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posted by takyon on Monday October 30 2017, @07:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the "I-didn't-even-know-the-guy" dept.

Manafort and Gates, were charged with "conspiracy against the United States," "conspiracy to launder money" and other offenses. The two were expected in court in Washington by the afternoon.

The Justice Department indictment on Manafort and Gates contains 12 counts: "conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts."

Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI.

The Manafort and Gates indictment unsealed on Monday morning does not make any reference to Russia's influence campaign against the presidential election, but it does allege extensive financial ties between Manafort and Gates and powerful Ukrainians.

The Papadopoulos materials, on the other hand, detail the many contacts investigators say he had with Russian-linked operatives. He met at least two people, a man and a woman, who the FBI says were working for the Russian government and had boasted to him about the help it could offer the Trump campaign against Clinton.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Monday October 30 2017, @08:03PM (6 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Monday October 30 2017, @08:03PM (#589629) Journal

    Yeesh, the desperate flailing is palpable.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2017, @08:12PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2017, @08:12PM (#589635)

    Sure, but his "DO SOMETHING" at the end is very very troubling. I hope there aren't any unstable Trumpettes who think they need to "do something".

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2017, @08:32PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2017, @08:32PM (#589653)

      The balls deep Breitbarters are talking about a civilizational war. If they aren't already doing something, it just shows they are too pussy to put their guns where their mouths are.

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Monday October 30 2017, @09:17PM (1 child)

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 30 2017, @09:17PM (#589695) Journal

        put their guns where their mouths are.

        I think the correct expression is "putting the gun in their mouth"

        --
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2017, @09:49PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2017, @09:49PM (#589712)

          That's why sane people call them "muzzle nuzzlers."

          And no, I'm not anti-gun - I own guns. I'm just anti-idiot.

    • (Score: 2) by Nobuddy on Tuesday October 31 2017, @05:02PM

      by Nobuddy (1626) on Tuesday October 31 2017, @05:02PM (#590090)

      Well, a few have so far. That guy that killed his dad for dissing Trump, and the asshole that drove his car into a crowd of peaceful protesters for daring to protest something he supports.

  • (Score: 5, Disagree) by digitalaudiorock on Monday October 30 2017, @10:37PM

    by digitalaudiorock (688) on Monday October 30 2017, @10:37PM (#589738) Journal

    Yeesh, the desperate flailing is palpable.

    Exactly...and while I'm no fan of HC, anyone who doesn't see what a bullshit, vague smoke screen screen of a non-story this uranium thing is is frankly too far gone for hope.
    I mean let's get real: Trump's own family has admitted their attempts to collude with Russia regarding election propaganda ffs...and you only have to look at many [wikipedia.org] various [wikipedia.org] wikipedia [wikipedia.org] entries to see that the entire family is most likely tied up with the Russian mob ffs! Here's a clue: The emperor has no clothes.