Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy; it is democracy. Trump no. 94.

[TheClaws]

Quote from Walter Cronkite.

Previous thread here:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3345873-Trump-has-a-Pecker-problem-and-there-is-a-blue-pill-to-make-it-grow-bigger-midterms-Trump-threads-contd

He's in court right now.

Lots.of women had good things to say about Roy Moore, I seem to remember.

So, nothing about Russia in the Manafort charges. And so, is Mueller keeping his Russian powder dry and tempting the Oaf into a pardon? Then there will be no taking the fifth available for Paulie.

Manafort is co-operating with Mueller.

Del Quentin Wilber
Del Quentin Wilber

Oh!
@DelWilber
3m
!!! Prosecutor says that Manafort is cooperating with special counsel investigation !!!

Actually, that is an Oh! with knobs on

'Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort reaches plea deal
The plea deal calls for a cap on Manafort's prison time, forces him to forfeit property and dismisses deadlocked charges from an earlier trial.'
www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/09/14/former-trump-campaign-chairman-paul-manafort-appears-to-reach-plea-deal-823882?__twitter_impression=true

I'll just put this here in case it is needed later.

Manafort has a 17 page co-operating agreement.

17 pages??

• $46million.

... and CNN says he has already begun to talk to the Justice Department.

www.emptywheel.net/2018/09/14/paul-manaforts-46-million-plea-deal/

Ed Krassenstein
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@EdKrassen
1h1 hour ago

'BOOM!
The Robert Mueller Investigation has cost approximately $8.5 Million so far.

Paul Manafort just forfeited $46 MILLION in cash & assets as part of his guilty plea.

In other words, the investigation isn't costing taxpayers money. It's actually making us money!'

Now I'm wondering how much Trump Tower is worth.

In other news:

Skripal case: Russian 'spies' targeted Swiss chemical weapons lab
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45522614

Two Russian men were arrested earlier this year on suspicion of spying on a Swiss laboratory investigating the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, a newspaper investigation has claimed.

Swiss publication Tages Anzeiger and Dutch paper NRC said they were arrested in the Netherlands earlier this year.

The Swiss lab analysed samples from the poisoning of the former Russian double agent in the UK. It has also dealt with suspected chemical weapons from the war in Syria.

The two men were expelled from The Netherlands shortly after their arrest, which had not been reported until now.
[...]
NRC said the two alleged spies targeting the Swiss lab were not the same men accused of the poisoning.

Holy shit, what did I miss while posting about Russians!

I am singing a little song, and dancing a little dance!

But that's nothing, I hope, to the song Paulie Walnuts is singing!

Wowsers

... and nothing on Fox news about this....

In my mind's eye, group of executives, pulling out their hair.... "OK, how the hell can we actually explain THIS one??!!!"

" a group of FOX executives" (typed too quickly)

Nothing to explain as long as their viewers don't get to see it.

And when it does get out, well it will be about victimization by that well-known Democrat stooge Robert Mueller III...

It looks like Manafort doesn't expect a pardon, either because he doesn't trust El Presidente or he doesn't expect the President to be able to for long...

And here:

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/14/dutch-expelled-russians-over-alleged-novichok-laboratory-hacking-plot

Manafort has cut a deal that includes cooperation with Mueller. Per CNN

Day late and dollar short, me!!

My excuse is I'm on holiday