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 Originally Posted by Poopadoop
Here's another possibility: Manafort is looking for leniency from the courts. He also knows Trump is fucked one way or another, and won't be pardoning anyone by the time this is over. So his Plan A (get a pardon) is a bust; he's moving to Plan B (give up Trump).
I simply don't believe that getting a pardon was ever Manafort's plan A, plan H, plan X, or plan BBBHTYQQ77X-53Y.
Just the optics of that could be enough to ruin Trump's chances in 2020. And Manfort is too old to wait to 2024. And even if he wasn't...Trump is also pretty old and probably gets 10,000 death threats a day. I wouldn't bank on that guy living another 6 years. I don't see any plausible angle where Manafort would decide that it's a viable plan to try and play for a pardon. It's really a silly notion.
The only grumblings on this subject at all have been WILD media speculation regarding Trump's tweet. He said that Manafort was being treated unfairly, etc etc etc. And the lefties are now ASSUMING that means that Trump is considering a pardon. Cuz pretending is fun I guess.
And you say "give up Trump".....HOW?
Manafort worked for Trump for about 5 minutes. what could he possibly know?
He was at the Trump Tower meeting with Jr and the Russian lawyer. It seems that everybody already knows what happened there. It's not a crime. and Trump wasn't even there.
It's also alleged in the Steele dossier that Manafort personally brokered the deal with Putin's agents to hack the DNC and Podesta in return for favorable treatment of Russian interests. It's also alleged that Carter Paige was in the room with him. Carter Paige spent a year under an FBI microscope and isn't even charged with speeding. What could Manafort possibly have to say?
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