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Let's go through the people close to Trump who have been indicted or who have plead guilty. Paul Manafort: Indicted for a number of financial crimes unrelated

by keketi 8y ago

Let's go through the people close to Trump who have been indicted or who have plead guilty. Paul Manafort: Indicted for a number of financial crimes unrelated to the 2016 election. https://www.justice.gov/file/1007271/download https://www.justice.gov/file/1007271/download and https://www.justice.gov/file/1038391/download https://www.justice.gov/file/1038391/download Richard Gates: As above. George Papadopoulos: Plead guilty to lying to the FBI without an underlying crime. https://www.justice.gov/file/1007346/download https://www.justice.gov/file/1007346/download Michael Flynn: Plead guilty to lying to the FBI without an underlying crime. https://www.justice.gov/file/1015126/download https://www.justice.gov/file/1015126/download So far there is no indictment or guilty plea among Trump's associates related to the 2016 election.

dragonwriter 8y ago
> George Papadopoulos: Plead guilty to lying to the FBI without an underlying crime. [...] > So far there is no indictment or guilty plea among Trump's associates related to the 2016 election. Wrong. What Papadopoulos plead guilty lying to the FBI about was specifically collaborating with Russians known to and believed by him to be connected with the Russian government while he was a foreign policy adviser to the campaign, on matters related to the campaign. See the “Statement of Offense” filed with his plea: https://www.justice.gov/file/1007346/download https://www.justice.gov/file/1007346/download
- keketi 8y ago
  I have seen his statement of offense document. In fact I linked to it in my own post. The only crime listed in it is "18 U.S.C. §1001 (False Statements)". It's true that the contents of his lies relate to the collusion investigation, but still, there is no underlying crime charged or pleaded guilty to that relates to the 2016 election.

by keketi 8y ago

dragonwriter 8y ago

> George Papadopoulos: Plead guilty to lying to the FBI without an underlying crime. [...] > So far there is no indictment or guilty plea among Trump's associates related to the 2016 election. Wrong. What Papadopoulos plead guilty lying to the FBI about was specifically collaborating with Russians known to and believed by him to be connected with the Russian government while he was a foreign policy adviser to the campaign, on matters related to the campaign. See the “Statement of Offense” filed with his plea: https://www.justice.gov/file/1007346/download https://www.justice.gov/file/1007346/download

keketi 8y ago
I have seen his statement of offense document. In fact I linked to it in my own post. The only crime listed in it is "18 U.S.C. §1001 (False Statements)". It's true that the contents of his lies relate to the collusion investigation, but still, there is no underlying crime charged or pleaded guilty to that relates to the 2016 election.