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Originally Posted by onwebcam
Which is why the judge is requesting what he is... And saying what he's saying.. Why didn't they bring charges previously? Nothing new was discovered that made them dive back in... They didn't prosecute before because he was doing the bidding of the previous admin and sending payoffs back to Podesta etc to be distributed. The only reason they are concerned with it now is because of Trump...
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Because.... it's an investigation.
My guess is that during the original investigation they put in "x" amount of effort, routine investigation, but when they took a closer look at him during the Russian collusion investigation it was "x times a thousand" and they discovered more.
A judge telling the FBI they don't have the right to bring charges against someone after they find evidence of a crime is utterly ridiculous. Are they using Manafort to get to Trump? I am sure they are. This is the job of the Special Prosecutor - they get the people at the bottom to flip on the guy above them. The FBI got the guys below Manafort to flip and tell them what they know about Manafort, and.... If Manafort doesn't want to flip then he can take his chances and go to trial.
Nothing wrong with this at all. The FBI, in the course of their investigation, found a crime. Maybe they offered Manafort a deal, maybe they didn't. If they offered him a deal and he decide not to take it, he still goes to trial.
The Special Prosecutor has every right to pursue this.