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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jul 27

    emptywheel Retweeted southpaw

    Honestly, the oriental rugs are the main reason I'd want to cover this trial. Now it has been all stipulated.https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1022960684970192897 …

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    southpaw @nycsouthpaw
    Friends, let us scratch our heads together at this loan agreement Manafort signed with his oriental rug vendor in Virginia. Manafort loaned his rug guy $250k to buy new rugs, he took $500k (2x!) of other rugs as collateral, and would receive 40% of the profits on the new rugs. pic.twitter.com/4w5m97RFOR
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      1. A Cursory Matt-down‏ @MackTheMac Jul 27
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Rug laundering?

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      1. RPM 🇺🇸 🗨️‏ @RPMatthews Jul 27
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Alternate joke: That rug stipulation really tied the case together.

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      1. TimFromRuislip‏ @TimFromRuislip1 Jul 27
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I read the southpaws question and started sweating I had fallen asleep during the SATs again

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      2. watertigernyc‏ @watertigernyc Jul 27
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Ohhhh, blow jobs!

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      3. SteveLG‏ @stoatVA Jul 27
        Replying to @watertigernyc @emptywheel

        “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody.” /George V Higgins

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      1. Office 39‏ @Office39 Jul 28
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Wait, the rug dealer is a convicted sex offender with a minor AND has an FBI release of the offense? #ManafortOpSec

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      1. Ed Walker  🍞 🌹‏ @MasaccioEW Jul 27
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Have we actually seen the rugs? I need a new 4x6 low pile wool hand-knotted Persian. But only if I get a deal like Manafort's.

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      1. XanaduLost005‏ @Ice9Rosewater Jul 27
        Replying to @emptywheel

        That rug really tied the room together, did it not?

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      1. erica‏ @erica1933 Jul 27
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Desperate laundry.

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      1. Roger "Not The Dead One" Ailes‏ @RogerAiles3 Jul 28
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Who doesn't have a rug guy?

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      1. Andrew Johnston‏ @AndrewLJohnston Jul 28
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @holden2018 Top notch negotiationing skills!!!!

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      1. no-respect‏ @CapulettiM Jul 28
        Replying to @emptywheel

        rugs aren’t the tip of the art market, but they are a part. good place to store money.

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      1. Joe FF‏ @joeff53 Jul 27
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Can’t argue with that. However, my impression is that oriental rug values are extremely hard to pin down, and it doesn’t seem unlikely that you’d want 2x if the collateral is a very non-liquid item of subjective value.

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      1. Jan Zimmerman‏ @JanMudshark2018 Jul 27
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        you watch Antiques Roadshow too ?

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      1. Donald Barker‏ @LLLLOOORRRDDDZZ Jul 27
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Always wondered about the rug market racket. It’s for money laundering.

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      1. me, a genius:‏ @benadamx Jul 27
        Replying to @emptywheel

        opium smugging and money laundering in one!

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      1. #VotersAgainstCrosscheck #BeAVoter‏ @LeaveCrosscheck Jul 27
        Replying to @emptywheel

        This shit ain’t right.

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