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[Belgium]

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/24/witness-list-manafort-trial-737109
Mueller plans to call IRS, FBI, FinCen witnesses at Manafort trial
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors plan to call witnesses from the IRS, FBI and the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network as part of the upcoming trial involving Paul Manafort, one of the lead investigators said in court Tuesday.
The details on which government officials might be asked to testify in the former Donald Trump campaign manager’s July 31 trial on bank and tax fraud charges came as the federal judge presiding in the case outlined some of its broad parameters to potential jurors, including the timeline of the alleged crimes.

U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III on Monday ordered Mueller’s team to produce to the court its full witness list of some 30 people. During Tuesday’s brief session, Ellis said he’d release that list to the public by the end of the week, despite opposition from the special counsel’s office.

Uzo Asonye, a Mueller prosecutor, argued that the government doesn’t typically make public its witness lists ahead of a trial, noting some people might not ultimately be called to testify.

“Yes, I know, but this isn’t a typical case,” Ellis responded.

Manafort sat at the defendant’s table for Tuesday morning’s session wearing a dark suit, a contrast from a day earlier, when he was in an olive-green prison jumpsuit. During interludes, the longtime GOP operative looked several times at his wife, Kathleen Manafort, who for a second consecutive day was seated in the courtroom’s front row.

As the hearing ended, Manafort winked at his wife and then mouthed, “I love you” as he was escorted back to the Alexandria Detention Center, where he’s been held for the past two weeks.

About 75 potential jurors sat on wooden benches in Ellis’ ninth-floor courtroom in the Alexandria, Virginia, federal courthouse. There, with Mueller’s prosecutors, Manafort’s attorneys and more than a dozen reporters looking on, the judge told them their service was “vitally important” as American citizens, on par with voting.

They also received their first debrief on the trial, which pits Mueller’s prosecutors against one of the architects of Trump’s 2016 election victory.

Ellis has already ruled that the 16 jurors who will be selected will largely be spared from hearing about Manafort’s role on the Trump campaign, except for a few instances, such as in the context of alleged bank fraud crimes.

To help both prosecutors and the defense attorneys filter out the jury, Ellis required them to spend Tuesday morning filling out a lengthy questionnaire to gauge how much they already know about the media-saturated investigation into the Trump campaign, their opinions about Manafort and Mueller and whether they or family members work in law enforcement.

Those answers will be put under court seal, Ellis said, though Mueller and Manafort lawyers will have access to them later Tuesday.

Ellis also told the potential jurors they’d return to the courtroom next Tuesday, where they’d be able to speak up about other obligations that could preclude them from serving, like child care duties or prepaid vacations in August.

The judge noted that he doesn’t take his holidays in August but recognized that that may not be the case with the Alexandria residents called for jury service. “I assume most of you have better sense than I do,” Ellis said.

As is customary, Ellis delivered instructions to the potential jurors not to discuss the case with anyone. He also pledged that the case would take about three weeks, though that could always change depending on the arguments.

“We’ll do the best we can, I can assure you,” Ellis said.

Before excusing the jurors from his courtroom for the day, Ellis offered members of the public one solace if they are selected: free lunch. “Don’t look for the Baked Alaska on the menu, but it will be palatable, I assure you,” he said.

 

[RustyShackleford]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...ry.html?sw_bypass=true&utm_term=.70b30be6d2f5

Da party of picking yourself up by your own bootstraps.

The party against welfare.

They shook, and this move is to straight up keep voters.

 

[MalcolmNewton]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...ry.html?sw_bypass=true&utm_term=.70b30be6d2f5

Da party of picking yourself up by your own bootstraps.

The party against welfare.

They shook, and this move is to straight up keep voters.

Trump logic - "We're losing billions in unfair trade!!"..."Lets hand out billions to make up for losing billions in unfair trade!"

 

[IATT]

 

[RustyShackleford]

Trump logic - "We're losing billions in unfair trade!!"..."Lets hand out billions to make up for losing billions in unfair trade!"

But we don't have 1.2 billion to give Vets decent medical care

 

[IATT]

 

[kdawg]

2013:

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/dxhtvk/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-suppressing-the-vote

2018:



Check your registration with your board of elections.

My brother in law - a white 30-something professional - was purged and it was a huge pain to get it fixed. I’d hate to think how hard it would be for a PoC.

 

[IATT]

 

[MalcolmNewton]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions repeats 'lock her up' chant to high schoolers

Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the top law enforcement officer in the country, repeated the words "lock her up" Tuesday that were being chanted, a rallying cry from Donald Trump campaign events calling to jail Hillary Clinton, and then laughed.

Sessions was addressing a conservative group's high school leadership summit in Washington, where he promoted free speech and conservative principles.
Sessions criticized universities for "coddling our young people" and "actively preventing them from scrutinizing the validity of their beliefs."

 

[MalcolmNewton]

Trump tells veterans: Who are you going to believe? Me, or your lying eyes?

From CNN's Kevin Liptak

President Trump encouraged his supporters to stick with him, even if they're seeing signs of trouble.

"Just remember what you’re seeing and what you're reading is not what’s happening," Trump said at the VFW convention in Kansas City.

He said the US economy is thriving, and not to believe work otherwise.

"Stick with us," Trump said. "Don’t believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news."

 

[dragicon]

 

[Cashflow]

Where’s that money coming from?

 

[Fozz]

^So money that could've been saved if he never started a trade war?

Oh.

 

[whywesteppin]

welfare for farmers.

and we already have welfare for farmers. but we need more welfare for farmers.

Disgusting letting your kid wear a MAGGOT hat when they don't know the deep, negative social-political statement it makes (yet). But hey, same kids that were at lynching picnics having their p & j sandwiches while their parents hung black people from trees. They'll grow up to be underwear stains of America.

to be fair, plenty of parents had their kids wear those pink hats for the women's march. granted, the message was much more positive then, but I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with my kid wearing that hat.

they confused Jefferson Beaurogard Sessions for a female. common mistake.

 

[IATT]

 

[RustyShackleford]

This strategy is some straight Iceberg Slim pimp steez.

Beat them bloody, then nurse them back to health. They will be so appreciative of you patching them up that they will forget about you whooping their *** to begin with.

 

[the qbz]

Trump tells veterans: Who are you going to believe? Me, or your lying eyes?

From CNN's Kevin Liptak

President Trump encouraged his supporters to stick with him, even if they're seeing signs of trouble.

"Just remember what you’re seeing and what you're reading is not what’s happening," Trump said at the VFW convention in Kansas City.

He said the US economy is thriving, and not to believe work otherwise.

"Stick with us," Trump said. "Don’t believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news."

 

[rillo561]

Where’s that money coming from?

From the tax payers of course. Da trade warz r ez 2 win.

 

[IATT]

 

[MalcolmNewton]

Where’s that money coming from?

No big deal. They'll just print it out of thin air. Fiat currency FTW.

 

[frenchbreadbuilds]

but what about all the money theyre saving from not being forced to pay for health insurance and the tax plan??

 

[blastercombo]

Tell these freeloaders to get the **** out of my country or get a real job. Those poor people make me sick. Why didn’t they go to Jesus to provide for them???

 

[MalcolmNewton]

but what about all the money theyre saving from not being forced to pay for health insurance and the tax plan??

All of the money being "saved" is being funneled through the secret service and the state department to inject Donald of Orange's and Eric Trump's various hotels and resorts, built and proposed, around the world with tax payer cash. MAGGOTS are being robbed right under their noses.

 

[fargin]

A total nothing burger, China makes some of the finest America made lead based silver wear.

 

[rillo561]

Don't know if posted but

https://fox6now.com/2018/07/17/woma...gent-had-ties-to-former-sheriff-david-clarke/