DO SOMETHING!”Ĭontinuing his attacks on Clinton, Trump tweeted early Monday: “Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. … There is so much GUILT by Democrats/Clinton, and now the facts are pouring out.
CLINTON CAMP PANIC MODE PLUS
THIS IS ALL A DISTRACTION.”īy Sunday morning, Trump, too, was in meltdown mode, tweeting: “Never seen such Republican ANGER & UNITY as I have concerning the lack of investigation on Clinton,” referring to such vintage Clinton scandals as “the uranium to Russia deal, the 33,000 plus deleted emails, the Comey fix and so much more.” Imploring his supporters to take action, he added: “The are using this terrible (and bad for our country) Witch Hunt for evil politics.
Shedding his phony academic persona, as if returning to his authoritarian Eastern European roots, Gorka wrote, “If this man’s team executes warrants this weekend he should stripped (sic) of his authority by Then HE should be investigated.”Īnd not to be outdone, Fox News sycophant Sean Hannity, exhibiting clear symptoms of denial (the proverbial first stage of grief), tried to spin reports of the indictment into a positive for the president, tweeting: “This has been a HORRIBLE week for Mueller, Special Counsel’s office. Sebastian Gorka, also taking to Twitter, went straight after Mueller. Stone’s outburst was followed by another tweet in which he defamed New York Times columnist Charles Blow, who had appeared on air with Lemon, as a “piece of shit.” As a result of his potty-mouthed harangue, Stone’s Twitter account has been suspended.
Ripping into CNN anchor Don Lemon, who had devoted part of his Friday evening program to the initial rumors of an indictment, Stone launched a Twitter tirade, calling Lemon a “covksucker” (sic) and a “dull witted arrogant partyboi” (sic). Leading the pack of Trumpsters gone wild was Roger Stone, the longtime GOP operative and former Trump campaign adviser, who worked as a partner with Manafort in a D.C.-based lobbying firm from 1980 to 1996. It is also, as explained below, a potential threat to the Clinton campaign.Įven before the Manafort/Gates indictment was unsealed, Trump’s most dogged boosters were displaying signs of what can aptly be termed a collective nervous breakdown.
The Papadopoulos guilty plea is a mortal threat-one that could, conceivably, bolster an obstruction-of-justice charge against the president, leading eventually to a call for impeachment. The Manafort/Gates indictment is a body blow to the Trump administration. In return for the guilty plea, Papadopoulos is reportedly cooperating with Mueller on other aspects of the Russia probe. The charges against Papadopoulos are set forth in a 14-page Statement of Offense, signed by Mueller. 5 to a single count of lying to the FBI about his knowledge of, and involvement with, the Russian government’s efforts to interfere with the 2016 election. In another development on Monday-and one that, as far as I can discern, few saw coming-Mueller and his team disclosed that George Papadopoulos, a 30-year-old and heretofore obscure former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser, had entered a guilty plea in a federal District Court in Washington, D.C., on Oct. Bail was set at $10 million for Manafort and $5 million for Gates. They entered not guilty pleas and were ordered to be held under house arrest at their homes pending trial.
Manafort and Gates were arraigned Monday in federal District Court in Washington, D.C. Both are alleged to have used the laundered funds to buy goods and services and, above all, real estate in New York City, the Hamptons, Long Island, Virginia, Florida and Beverly Hills, Calif. Manafort, specifically, is charged with laundering and failing to pay income taxes on over $18 million in payments received from Ukraine between 20 that he funneled through “scores of United States and foreign corporations, partnerships and bank accounts.” Gates is accused of laundering more than $3 million. The indictment alleges that Manafort and Gates failed to register, as required by federal law, as foreign agents of Ukraine. Signed by Mueller himself, it charges Manafort and Gates with 12 counts, including conspiracy against the United States, money laundering and making false statements, among other offenses, stemming from their work as political consultants on behalf of the former pro-Russian government of Ukraine. The 31-page indictment, which CNN first reported Friday, was unsealed early Monday. Less anticipated was the indictment of one of Manafort’s business partners, Richard W. As expected by many who have followed Mueller’s work since his appointment in May, Paul Manafort Jr., Donald Trump’s former presidential campaign manager, has been charged with violating federal law. The first grand jury indictment drafted by Justice Department special counsel Robert S.
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