Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Why Is Robert Mueller Harassing This Woman About A Baby? - Gingrich: 'Good Chance' Manafort Wins at Trial, Making Mueller 'Look Like a Fool' - Show Trial? Mueller Prosecutors Rebuked Repeatedly By Trial Judge - Expected Star Witness May Not Testify in Trump Ex-Aide Manafort's Trial - CORRUPT MUELLER: FBI RAIDED MANAFORT’S HOUSE FOR DOCUMENTS HE ALREADY GAVE THEN



Why Is Robert Mueller Harassing This Woman About A Baby? - Gingrich: 'Good Chance' Manafort Wins at Trial, Making Mueller 'Look Like a Fool'

Show Trial?Mueller Prosecutors Rebuked Repeatedly By Trial JudgeThe federal judge presiding over the fraud trial of ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort rebuked Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team repeatedly on Tuesday, highlighting potential vulnerabilities in the first prosecution arising out of Mueller's ongoing Russia probe.Fox

Uh Oh:)Expected Star Witness May Not Testify in Trump Ex-Aide Manafort's TrialU.S. prosecutors raised the possibility on Wednesday that an expected star witness may not testify against President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort even as the judge tried to rein in their portrayal of Manafort’s lavish lifestyle.
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CORRUPT MUELLER: FBI RAIDED MANAFORT’S HOUSE FOR DOCUMENTS HE ALREADY GAVE THEN

The FBI raided the home of Paul Manafort and intimidated both he and his wife. The raid was described in court today by FBI Special Agent Matthew Mikusa. Mikusa said that he knocked on the door three times, then opened the door with a key. The raid was made pre-dawn, and Manafort and his wife were still in bed. FBI agents insisted on searching Kathleen Manafort for weapons in an effort to intimidate the couple (and probably to cop a quick feel). There was no need for the raid, as Manafort had been cooperating and already gave the materials to Congress.

FBI special agent Matthew Mikuska testified in court in Alexandria, Va., saying he was the seizing agent for the government’s search last year.
Mikuska told the jury agents knocked three times on Manafort’s door, but used a key to gain access after receiving no answer. Once inside, agents saw Manafort.
Their warrant to search the apartment, Mikuska said, was not a “no-knock” warrant.
Mikuska described the apartment as “luxury” and spanning more than 2,000 square feet, with three bedrooms, an office, and large closet spaces.
Uzo Asonye of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia questioned Mikuska about the trove of documents they seized during the search.
Documents the government obtained include loan agreements, loan applications, and invoices for work on several properties along the East Coast that Manafort owns.
One draft invoice was for $115,000 in upgrades for a property in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., while another was for $49,000 from a home improvement company for work to be done on a house in Bridgehampton, N.Y.
Judge T. S. Ellis III challenged prosecutors over how the draft invoices and documents tied to the charges against Manafort.
At the start of the second day of Manafort’s trial, Ellis also took issue with the use of the term “oligarch” to describe the various Ukrainians who paid Manafort for his work there.
Ellis said the term is typically used to describe members of despotic regimes. But under the prosecution and defense’s use of the term in court, Ellis said George Soros and Charles Koch would both be described as oligarchs – people who have a lot of money.
Ellis urged lawyers for both sides to avoid using the term and instead told them to say “he financed it.”
The way Mueller is running this investigation is what you would expect from the  Marquis de Sade, not a former FBI director.