Okay, This is Kinda Weird
Manafort’s lawyers have filed papers asking that Donald Trump’s name not be used at all during his trial.
Paul Manafort is being tried for conspiracy against the United States, witness tampering, fraud, altering documents, and 30 other counts, not even including his daughter’s text message that said her father had people killed in Ukraine. But, the mention that he and Donald Trump even know each other is hurtful to Manafort’s reputation.
Damn. That’s low.
Plus, isn’t this kinda like being charged with arson but not letting the word fire be used at your trial?
Why bother?
1the obvious game plan is for demented donnies mob of shills to drag out all proceedings as long as possible while counting on one of his appointed puppets to throw all of the cases out on nothing more then ideological grounds that rthuglicans are above the law.
If they are so unlucky that they do not get a black robed puppet on the district judge level or on the court of appeals the political puppets on the scotus have shown that they will never allow one of demented donnies acolytes be held responsible.
Voting rights are, at best, on life support after the scotus dive today.
Due process is under attack and the thuglican judiciary are poised to shred the constition on service to their cult master.
“Plus, isn’t this kinda like being charged with arson but not letting the word fire be used at your trial?”
That’s only the ‘half of it,’ Ms. Juanita Jean Herownself. In other respects it’s tantamount to a guilty plea by Manafort with the added bonus of him gratuitously entering a guilty plea for Donnie, too. “Hey judge, I’m in a world of chit. I don’t need the added burden of guilt by association with that crook.”
While Donnie has been busily back peddling from Manafort and Cohen, on Manafort’s part consider this the favor returned. Or, as Donnie might say “reciprocity.” The covfefe is getting deep.
What was it Senator Mark Warner said? Oh yeah. “Mueller Probe Will Be ‘Wild’ in Coming Months” “If you get me one more glass of wine, I’ll tell you stuff only Bob Mueller and I know. If you think you’ve seen wild stuff so far, buckle up. It’s going to be a wild couple of months,” Warner said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/warner-mueller-probe-will-be-wild-in-coming-months/ar-AAz9JKj
😀 I’m feeling on the schadenfreude side of conflicted. Maybe a beer later for Mueller Time or a glass of wine to hear more of what senator Warner isn’t telling us. Yet.
2Probably Manafort doesn’t want to bias the court against himself…
3My sainted mother often used the expression: “The pot calling the kettle black.” Seems to fit these two thugs.
4His attorneys are not very smart. When suggesting words which could not be spoken at the trial, smart attorneys would have specified the word “guilty.”
5Actually, lawyers do a lot of this – request the judge to proscribe certain language during the trial (if not something a lot larger and deeper) lest the “jury be inflamed.” Jane and PKM got it right with that opening quote. Unfortunately, you might not have the language depending on the judge, but you sure as hell do have the smell!
6maggie, most people are more familiar with the usage of a motion in limine in cases of religious freedom versus versus reproductive rights such as not conflating a zygote or embryo with a live birth baby for emotional play on the jury.
A fraud, money laundering and corruption case limiting association with a fraud and huckster? Perhaps Manafort’s lawyers will entertain us with the New York phone book to include Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, Kushner, Lucchese, and Trump. Then an amended motion to include names from the Russian and Ukraine phone books. “Yeah dat guy, what’s his money got to do with me?”
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