As the chess analogy goes. (Reply #16)

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Thu Sep 13, 2018, 05:35 PM

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16. As the chess analogy goes.

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37 replies	Author	Time	Post
Tentative deal reached between Manafort and special counsel: Sources [View all]	Gothmog	Sep 13	OP
Mueller keeps racking them up	RandySF	Sep 13	#1
it had BETTER....	chillfactor	Sep 13	#2
The ABC article is silent on this	Gothmog	Sep 13	#7
I hope we get word on any cooperation agreement today!	lagomorph777	Sep 14	#33
I think he has run out of money to pay his lawyers.	Mr.Bill	Sep 13	#3
Excellent.	nycbos	Sep 13	#4
Whassuppp, MANAFORT	Leghorn21	Sep 13	#5
Is that guy in the background a DUer?	lagomorph777	Sep 14	#34
The ABC article does not address whether Manafort has agreed to cooperate with Mueller	Gothmog	Sep 13	#6
Rep Ted Lieu-MOST SUCCESSFUL WITCH HUNT IN US HISTORY	Gothmog	Sep 13	#8
Does he weigh the same as a duck?	nycbos	Sep 13	#18
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	lagomorph777	Sep 14	#35
Drumpf on Manafort "Such respect for a brave man!" ....	Jarqui	Sep 13	#9
"He'll be a raving maniac tonight" - like every other night, but maybe more intense!	Glorfindel	Sep 13	#12
This will help Mueller's team have more time to deal with the other criminals in Trump orbit	wishstar	Sep 13	#10
Good	bucolic_frolic	Sep 13	#11
From my twitter feed	Gothmog	Sep 13	#13
Maybe at 11:00AM we found out whether cooperation is involved?	lagomorph777	Sep 14	#36
I'm not optimistic. It could be as simple as pleading guilty to the money offenses. The NY case...	Honeycombe8	Sep 13	#14
NY means he can't be pardoned.	SayItLoud	Sep 13	#22
Yes. That's why he'd plead guilty for a deal. nt	Honeycombe8	Sep 14	#31
Manafort is locking in a pardon	Gothmog	Sep 13	#15
Sure looks that way.	Owl	Sep 13	#23
Why would Manafort agree to a plea then?	DeminPennswoods	Sep 13	#30
As the chess analogy goes.	ffr	Sep 13	#16
Check, Mate!	lagomorph777	Sep 14	#37
He's under protective custody, I hope	Auggie	Sep 13	#17
Manafort is in jail	Gothmog	Sep 13	#19
Opps -- that's right!	Auggie	Sep 13	#20
He'll go into the Witness Protection Program. His new name will be "Dead Man Walking."	LastLiberal in PalmSprings	Sep 13	#27
No need - he will be in prison the rest of his life.	csziggy	Sep 13	#29
I bet Putin's promised him a pardon & exile, maybe not to poison him.	Julian Englis	Sep 13	#21
My take is that he has agreed to a guilty plea. This is bad news.	mn9driver	Sep 13	#24
I agree. Trump will pardon him and he'll skate free.	BarbD	Sep 13	#25
Mueller could retry the 11 hung counts from the first trial...and	SayItLoud	Sep 13	#28
Russian assassins are waiting until Friday to see if they have a new assignment.	LastLiberal in PalmSprings	Sep 13	#26
Manafort plans to plead guilty to second set of charges,	Gothmog	Sep 14	#32

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