Current Events > FBI conducted predawn raid of former Trump campaign chairman Manaforts home

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-conducted-predawn-raid-of-former-trump-campaign-chairman-manaforts-home/2017/08/09/5879fa9c-7c45-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html?tid=ss_tw-amp&utm_term=.3ef7f1551d19

FBI agents raided the Alexandria home of President Trump's former campaign chairman late last month, using a search warrant to seize documents and other materials, according to people familiar with the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Federal agents appeared at Paul Manafort's home without advance warning in the predawn hours of July 26, the day after he met voluntarily with the staff for the Senate Intelligence Committee.

The search warrant was wide-ranging and FBI agents working with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III departed the home with various records.

The raid came as Manafort has been voluntarily producing documents to congressional committees investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. The search warrant indicates investigators may have argued to a federal judge they had reason to believe Manafort could not be trusted to turn over all records in response to a grand jury subpoena.

It could also have been intended to send a message to President Trump's former campaign chairman that he should not expect gentle treatment or legal courtesies from Mueller's team.
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Late last month
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lets get some shit out of the way right now.

Caution: "lol nothing burger"
Mal_Fet: "this is an illegal search with no justification. Why didn't they raid Hillary like this?"
Southcoast: *incoherent screaming*
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Mueller is goin in hard
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These walls are closin' in
How long I'm supposed to grin
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Wonder how this would be reported on if it were happening in, say, a South American country.
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iosifsvoboda posted...

Mueller is goin in hard

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Antifar posted...

Wonder how this would be reported on if it were happening in, say, a South American country.

I think people in a certain south american country would be partying if the federal government was raiding the homes of people who supported and assisted with the dictator's rise to power.
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StucklnMyPants posted...

iosifsvoboda posted...

Mueller is goin in hard

Antifar posted...

Wonder how this would be reported on if it were happening in, say, a South American country.

Probably in Portuguese

It's interesting to note the raid was done last month. Just goes to show you how well Mueller's team can keep FBI raids under the radar when Trump can't even keep simple comments from leaking to the press.
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Bloodychess posted...

Or Venezuela

FBI raids home of family that fled country months ago due to lack of food
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Again, this is nothing. Manafort may be the only person in trouble and that was due to lying to the FBI and Trump. If this were anything serious we'd of know about it ages ago. Once again liberals fail.

Can anyone tldr whats going on with this guy?

I can't keep up with the drama
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foreveraIone posted...

Can anyone tldr whats going on with this guy?

I can't keep up with the drama

tl;dr Manafort is a cuck and liar and liberals think Trump is an evil mastermind.

GOATTHlEF posted...

foreveraIone posted...

Can anyone tldr whats going on with this guy?

I can't keep up with the drama

Trump administration scapegoated him early on to try and dodge the Russia collusion dramaplosion and now he's getting hit extra hard in the hopes that he'll spill the beans.

Wow thanks goatthief.
Ur such a cool guy.
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Nothingburgers nothingburger the nothingburger of Nothingburgers campaign chairman Nothingburger in predawn Nothingburger.
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Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Nothingburgers nothingburger the nothingburger of Nothingburgers campaign chairman Nothingburger in predawn Nothingburger.

Lel

The documents included materials Manafort had already provided to Congress, said people familiar with the search.

So they didn't find anything he hadn't already voluntarily turned over, and this was mainly a symbolic gesture.

Been several months and hundreds of thousands of words about Russia, and still not one single, credible thread of wrongdoing. Almost staggering.
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The Admiral posted...

and still not one single, credible thread of wrongdoing.

yeesh
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The Admiral posted...

The documents included materials Manafort had already provided to Congress, said people familiar with the search.

So they didn't find anything he hadn't already voluntarily turned over, and this was mainly a symbolic gesture.

Been several months and hundreds of thousands of words about Russia, and still not one single, credible thread of wrongdoing. Almost staggering.

"It'll happen anyday now"! Trump is going down!"

Trump will win a second term and a republican will win again after him.This is the end of the democrats and the evil liberal ideology. America will only be stronger after this.

-yawn- It failed because, I resisted the liberal indoctrination that is the American public school system.

The shit show continues
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The Admiral posted...

So they didn't find anything he hadn't already voluntarily turned over, and this was mainly a symbolic gesture.

You do realize that statement doesn't mean the only documents found were the ones he already handed over, correct?

Nice spin attempt though
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

The Admiral posted...

So they didn't find anything he hadn't already voluntarily turned over, and this was mainly a symbolic gesture.

You do realize that statement doesn't mean the only documents found were the ones he already handed over, correct?

Nice spin attempt though

You've spun right back into your ass as you realize he's right.

DuranOfForcena posted...

if you seriously believe Trump has any hope whatsoever of getting re-elected, then you have no chance in life.

Half this board was saying this a year ago, just swapping a re-elected for elected. Remind me how that turned out again?

I didn't think Trump was going to win either, but I wasn't stupid enough to make a declaration like this. And it's even less excusable to be stupid enough to continue to make arrogant declarations like this when you've literally been wrong about everything up to now.
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Admiral laying the smack-down on this thread. God bless him.

Lol this shitpost

ChromaticAngel posted...

lets get some shit out of the way right now.

Caution: "lol nothing burger"
Mal_Fet: "this is an illegal search with no justification. Why didn't they raid Hillary like this?"
Southcoast: *incoherent screaming*

Assassinating characters before they even post, sad!
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The Admiral posted...

Half this board was saying this a year ago, just swapping a re-elected for elected. Remind me how that turned out again?

there are different reasons for people saying it this time. how are they comparable?

DuranOfForcena posted...

The Admiral posted...

DuranOfForcena posted...

if you seriously believe Trump has any hope whatsoever of getting re-elected, then you have no chance in life.

Half this board was saying this a year ago, just swapping a re-elected for elected. Remind me how that turned out again?

I didn't think Trump was going to win either, but I wasn't stupid enough to make a declaration like this. And it's even less excusable to be stupid enough to continue to make arrogant declarations like this when you've literally been wrong about everything up to now.

what have i been wrong about? what the fuck are you talking about?

do you understand how low Trump's approval rating is? do you understand how many republicans realized what a terrible fucking mistake it was voting for him in the first place?

Trumps low approval ratings mean nothing. He's got high support among Republicans. Trump is idolized by a large portion of Americans.

FrenchCrunch posted...

The Admiral posted...

Half this board was saying this a year ago, just swapping a re-elected for elected. Remind me how that turned out again?

there are different reasons for people saying it this time. how are they comparable?

Always an excuse.

k darkfire posted...

Always an excuse.

how is that an excuse >_>

DuranOfForcena posted...

k darkfire posted...

He's got high support among Republicans.

no, he doesn't. that's the entire fucking point.

why don't you run off and go play outside. the adults are talking.

Sad. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/4/16085892/trump-support-battleground-districts

Close congressional districts are close because they contain an even mix of people from both sides of the aisle. Opinions about the president are extremely polarized by political affiliation — among Republicans and right-leaning independents, the Trump approval rate remains well over 80 percent. Among Democrats and left-leaning independents, the approval rate is less than 10 percent. [...]

Here’s the bad news for Democrats: Republicans in close Republican districts remain upbeat about Trump. There, approval rates appear to have dipped from 91 to 89 percent, but it’s a difference that is too small to be statistically significant.

Again, the phenomenon is easier to see when we look at those whose are especially enthusiastic about the president. In close Democratic districts, the percentage of Republicans who say they “strongly” approve of the president fell dramatically, from 59 percent in the first three months of his term to 51 percent in the most recent three months.

But among Republicans living in close Republican districts, the rate of enthusiastic Trump supporters has held at around 56 percent. That contrasts with what’s happening in solid Republican districts, where the rate of Republicans who strongly approve of the president has fallen from 61 percent to 56 percent.

k darkfire posted...

You've spun right back into your ass as you realize he's right

Lol you're in overdrive on two boards arguing that this means nothing and I'm the one spinning?

Point still stands, you can't infer that statement to mean what Admiral said, no matter how hard you try
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DuranOfForcena posted...

k darkfire posted...

Sad. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/4/16085892/trump-support-battleground-districts

why the fuck are you so brainlessly under the orange buffoon's spell anyway? do you honestly think he's a good president?

He's my idol. He's done an outstanding job. Economy soaring, jobs, jobs, jobs.

Either darkfire is giving Differential a run for his money, or he is Differential. I'm not certain which is worse.
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This is some impressively low-quality trolling.
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k darkfire posted...

DuranOfForcena posted...

k darkfire posted...

Sad. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/4/16085892/trump-support-battleground-districts

why the fuck are you so brainlessly under the orange buffoon's spell anyway? do you honestly think he's a good president?

He's my idol. He's done an outstanding job. Economy soaring, jobs, jobs, jobs.

isnt that obama's doing, thanks to the trends set under his terms and the fact that his fiscal year isnt up until october? i see trump having an effect on the stock market but not anything else

UnholyMudcrab posted...

This is some impressively low-quality trolling.

And yet you still reply. What does that say about you?

k darkfire posted...

UnholyMudcrab posted...

This is some impressively low-quality trolling.

And yet you still reply. What does that say about you?

He didn't reply, he made a statement.
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NoDuranOfForcena posted...

The Admiral posted...

DuranOfForcena posted...

if you seriously believe Trump has any hope whatsoever of getting re-elected, then you have no chance in life.

Half this board was saying this a year ago, just swapping a re-elected for elected. Remind me how that turned out again?

I didn't think Trump was going to win either, but I wasn't stupid enough to make a declaration like this. And it's even less excusable to be stupid enough to continue to make arrogant declarations like this when you've literally been wrong about everything up to now.

what have i been wrong about? what the fuck are you talking about?

do you understand how low Trump's approval rating is? do you understand how many republicans realized what a terrible fucking mistake it was voting for him in the first place?

And a year ago he was 10 points lower in the polls, never going to win, a joke, impossible to beat Hillary, etc

Admiral's right. People should at least learn their lesson after spewing "I know it will never happen!" talk and then absolutely eating crow.

The saddest part is the election is basically 4 years away. But, sure, I'll listen to some leftists about how he will never win again and it's impossible
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One year after he got exposed and broke headlines. Over a year after that Eastern European dictator self-exiled and someone rifled through his financial records to find Manafort on his pay roll?

We're really on a ball here, aren't we? Seems like this should have happened a year ago and didn't because people didn't want to mess with the election. A year later though, are we sure this isn't just for show?
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DuranOfForcena posted...

Capn Circus posted...

Admiral's right. People should at least learn their lesson after spewing "I know it will never happen!" talk and then absolutely eating crow.

the difference is the amount of republicans who voted him into office in the first place that regret their decision and absolutely won't be voting for him a second time

Wrong

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/03/22/how-many-trump-voters-really-regret-their-votes/
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