Special Counsel Mueller can require Manafort to cooperate with state law enforcement authorities in New York or Virginia.
7. Because POTUS"s pardon power does not reach convictions under state law, that means that Manafort could be required to cooperate in prosecutions of individuals that POTUS could not pardon.
8. That creates an avenue for potential prosecution of the others (Jared Kushner, Donald Jr.) who attended the 2016 Trump Tower Meeting with the Russians that would be outside of the pardon power.
9. The plea agreement enumerates six broad categories of cooperation that Manafort is required to provide.
12. Sentencing Leverage By Special Counsel Mueller. Manafort will not be sentenced until after his cooperation is completed. That process may take years.
14. If the Government is not satisfied with Manafort's cooperation, it can rip up the entire agreement.
Manafort agreed to the forfeiture of $45 million in assets, including his apartment in Trump Tower. This more than covers the cost of the Special Counsel's investigation.
“He knows he has an unusual penis,” Daniels writes. “It has a huge mushroom head. Like a toadstool… I lay there, annoyed that I was getting ****ed by a guy with Yeti pubes and a dick like the mushroom character in Mario Kart...
“It may have been the least impressive sex I’d ever had, but clearly, he didn’t share that opinion.”