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kpete

(72,028 posts)
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:58 AM Sep 2018

PAUL MANAFORT'S $46 MILLION PLEA DEAL

September 14, 2018/3 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, Mueller Probe /by emptywheel

Mueller’s office just released a superseding complaint as part of a plea deal with Paul Manafort. He will plead guilty to ConFraudUs tied to his FARA violations and obstruction tied to his witness tampering. The Special Counsel’s office promises “additional information … in the near future.” I guess we’ll learn then whether this involves cooperation (for all we know, Manafort is sitting in front of the grand jury right now).

While Manafort will get off without many new charges in the DC case, he’ll lose his (ostrich skin) shirt. Here’s what is listed in forfeiture.

The property subject to forfeiture by PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR., includes, but is not limited to, the following listed assets:

a. The real property and premises commonly known as 377 Union Street, Brooklyn, New York 11231 (Block 429, Lot 65), including all appurtenances, improvements, and attachments thereon, and any property traceable thereto;

b. The real property and premises commonly known as 29 Howard Street, #4D, New York, New York 10013 (Block 209, Lot 1104), including all appurtenances, improvements, and attachments thereon, and any property traceable thereto;

c. The real property and premises commonly known as 174 Jobs Lane, Water Mill, New York 11976, including all appurtenances, improvements, and attachments thereon, and any property traceable thereto;

d. All funds held in account number XXXXXX0969 at The Federal Savings Bank, and any property traceable thereto;

e. All funds seized from account number XXXXXX1388 at Capital One N.A., and any property traceable thereto; and

f. All funds seized from account number XXXXXX9952 at The Federal Savings Bank, and any property traceable thereto;

g. Northwestern Mutual Universal Life Insurance Policy 18268327, and any property traceable thereto;

h. All funds held in account number XXXX7988 at Charles A. Schwab & Co. Inc., and any property traceable thereto; and

i. The real property and premises commonly known as 1046 N. Edgewood Street, Arlington, Virginia 22201, including all appurtenances, improvements, and attachments thereon, and any property traceable thereto.


This adds both the Federal Savings Bank account listed for forfeiture in the EDVA case, and the Capital One case. And these are subject to both civil and criminal forfeiture, so Trump can’t pardon them away.

Update: On Twitter, several people note that with this forfeiture, the Mueller investigation just more than paid for itself.


https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/09/14/paul-manaforts-46-million-plea-deal/
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PAUL MANAFORT'S $46 MILLION PLEA DEAL (Original Post) kpete Sep 2018 OP
The 11th hour approaches. empedocles Sep 2018 #1
Trump's head is really going to explode ... Jarqui Sep 2018 #2
Manafort's head on a stick serves as Grammy23 Sep 2018 #14
I want to see the list of all drumph's assets when he goes down. BSdetect Sep 2018 #3
I don't believe putin will give up his mikeysnot Sep 2018 #23
Well, the U.S. is his target. Trump was always temporary, Hortensis Sep 2018 #33
I'm very positive that if Donald goes down and his assets are seized, it'll all be debt. Rabrrrrrr Sep 2018 #42
Take his sorry ass to the cleaners. nt oasis Sep 2018 #4
Wow! ToTheStreets Sep 2018 #5
+++ Agree. iluvtennis Sep 2018 #13
And pardons do not reverse forfeitures AFAIK.... NT Adrahil Sep 2018 #6
That's the question I keep asking. greymattermom Sep 2018 #31
Accepting a pardon means admitting guilt RainCaster Sep 2018 #36
Manafort is deeply odious and deserves all the prison time coming to him. Saviolo Sep 2018 #7
Thanks for posting. More of a monster than l originally thought. Enoki33 Sep 2018 #16
Yeah, that podcast is eye-opening. Saviolo Sep 2018 #19
Winter is HERE! B Stieg Sep 2018 #8
Wow, who knew witches could bring in so much money once caught? Still In Wisconsin Sep 2018 #9
I see a lot of disappointed reactions that it's only a plea deal JuJuYoshida Sep 2018 #10
It would be interesting to know what he kept. 33taw Sep 2018 #11
My thoughts exactly. I suspect he has funds in his wife's name hidden. Pepsidog Sep 2018 #15
$46 million enid602 Sep 2018 #12
I think Manafort retains the debt, but loses the asset. LakeSuperiorView Sep 2018 #24
Don't care about these property forfeitures...Manafort needs to do jail time. nt iluvtennis Sep 2018 #17
He's looking at 200+ years from the first trial...nt SidDithers Sep 2018 #25
Good. Thanks for the info. nt iluvtennis Sep 2018 #28
He won't beyond time served. maxsolomon Sep 2018 #37
So the investigation is actually making the country money? Thrill Sep 2018 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Pepsidog Sep 2018 #20
Where does the $46 million figure come from? onenote Sep 2018 #21
TPM reports the Manafort will cooperate. The scope of the cooperation is unknown. Pepsidog Sep 2018 #22
He must have figured he was going to lose it anyway bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #26
Wowser! A 46 million dollar fine workinclasszero Sep 2018 #27
And all the while this snake and others were conspiring against our country - we asiliveandbreathe Sep 2018 #29
Go out and thank a tRump voter today. Racerdog1 Sep 2018 #32
When this is over and done, we'll be seeing how these bastards have been raping our country. C Moon Sep 2018 #30
What? MyOwnPeace Sep 2018 #35
Just wondering............. MyOwnPeace Sep 2018 #34
Just look at some of those places on Google Maps cungar2000 Sep 2018 #38
Fox News says none of this has anything to do with Trump or the WH. Catherine Vincent Sep 2018 #39
Hey dumbasses at Fox. It's not the charges against him... cungar2000 Sep 2018 #40
..... Catherine Vincent Sep 2018 #41
Mueller has recovered the cost of the investigation Gothmog Sep 2018 #43

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
1. The 11th hour approaches.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:07 AM
Sep 2018

Quoting Rachel, 'the Manafort guilty pleas is a big deal, cooperation is a bigger deal!'

Big mystery is what's coming down at 11a.

My hope is for whatever is worst for traitortrump, that's what I want. Not only for the so key November election, but for traitortrump the person.

I had hoped for the trial to start, with the prosecution laying all that powerful stuff near the feet of trump, then a guilty/cooperation plea.

Now I just hope for cooperation with the guilty plea - and hope that works out badly for trump November.

Jarqui

(10,131 posts)
2. Trump's head is really going to explode ...
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:10 AM
Sep 2018

... unlike many of his ventures, the "witch hunt" is profitable!!

Grammy23

(5,815 posts)
14. Manafort's head on a stick serves as
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:54 AM
Sep 2018

A warning to tRump of what is ahead for him. The witch hunt is finding witches left and right. And when they put tRump’s Head right up there with the rest will be the day we’ve all been waiting for!

BSdetect

(8,999 posts)
3. I want to see the list of all drumph's assets when he goes down.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:10 AM
Sep 2018

Do not give that turd any breaks.

And that includes security for life as an ex-president. Not that he'll need as much in prison.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
33. Well, the U.S. is his target. Trump was always temporary,
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 12:26 PM
Sep 2018

and he's reportedly gotten a far larger return on all this than he'd imagined possible in the beginning.

I'd guess Putin's planning to use Trump's downfall to prolong our troubles if there's a way. And if other power centers here don't convince him that'd be a very bad idea. His predecessor as the wealthiest oligarch in Russia was arrested and his wealth divided among the rest. He's a lot more powerful, but that power depends on his keeping his fellow oligarchs well fed.

Rabrrrrrr

(58,355 posts)
42. I'm very positive that if Donald goes down and his assets are seized, it'll all be debt.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 01:44 PM
Sep 2018

I don't think the asswipe is worth a fucking penny - leveraged to the hilt and deep in debt is what that shitstain mugwump is.

And most of that debt will be to Russian bankers, or more likely criminals, and/or the Russian government itself (which is probably the same thing as "criminals&quot .

 

ToTheStreets

(24 posts)
5. Wow!
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:13 AM
Sep 2018

We could shrink the federal debt just by going after all of the corupt republicans! I say, just do it!

RainCaster

(10,930 posts)
36. Accepting a pardon means admitting guilt
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 12:36 PM
Sep 2018

Since forfeitures are from "ill gotten gains", and there is no doubt of the guilt, the seizures should still remain.

Saviolo

(3,283 posts)
7. Manafort is deeply odious and deserves all the prison time coming to him.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:26 AM
Sep 2018

And I will not stop banging this particular drum, because I feel like it's about time one of these wealthy profiteers finally gets some comeuppance instead of just getting away with it.

Paul Manafort is a deeply shitty human being. No matter how much you hate Paul Manafort, you should hate him more, because he has profited off of war, political unrest, death, and destruction for decades. Shilling for Trump may have been the least objectionable thing he's done in his incredible history of absolute evil. Here's a great precis of why you don't hate Manafort nearly enough:

Podcast Part 1

Podcast Part 2

Saviolo

(3,283 posts)
19. Yeah, that podcast is eye-opening.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:59 AM
Sep 2018

Paul Manafort and his buddy Roger Stone have decades of blood on their hands. They wade through it knee-deep to make themselves richer and richer.

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
9. Wow, who knew witches could bring in so much money once caught?
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:39 AM
Sep 2018

We could eliminate the national debt with more witch hunts like this!

JuJuYoshida

(2,216 posts)
10. I see a lot of disappointed reactions that it's only a plea deal
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:39 AM
Sep 2018

l and that he will get pardoned. I don't get the disappointment. If Trump pardons him then that would be part of obstruction, wouldn't it?

enid602

(8,659 posts)
12. $46 million
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:50 AM
Sep 2018

I thought Manafort was in debt up to his eyeballs. Is the $46 million net of mortgages?

 

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)
24. I think Manafort retains the debt, but loses the asset.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 12:09 PM
Sep 2018

When the police seize a vehicle when they find three flakes of weed and the owner is underwater on the car loan, I don't think it turns out well for the little guy.

Of course, that's just a guess. Does anyone know for certain?

Thrill

(19,178 posts)
18. So the investigation is actually making the country money?
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:56 AM
Sep 2018

Lol there goes that excuse about it costing money

Response to kpete (Original post)

bucolic_frolic

(43,375 posts)
26. He must have figured he was going to lose it anyway
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 12:15 PM
Sep 2018

Let that sink in.

He willingly gave $46 million to get something - a lighter sentence, some years of freedom.

$46,000,000.00 is a lot to forfeit.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
27. Wowser! A 46 million dollar fine
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 12:16 PM
Sep 2018

To stay outta prison and drop a dime on the Trump crime family!

Shitler must be blowing a gasket right about now!

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
29. And all the while this snake and others were conspiring against our country - we
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 12:20 PM
Sep 2018

work with integrity at our chosen fields, pay our taxes, take care of our families, volunteer to help others, send our young men and women into combat at great risk.....


C Moon

(12,223 posts)
30. When this is over and done, we'll be seeing how these bastards have been raping our country.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 12:21 PM
Sep 2018

It's not going to sit pretty with the middle and lower classes.

MyOwnPeace

(16,942 posts)
35. What?
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 12:29 PM
Sep 2018

Do think they're gonna' be able to figure out how they got screwed?
Hell, they still think Reagan was a GOD after raping the USA for the rich!

MyOwnPeace

(16,942 posts)
34. Just wondering.............
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 12:26 PM
Sep 2018

has anybody seen IQ45 anywhere near an airplane today? You know, like a "sudden urge" to fly to see those "poor suffering people" in the Carolinas, loading a shit-load of paper towels to toss/deliver, and a flight plan listing Saudi Arabia on the "destination?"

 

cungar2000

(98 posts)
38. Just look at some of those places on Google Maps
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 12:43 PM
Sep 2018

Holy crap what a world class criminal. Trump's protege.

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