Tag Archives: 2016 Elections

Paul Manafort on Trial – Day 5

Posted on August 6, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

Jurors in the Paul Manafort fraud trial may have come away from the first week of testimony with a vivid impression of him as a man who spent vast sums on luxurious houses, landscaping, and clothes, and who gave lenders … Continue reading →

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Paul Manafort on Trial – Day 4

Posted on August 3, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

Alexandria, Virginia (CNN)Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort‘s longtime bookkeeper testified Thursday that Manafort was in serious financial trouble in 2016 after his lobbying business dried up, and he and his deputy Rick Gates sent several fake, inflated income business … Continue reading →

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Paul Manafort on Trial – Day 3

Posted on August 2, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team is hurtling through its tax- and bank-fraud case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, with prosecutors predicting their case could wrap up as soon as next week. Under constant pressure from U.S. District Court … Continue reading →

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Paul Manafort on Trial – Day 2

Posted on August 1, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

Paul Manafort, President Trump’s onetime campaign chairman, is on trial in federal court in Alexandria on bank and tax fraud charges. Prosecutors allege he failed to pay taxes on millions he made from his work for a Russia-friendly Ukrainian political … Continue reading →

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Paul Manafort on Trial – Day 1

Posted on July 31, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

Donald Trump’s former presidential campaign chairman will this week risk spending the rest of his life in prison, rather than help Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion with Russia. Paul Manafort is due to stand trial in Virginia from Wednesday … Continue reading →

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Thursday Open Thread | Trump Knew Putin Ordered Cyber-attacks to Sway Election

Posted on July 19, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

Two weeks before his inauguration, President Trump was shown intelligence indicating Russian President Putin had personally ordered cyberattacks to sway the 2016 election, according to a report.

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Trump Sided with Russia Against Intelligence Agencies

Posted on July 16, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

Ta-Nehisi Coates told us…all Trump had to be was rich and white. The media refused to do their job & allowed this monster on America. They aired his klan rallies in its entirety and now he stood on foreign soil … Continue reading →

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Monday Open Thread | #Helsinki protests against Trump

Posted on July 16, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

Trump is hated around the world…… (CNN)Protests were already underway in Helsinki on Sunday as President Donald Trump left Scotland, bound for the Finnish capital ahead of his Monday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Sunday’s demonstrations capped a weekend … Continue reading →

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Saturday Open Thread | Judge denies Trump’s request to confidentially contest seized Cohen documents

Posted on June 9, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

(CNN)After President Donald Trump’s lawyers sought to keep their protest over privilege in Michael Cohen‘s seized documents confidential, federal Judge Kimba Wood told them they must publicly file their objections to the special master’s attorney-client privilege designations. The only thing … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Open Thread | Mueller moves to revoke Manafort’s pretrial release over witness tampering

Posted on June 5, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

Special counsel Robert Mueller said in a court filing on Monday that President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort attempted to tamper with potential witnesses while on pretrial release. Mueller’s team has asked the court to revoke or revise Manafort’s … Continue reading →

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