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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 3

    emptywheel Retweeted Yashar Ali  🐘

    Manafort clearly has stuff SCO wants (and Trump has said as much). He just thinks he'll get a better deal w/a pardon.https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1025474075525701632 …

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    Yashar Ali  🐘Verified account @yashar
    Some folks have been wondering why Manafort hasn't flipped...but it's unclear if he had anything that the Special Counsel wants...what confuses me is why he didn't plead guilty and take a deal. The evidence in his case is overwhelming.
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      2. ⚚︎𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣⚚︎‏ @MythSerene Aug 3
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Take it from the girl who knows; the girl who has always said he won’t flip: HIS FAMILY IS IN DANGER IF HE FLIPS

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      3. ⚚︎𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣⚚︎‏ @MythSerene Aug 3
        Replying to @MythSerene @emptywheel

        I am well aquatinted with his “friends” bc they’re my family and he dies if he flips.

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      2. Bingstein‏ @Bingstein Aug 3
        Replying to @emptywheel

        The idea of a pardon seems nice, but I just can’t see Trump actually doing so.

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      3. Delph‏ @delphzzzz Aug 3
        Replying to @Bingstein @emptywheel

        Trump's the kind of person who would hint at a pardon and then not do it.

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      4. Bingstein‏ @Bingstein Aug 3
        Replying to @delphzzzz @emptywheel

        I feel like pardoning Manafort would have similar consequences to firing Mueller. That may mean no consequences at all I suppose. I just don’t think he has the political capital to pardon him.

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      1. David Castor‏ @dpcastor Aug 3
        Replying to @emptywheel

        How’s he paying for his attorneys?

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      1. Midterms are coming vote.org‏ @BoboBrazil3 Aug 3
        Replying to @emptywheel

        A pardon is another thing to add to the pile of obstruction of justice against Trump. Will people in the US let Trump get away with this pardon is what I'm wondering?

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      2. MFD‏ @MideOFD Aug 3
        Replying to @emptywheel

        My theory is Mueller has already confirmed the Trump/Russia conspiracy via foreign intel services. But he need to protect sources/methods. In order to surface evidence in the public domain, he needs Manafort to squeal. He may not need him though if Cohen (Mr Prague) rolls.

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      1. Pete Lacey‏ @Pete527 Aug 3
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        He is deep in debt to dangerous people.

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      2. The Gentleman Surfer‏ @gntlemansurfer Aug 3
        Replying to @emptywheel

        But Trump cannot pardon Manafort for NY & VA tax fraud. If Trump pardons Manafort for federal crimes, it just means Manafort will die in a state prison serving time for state crimes. He'd be better off striking a deal with the Special Counsel.

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      3. The Gentleman Surfer‏ @gntlemansurfer Aug 3
        Replying to @gntlemansurfer @emptywheel

        If Manafort does not flip it is because his crimes against the United States are so heinous, he cannot admit to them.

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      1. Richard Hodgson‏ @R_J_Hodgson Aug 3
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Western justice isn’t Manafort‘s biggest problem.

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      1. wheelyempt‏ @wheelyempt Aug 3
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Are cases setup so that pardon is very difficult?, when is the time Manafort would be pardoned? After second case completes?

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      1. Spinafex‏ @spinafex7 Aug 3
        Replying to @emptywheel

        the old riverboat gambler took a look at the cards and figured the senate wouldn't impeach trump just for pardoning him

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      1. Torchlakegirl‏ @torchlakegirl3 Aug 3
        Replying to @emptywheel @MrJonCryer

        Is it overwhelming against trump? That’s all I care about.

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      1. It's people! Pumpkin spice is people!‏ @znmeb Aug 3
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Right - a pardon where he can, because he is immune from prosecution, be compelled to testify.

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