Re: Judge won’t move Paul Manafort trial
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Not being a hyper-partisan nut..
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Date: July 18, 2018 10:45AM
turmp Wrote:
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> only if it would help Trump. Might help trump
> just to make Paul the patsy. That is what I bet
> will happen. Would be hard to pardon your
> campaign manager convicted of being a Russian
> agent or money launderer and still claim you were
> clean.
Trump is loyal to his allies. If Manafort's shenanigans occurred during or was to the benefit of Trump or his campaign, then he'd be charged with that. He isn't. If it comes to light that Trump was engaged in working with Russia to help his campaign, then he won't win reelection. It's not illegal to 'collude' with a foreign country to help win a presidential election in and of itself, so unless Trump did something illegal, his only punishment would be to not be able to run again as public opinion would mean he'd lose for sure.
If Trump willingly laundered money or is/was a Russian agent, then he deserves whatever he gets. So far, there is nothing to indicate that this is true.