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In reply to the discussion: Something is off about the Manafort deliberations.... [View all]Bo
(1,080 posts)73. Manafort will be pardoned in Months
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Or Putin got to somebody's family. And if he didnt do it THIS time, he will do it on
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2018
#19
Assumption is the mother of all (foul)ups. Your assumption is false. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2018
#3
It's probably just because there are SO MANY charges to discuss and go over
donkeypoofed
Aug 2018
#4
yellerdawg is right... Relatively little of the admitted documents were "published' (i.e., discussed
hlthe2b
Aug 2018
#45
the attorney guest on Rachel just now reiterated how the failure to publish the
spooky3
Aug 2018
#50
So you're taking the "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV" defense, eh?
LanternWaste
Aug 2018
#80
They WERE entered into evidence but the judge said the jury could see some during deliberations.
pnwmom
Aug 2018
#24
17 charges and maybe 20 hours of deliberation. That's about 70 minutes per charge. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2018
#7
It is NOT courtroom procedure in most places to allow items to be put into evidence
pnwmom
Aug 2018
#41
Not true. He allowed some items to be entered into evidence but not shown to the jury,
pnwmom
Aug 2018
#29
This case is less complicated? Are you kidding me? White collar financial crimes are almost always
octoberlib
Aug 2018
#12
That's what happens when jurors judge graft and bribery adn tax evasion cases
Crutchez_CuiBono
Aug 2018
#13
Basically agree, except the 6 jurors in Zman case didn't understand "murder" or lesser charges.
Hoyt
Aug 2018
#57
Manafort faces 18 counts in the VA trial... Equally important, the judge, in trying to expedite
hlthe2b
Aug 2018
#18
This case is more complicated than the Zimmerman. Lots of charges and documents.
honest.abe
Aug 2018
#39
What's off is your understanding of this case and the number of charges. n/t
PoliticAverse
Aug 2018
#54
you clearly don't understand trials with multi counts AND financial crimes
beachbum bob
Aug 2018
#77