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Roland99

(53,342 posts) Thu Sep 13, 2018, 06:55 PM Sep 2018

Manafort with a plea deal or just changing his plea to guilty?

Plea *deal* implies something in return to the prosecution. If he’s just going to plead guilty and avoid throwing Twitler under a bus and hope for a pardon, that’s another story and certainly won’t advance Mueller’s case against others

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Manafort with a plea *deal* or just changing his plea to guilty? (Original Post) Roland99 Sep 2018 OP

I think latter.. He doesnt want to bother with a Trial. He knows a pardon is coming his way Le Gaucher Sep 2018 #1

even if he gets a pardon, he will be nailed by state charges flyingfysh Sep 2018 #3

If it's a straight plea he still has to allocute in open court - The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #2

We won't know until tomorrow (if then) hlthe2b Sep 2018 #4

Le Gaucher

(1,547 posts)

1. I think latter.. He doesnt want to bother with a Trial. He knows a pardon is coming his way

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Thu Sep 13, 2018, 06:57 PM

Sep 2018

flyingfysh

(1,990 posts)

3. even if he gets a pardon, he will be nailed by state charges

Reply to Le Gaucher (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 13, 2018, 06:59 PM

Sep 2018

He will probably have to give up a lot of money to go back to the banks he swindled.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)

2. If it's a straight plea he still has to allocute in open court -

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Thu Sep 13, 2018, 06:58 PM

Sep 2018

that is, confess to everything he's charged with. And if he's pardoned he still could be required to testify to a grand jury as a percipient witness.

hlthe2b

(102,293 posts)

4. We won't know until tomorrow (if then)

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Thu Sep 13, 2018, 07:00 PM

Sep 2018

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