Politics FBI conducted predawn raid of former Trump campaign chairman Manafort’s home

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    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. Jason Maloni, a spokesman for Manafort, confirmed that agents executed a warrant at one of the political consultant’s homes and that Manafort cooperated with the search.

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    It's embarrassing how obvious a nothingburger this is. Kudos to Mueller for using every tool at his disposal--grand juries, raids--to completely debunk this sore loser conspiracy theory. Mueller must be rolling his eyes at the wasted time every time he subpoenas more documents or raids another "collaborator."
     
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    The plot thickens.
     
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    You truly are a master of it aren't you?
     
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    I enjoyed the title, "predawn raid!"

    They showed up and served a search warrant. Hardly a raid, doubt there was more than 2 or 3 agents and none of them had guns out.
     
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    A raid doesn't mean violence. It means an unexpected search of the premises for documents. At least, that's how I've always seen it used--raiding a place for documents/evidence.
     
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    Why, I'm sure I don't know what you mean.
     
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    I understand they actually focused on Manafort's kitchen, and took away a tomato, a jar of pickles, some mayo, and an onion to put on their nothingburger.

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    I wonder if they wear body cams to show what they do. Like that drug planting cop recently.
     
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    putting mayo on a burger is a serious crime
     
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    I smell a Manafort plea deal coming! If anyone will break ranks with Trump's camp....he's that guy.
     
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    We know they're interested in the meeting Jr took with the Russian lawyer. Manafort was there.

    That's all I read into it.
     
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    Yeah, not much to this. Everyone around Trump is super dirty and collaborated with Russia, including his son, but it's kind of ridiculous that people are spinning conspiracy theories about Trump. Just because everyone around him collaborated with Russia doesn't mean there's any basis to investigate Trump.
     
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    How many Rose Law Firm people went to prison?
     
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    Yeah it reminds me of the Fox news campaign against Obama's birth certificate. Different party same lies lol
     
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    What I read into it is that the investigators don't trust Manafort to hand over the evidence....which to me....is a good enough reason
     
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    Good. It should satisfy the debunking of the conspiracy theory. People can't claim Mueller didn't do everything he could to prove something.
     
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    We're on the same page. I figured we would be.
     
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    rather satisfy the investigation's knowledge that Russians fucked around with our election process.......which we already know so it's no longer a conspiracy theory.....this is a move to get Manafort to plea bargain, which he probably will.....a lot of lies have opened this can of worms and you should be concerned that our system of checks and balances is working for us......not working to cover up incompetent members of Trump's circle of sleazebags who are pedaling access to the executive branch for favors with foreign govt's
     
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    Didn't know you were a Trump lover too.
     
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