Obama's Campaign Paid Nearly a Million Dollars to Law Firm that Was Secretly Funding FusionGPS

So the sitting president's campaign was funding the pass-through law firm paying for oppo dirt which would later serve as the basis for that president's administration getting a FISA wiretap warrant on the opposite party candidate, and then sparking a special counsel investigation.

As with the Hillary campaign's and the DNC's payments, these payments were claimed to be for "legal services" in official, mandatory FEC filings.

OFA, Obama’s official campaign arm in 2016, paid nearly $800,000 to Perkins Coie in 2016 alone, according to FEC records. The first 2016 payments to Perkins Coie, classified only as “Legal Services,” were made April 25-26, 2016, and totaled $98,047. A second batch of payments, also classified as "Legal Services," were disbursed to the law firm on September 29, 2016, and totaled exactly $700,000. Payments from OFA to Perkins Coie in 2017 totaled $174,725 through August 22, 2017.

Posted by: Ace at 12:58 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Hmm.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 30, 2017 12:59 PM (60v4h)

2 The corruption thickens.

Posted by: Curmudgeon - 2017 GNAMM survivor at October 30, 2017 12:59 PM (ujg0T)

3 We are all part of the post now?

Posted by: Blanco at October 30, 2017 12:59 PM (QGdDN)

4 Pretty bad when not even Ace can figure out the formatting!

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at October 30, 2017 12:59 PM (UBzPO)

5 This is certainly hitting a gray area.

Posted by: Blanco at October 30, 2017 01:00 PM (QGdDN)

6 the old grey mare just ain't what she used to be

Posted by: Rick in SK at October 30, 2017 01:00 PM (FZYNt)

7 Has a nice look though

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at October 30, 2017 01:00 PM (UBzPO)

8 What's in the box???

Posted by: Hikaru at October 30, 2017 01:01 PM (WDCYi)

9 Which makes one wonder why OFA still exists in 2016 (and after)....?

Posted by: Ann Curry & Natalie Morales at October 30, 2017 01:01 PM (W+vEI)

10 Fifty shades of Ace?

Posted by: Baboo the Oceleot at October 30, 2017 01:01 PM (2CG5J)

11 Isn't this why Manafort was just indicted, for payments that were laundered through subsidiaries?

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at October 30, 2017 01:01 PM (4XCge)

12 My perspective is colored.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 30, 2017 01:01 PM (tbOMB)

13 Hilary lied to the FBI and nothing happened, a Trump worker is charged with lying to the FBI. See how that works, only republicans break the law-the left are allowed to violate the law with impunity. Why would Obama need legal advice when he had the entire DOJ doing his dirty work?

Posted by: Rose at October 30, 2017 01:01 PM (30UCB)

14 The GOP in needs to investigate this.

Go over every dotted 'i', crossed 't', and close every tag.

Posted by: Blanco at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (QGdDN)

15 No, Mick, "Paint it Grey" just doesn't work. Let's keep trying.

Posted by: Keith Richards at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (7HtZB)

16 I'm feeing overshadowed here.

Posted by: bluebell at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (UoSKV)

17 'legal payments'
how quaint

Posted by: fox at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (DVC2D)

18 Feels like home!

Posted by: Gandalf at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (O848g)

19 ...dreaming on a grey winter day...

Posted by: Archer at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (gbWkA)

20 I'm a little unclear on something so I'll just ask it here. The DNC will assert that the payments were in fact for Legal Services rendered. Do we know that is not where the money went?

Posted by: pep at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (0h5bn)

21 OFA working with Hillary campaign and DNC?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (W+vEI)

22 [/gray]

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (/qEW2)

23 Now, that's the Ace we know and love.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (Nwg0u)

24 The corruption thickens

+++

They'll roux the day!

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (/IYCZ)

25 Interesting choice for first post.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Nostrildamus at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (BqAhr)

26 Kinda like this grey thing.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2017 01:03 PM (aMlLZ)

27 When you really need to shoot yourself in the dick Go Democrat.

Posted by: DaveA at October 30, 2017 01:03 PM (FhXTo)

28 Heh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 30, 2017 01:03 PM (PY9jH)

29 Making Richard Millhouse Nixon proud.

Posted by: Sleepyhedz at October 30, 2017 01:04 PM (qO69G)

30 Foxy boxing

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2017 01:04 PM (6tu9D)

31 Again with all the gray jokes that will look foolish when this is fixed.

Posted by: steevy at October 30, 2017 01:04 PM (LiyEm)

32 Summoning the Grey Lady

Posted by: Lurker primus at October 30, 2017 01:04 PM (yBgqh)

33 Burn it down.
Piss on the ashes.
Salt the ground with Cobalt-60.

Posted by: Insomniac - Existential Vacuum Salesman at October 30, 2017 01:04 PM (NWiLs)

34 I'm waiting for ace to comment using a sock and forget to remove it. Comedy gold.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 30, 2017 01:04 PM (PY9jH)

35 Is there any evidence the OFA money went to Fusion? Or was it for some very gray legal work of a different and unrelated sort?

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at October 30, 2017 01:04 PM (ylUqT)

36
I see a grey box and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at October 30, 2017 01:05 PM (4XCge)

37 OFA that is now "the resistance" trying to take down a duly elected sitting president.

Posted by: steevy at October 30, 2017 01:05 PM (LiyEm)

38 If we thought really hard about this, it would be full out rebellion by us great unwashed against the deep state.

Posted by: Archer at October 30, 2017 01:05 PM (gbWkA)

39 Don't box me in.
Don't box me in.

Posted by: Ridgway and Copeland at October 30, 2017 01:05 PM (mJ8mX)

40 I don't know who that wench was in the background shot of the WH Press Room, but she was showing a bit of a belly in that red dress....LOL

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at October 30, 2017 01:05 PM (8iiMU)

41 The shitty thing is that even being called out on this, most of the GOPe won't have the balls to call them out on this.

And go along to get along instead.

Posted by: Blanco at October 30, 2017 01:05 PM (QGdDN)

42 Boxy

Posted by: DocJ at October 30, 2017 01:05 PM (NYS7S)

43 Apparently Democrats are the only ones with the ability to launder money simply by hiring lawyers to facilitate the washing. Good to know.

Posted by: the Butcher at October 30, 2017 01:05 PM (DIosY)

44 "... And the angel sonobi moved across the boxes, and created the grayness above and the grayness below, and Minx saw it and said "Meh..."".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2017 01:06 PM (6tu9D)

45 I guess that the Manafort indictment is how the Dem elites finally get rid of Hillary and Bill. Obama is a useful tool, but a fool. It will be interesting to see who suddenly appears to fill in the power vacuum.

Posted by: Less Than Two Cents at October 30, 2017 01:06 PM (rl4gZ)

46 Obama for America --> Organizing for America (2009) --> Organizing for Action (2013)

This is the biggest joke, that a POTUS's campaign apparatus was allowed to re-brand itself as a non-profit 501(c).

How is paying Fusion GPS nearly $1 million non-profit activity?!?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2017 01:06 PM (W+vEI)

47 Again with all the gray jokes that will look foolish when this is fixed.

Posted by: steevy at October 30, 2017 01:04 PM (LiyEm)

The fog will burn off, once the Sun gets a little higher in the sky.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon, survivor of GNAMM at October 30, 2017 01:06 PM (O848g)

48 Did anyone see Jim Acosta literally preening in the WH press room? What a ponce.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 30, 2017 01:06 PM (PY9jH)

49 So, they needed to get a scandal cranked up but couldn't use government money to do it, so the Obama campaign paid somebody to get a dossier slapped together, then bootstrapped it into the FBI so the FBI could use it to get wiretaps on the Donald and his campaign. And these wiretaps lead to...nothing. All this maneuvering with the full power of Obama's apparatus and then the power of the government and Hillary STILL lost.

Posted by: joncelli, freelance grammar nazi at October 30, 2017 01:06 PM (RD7QR)

50 43 Apparently Democrats are the only ones with the ability to launder money simply by hiring lawyers to facilitate the washing. Good to know.
Posted by: the Butcher at October 30, 2017 01:05 PM (DIosY)

It's in the Because Fuck You That's Why clause of the Constitution.

Posted by: Insomniac - Existential Vacuum Salesman at October 30, 2017 01:06 PM (NWiLs)

51 "As with the Hillary campaign's and the DNC's payments, these payments
were claimed to be for "legal services" in official, mandatory FEC
filings."

And isn't the basis of the FEC complaint that Hillary's campaign failed specify exactly what those payments were for?

From CLC's site:

"They failed to accurately disclose the purpose and recipient of payments
for the dossier of research alleging connections between then-candidate
Donald Trump and Russia, effectively hiding these payments from public
scrutiny, contrary to the requirements of federal law."

So it would seem that unless there was an actual case or controversy that existed in re the campaign or candidate that required legal opinion or research, then it is likely that obumbles was using PC as a pass-through.

Fire up the USS DOJ; it is time for a fishing expedition.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 30, 2017 01:06 PM (tbOMB)

52 Democrats yesterday: Uranium One and all associated stuff from 6-years ago, all involving Russia? Not relevant to the 2016 election "hacking"

Democrats today: Paul Manafort's taxes from 2006? Totes relevant

Posted by: DocJ at October 30, 2017 01:07 PM (NYS7S)

53 Again with all the gray jokes that will look foolish when this is fixed

yeah, but they are gold now.

And long timers know what happened..

Posted by: Blanco at October 30, 2017 01:07 PM (QGdDN)

54 We are in a grey boxcar headed for the camps. Ace flipped on us.

Posted by: Pudding Head at October 30, 2017 01:07 PM (YV+SU)

55 So the sitting president's campaign was funding the pass-through law firm paying for oppo dirt which would later serve as the basis for that president's administration getting a FISA wiretap warrant on the opposite party candidate, and then sparking a special counsel investigation.

========

You've got to hand it to Obama. He's loyal. He looks after his people.

Did GWB (who has more personal resources to draw upon than Obama) ever do anything like this for us in 2008? Why not? It wouldn't have involved him being overtly impolite, which seems to be what he wanted to avoid.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 30, 2017 01:07 PM (/qEW2)

56 I'm waiting for ace to comment using a sock and forget to remove it. Comedy gold.
Posted by: Jane D'oh

Wait'll he banhammers himself.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 30, 2017 01:07 PM (/aFKY)

57 Obama's Campaign Paid Nearly a Million Dollars to Law Firm that Was Secretly Funding FusionGPS

That's like a regular thing. Back in the 2008 race, Barky's campaign paid ACORN nearly a million dollars that they wrote up as "lighting expenses".

But, laws never existed for Barky or his junta or any of his anti-American campaigns.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2017 01:07 PM (8gDQu)

58 Coldplay will someday turn this all yellow

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at October 30, 2017 01:07 PM (ylUqT)

59 25 Interesting choice for first post.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Nostrildamus at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (BqAhr)

ace just loves it when commenters tell him what he should and shouldn't post.

Posted by: joncelli, freelance grammar nazi at October 30, 2017 01:07 PM (RD7QR)

60 Roger Stone's saying Trump's only chance for survival is to appoint a special prosecutor on Uranium One or his "days are numbered."

This is Roger Stone, as big a Trumper as there is.

I do not fvcking like this at all. Not at all.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (ul9CR)

61 47
Again with all the gray jokes that will look foolish when this is fixed.

That's why it's better to stick to guns and boobs.

Those are timeless.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (8iiMU)

62 Until Ace opens the hamster box we will have to assume it is both dead and alive at the same time. Don't forget the gasmask, Ace; everyone forgets about the poison part.

Posted by: zombie erwin schrodinger at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (mJ8mX)

63

Mornin' Ace!

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (fceHP)

64 Looks like RBG's soul in here.

Posted by: dananjcon at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (WLK0w)

65 All this maneuvering with the full power of Obama's apparatus and then the power of the government and Hillary STILL lost.

Posted by: joncelli, freelance grammar nazi at October 30, 2017 01:06 PM (RD7QR)

That bottom line never gets old.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (tbOMB)

Posted by: DocJ at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (NYS7S)

67 The great emboxening strikes again.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (BoMuO)

68 Should be relatively easy to track this through Fusion's bank records.

Hold on to your asses.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (B+qrE)

69 Some might axe where we got all this $ to pay Fusion GPS.

Posted by: Yer Tax Dollars At Werk at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (Ftuf+)

70 BREAKING!

Tony Podesta is stepping down as head of Podesta Group as of today.

http://tinyurl.com/ydd56t76

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (/tuJf)

71 Who will rid me of this meddlesome cunt? Things you think of when thinking of Hillary.

I suspect both Pelosi and Feinstein are asking the same question.

Posted by: Pudding Head at October 30, 2017 01:09 PM (YV+SU)

72 SONOBI COLORS don't run with the gray scale.

Posted by: philodendren at October 30, 2017 01:09 PM (fWL3i)

73 58 Coldplay will someday turn this all yellow
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at October 30, 2017 01:07 PM (ylUqT)

So can Russian Hookers

Posted by: Fusion GPS at October 30, 2017 01:09 PM (7HtZB)

74 Fire up the USS DOJ; it is time for a fishing expedition.
Posted by: flounder

Once Rip Van Sessions wakes up.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 30, 2017 01:09 PM (/aFKY)

75
Stranglehold Baby!

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at October 30, 2017 01:09 PM (4XCge)

76 Again with all the gray jokes that will look foolish when this is fixed

To say the boxes need fixed is to imply that being in a box is considered broken. You Bigot!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 30, 2017 01:09 PM (BoMuO)

77 61 Indeed

Posted by: steevy at October 30, 2017 01:09 PM (LiyEm)

78 70 BREAKING!

Tony Podesta is stepping down as head of Podesta Group as of today.

http://tinyurl.com/ydd56t76
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (/tuJf)

He wants to spend more time with his pizza?

Posted by: josephistan at October 30, 2017 01:10 PM (7HtZB)

79 Grey boobs??

http://tinyurl.com/ya4k9wqa

SFW

Posted by: dananjcon at October 30, 2017 01:10 PM (WLK0w)

80 Hah, caught it. Ace misspelled /blockquote as /blockqote.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 30, 2017 01:10 PM (/qEW2)

81 I think this is what the best of times/worst of times feels like. So much crap going both ways, economy finally has legs.

Posted by: TexasDan at October 30, 2017 01:10 PM (yL25O)

82 >>Tony Podesta is stepping down as head of Podesta Group as of today.

To spend more time with his....art collection?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2017 01:10 PM (W+vEI)

83 70 BREAKING!

Tony Podesta is stepping down as head of Podesta Group as of today.

http://tinyurl.com/ydd56t76
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (/tuJf)

Okay, help us non-lawyer types: is that significant?

Posted by: joncelli, freelance grammar nazi at October 30, 2017 01:10 PM (RD7QR)

84 [/gray]

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (/qEW2)

hehe

BREAKING: Baby Tony Podesta stepping down. Says Brett on Fox.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:10 PM (fceHP)

85 I'm sick of all this gray privilege.

Bullshit, I tell ya.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2017 01:11 PM (6tu9D)

86 37
OFA that is now "the resistance" trying to take down a duly elected sitting president.

Posted by: steevy at October 30, 2017 01:05 PM (LiyEm)

Sedition?

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 30, 2017 01:11 PM (tbOMB)

87
72 SONOBI COLORS don't run with the gray scale.
Posted by: philodendren at October 30, 2017 01:09 PM (fWL3i)

That was funny

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 30, 2017 01:11 PM (Ri/rl)

88 Tony Podesta is stepping down as head of Podesta Group as of today.

They are renaming it the Trump Group and naming Donald Trump Chairman Emeritus. See! This is Trump's group!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 30, 2017 01:11 PM (BoMuO)

89 Okay, help us non-lawyer types: is that significant?
Posted by: joncelli, freelance grammar nazi at October 30, 2017 01:10 PM (RD7QR)

guilty

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:11 PM (fceHP)

90
Here's a campaign finance law I can get behind - three years after the candidate's last election date and he / she is leaving office, all campaign funds revert to the US Treasury.

'Cause, fair!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 30, 2017 01:11 PM (pNxlR)

91 My perspective is colored.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 30, 2017 01:01 PM (tbOMB)

That's perspective of color, racist!

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 30, 2017 01:11 PM (493sH)

92

Tony Podesta has fled the country and is now living in Kekeistan which does not have an extradition treaty with the US.

If they run it must mean they are guilty.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (4XCge)

93 Tony Podesta is stepping down as head of Podesta Group as of today.

To spend more time with his....art collection?

Spirit Cooking recipes.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (/aFKY)

94 The Economy Can't Grow Without Birth Control
Howzat NY Times??

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/279639/

Posted by: steevy at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (LiyEm)

95 "Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at October 30, 2017 12:59 PM (UBzPO)"

Hey, how 'bout that NFL? The public sure is rallying around their protests! Boy, Trump really stepped in it this time.

Posted by: Chris M at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (eAZVt)

96 He wants to spend more time with his pizza?

Posted by: josephistan at October 30, 2017 01:10 PM (7HtZB)

I was going to say that he had a spirit cooking on the stove and forgot to turn the burner off.

You know what happens when you over cook a spirit?

They turn grey.

Posted by: the guy across the street at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (sf2BM)

97

All the leaves are brown
And the site is gray

Posted by: California Dreamin' at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (60v4h)

98 I hope by the end of the week, that Donny Two Scoops begins the retribution.

Appoint a New Special Counsel with the authority to go after Uranium One, the GPS Fusion Dossier, and any other similar issues

Posted by: rd at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (4dz1m)

99 >>Okay, help us non-lawyer types: is that significant?

It means that the guy who is likely referred to as either Company A or Company B in today's Manafort indictment is running for cover.

And I'm not a lawyer. I just play one on the internet.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (/tuJf)

100
That last box in the post is awfully grabby, don't you think?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (pNxlR)

101 BREAKING: Baby Tony Podesta stepping down. Says Brett on Fox.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:10 PM (fceHP)

That's Baby-EATER Tony Podesta, to you.

Posted by: Hikaru at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (WDCYi)

102 Who knew doing business in Ukraine could be so expensive? Will Mueller be questioning Nuland next?

Posted by: Pudding Head at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (YV+SU)

103 >>>ace just loves it when commenters tell him what he should and shouldn't post.

Unbunch your panties. I said nothing like that. Maybe do some work so you are not so on edge,

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Nostrildamus at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (BqAhr)

104 Is it safe? Der weisse Engel.

Posted by: Archer at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (gbWkA)

105 Too Corrupt To Fail

Posted by: x at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (nFwvY)

106 At least we didn't lose Sonobi.

Posted by: wth at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (HgMAr)

107 It will take a lot of work to avoid the obvious Hillary - DNC - Obama connections to the Russians and concentrate on only The Trump Collusion, but Special Counsel Man is up to the task!

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Dash for the Politcal Lifeboats in Sav-Ur-Self Gear by the Outrage Outlet! at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (hLRSq)

108 Tony Podesta is stepping down as head of Podesta Group as of today.

http://tinyurl.com/ydd56t76

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (/tuJf)
-----------------------------------------------

from the context of the Politico report, Podesta Group is shortly to be no more.

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at October 30, 2017 01:13 PM (ylUqT)

109 Which Podesta, isn't it run by 2 brothers

Posted by: Jean at October 30, 2017 01:13 PM (9TU00)

110 Bill Wynn just emailed me that "It's going to be an early night!"

Posted by: steevy at October 30, 2017 01:13 PM (LiyEm)

111 Trump's army stuck with gender dysphoria ... when they're unhappy with who they are YOU are unhappy that they are there.

Tranny: " military has to cut my junk off and let me recuperate at taxpayer expense while others fight. It's my right as a greedy American so go fuck yourself"

Judge: "America, go fuck yourself. I hope you lose your wars"

Judge's are a yuge problem.

Posted by: torabora at October 30, 2017 01:13 PM (fWL3i)

112 Paying for the dossier they needed for FISA warrants.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 30, 2017 01:13 PM (oVJmc)

113 Tony Podesta is stepping down as head of Podesta Group as of today.

http://tinyurl.com/ydd56t76

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:08 PM (/tuJf)

Did he announce this from his new retirement home in some country lacking an extradition treaty with the USA?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon, survivor of GNAMM at October 30, 2017 01:13 PM (O848g)

114 Would the round $700k figure be a retainer?

Posted by: TexasDan at October 30, 2017 01:13 PM (yL25O)

115 Wait'll he banhammers himself again.
----------
Fixed.

Posted by: andycanuck at October 30, 2017 01:13 PM (mJ8mX)

116 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE EVENTUALLY HE'LL FIX THE TAG AND YOU'LL ALL LOOK STUPID UNLESS HE ACCIDENTALLY BANNED HIMSELF AGAIN.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLESBERGER at October 30, 2017 01:13 PM (/0IRq)

117 Appoint a New Special Counsel with the authority to go after Uranium One, the GPS Fusion Dossier, and any other similar issues

Wouldn't that require someone wake-up Jeff Sessions, AG Sleepy, first?

Posted by: DocJ at October 30, 2017 01:13 PM (NYS7S)

118 Podesta stepping down- YUGE. There is something coming.

Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2017 01:14 PM (hZ+us)

119 I LOVE when we have gray on gray boxes. Love, love, love!

So much easier to read.

Posted by: Prof Chaos aka gumdrop gorilla at October 30, 2017 01:14 PM (g/2WM)

120 103 >>>ace just loves it when commenters tell him what he should and shouldn't post.

Unbunch your panties. I said nothing like that. Maybe do some work so you are not so on edge,
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Nostrildamus at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (BqAhr)

Really, you should comment on ace's posting choices more often. It's your blog, right?

Posted by: joncelli, freelance grammar nazi at October 30, 2017 01:14 PM (RD7QR)

121 The blogging prowess of ace is legendary...

Posted by: steevy at October 30, 2017 01:14 PM (LiyEm)

122 111 Trump's army stuck with gender dysphoria ... when they're unhappy with who they are YOU are unhappy that they are there.

Tranny: " military has to cut my junk off and let me recuperate at taxpayer expense while others fight. It's my right as a greedy American so go fuck yourself"

Judge: "America, go fuck yourself. I hope you lose your wars"

Judge's are a yuge problem.
Posted by: torabora at October 30, 2017 01:13 PM (fWL3i)

Which says nothing about the not-insignificant number who don't even bother to cut off their junk. They just want the tits and the raised-pitch voice.

Posted by: Hikaru at October 30, 2017 01:15 PM (WDCYi)

123 Is there no one who can DM ace on twitter to tell him he left the iron on?

Posted by: TexasDan at October 30, 2017 01:15 PM (yL25O)

124 And I'm not a lawyer. I just play one on the internet.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:12 PM (/tuJf)

Who is an attorney here? All these indictments and the scooter Libby debacle makes me nervous of any law enforcement/government officials.

I haven't broken any laws that I'm aware of but I will never speak to any agency without an attorney present.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 30, 2017 01:15 PM (Ri/rl)

125 >>Which Podesta, isn't it run by 2 brothers

Technically, John stepped aside to run the Hillary campaign but in reality he never left. Never be able to prove that probably but c'mon, this corruption has been going on for a long, long time.

All good things come to those who wait.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:15 PM (/tuJf)

126 Switch to bi-focals, nope. Back to the readers. And....piaps will never be president.

Posted by: auscolpyr at October 30, 2017 01:15 PM (suO/a)

127 These were all normal expenditures as Obama was running for his third term. All customary. Bush did the same thing. Nothing to see here.

SQUIRREL!!!

.

Posted by: OCBill at October 30, 2017 01:15 PM (df+Zi)

128 the point seems to be .. Obama and Hillary campaigns both mislabel the "legal fees" because this lawyer is actually a producer of propaganda (which is not a "legal fee" service just because he's a lawyer), and allows his name to be used for the "pass through", and also must notice it is being called "legal fees". So put that guy on the torture rack next to Manafort.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 30, 2017 01:15 PM (/aIFg)

129
I must say, it is a refreshing change.

The old format was getting a little long in the tooth.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at October 30, 2017 01:15 PM (4XCge)

130 123 Is there no one who can DM ace on twitter to tell him he left the iron on?

Posted by: TexasDan at October 30, 2017 01:15 PM (yL25O)

It probably would be faster to tell Sean Davis to tell ace.

Posted by: Tami at October 30, 2017 01:15 PM (Enq6K)

131 They don't care.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 30, 2017 01:16 PM (xfb67)

132 Appoint a New Special Counsel with the authority to go after Uranium One, the GPS Fusion Dossier, and any other similar issues
Posted by: rd

Or just use a mid-level, competent professional prosecutor

Posted by: Jean at October 30, 2017 01:16 PM (9TU00)

133 One of my proggy friends on FB is giddy over the indictment. He and his friends are all speculating on Manafort flipping on DJT, gloating that Manafort will be tried in state court and therefore can't be pardoned by DJT, praising CNN et al for their glorious reporting. I pointed out that Manafort's crimes were committed while he worked for John Podesta, who was also chief WH counsel at the time. Unfriended in less than 5 minutes. Truth hurts.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 30, 2017 01:16 PM (BoMuO)

134 $700k would be an enormous retainer and the timing is off, since the firm had already done work and been paid for it.

Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2017 01:16 PM (hZ+us)

135 Re Podesta, busy news day, like OFA paying Fusion GPS, MFM will memory hole it.

Posted by: dananjcon at October 30, 2017 01:16 PM (WLK0w)

136 Appoint a New Special Counsel with the authority to go after Uranium One, the GPS Fusion Dossier, and any other similar issues

Why would that need a Special Counsel? The plain, old DOJ can go after that. That's their friggin job.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2017 01:17 PM (8gDQu)

137 >>>Really, you should comment on ace's posting choices more often. It's your blog, right?

I will also post about the length of the posts, messenger bags, sharting, faceplanting for forgetting to drink water, getting a finger in the ass from a masseuse, and anything else. Maybe you should do some work rather than play hall monitor.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Nostrildamus at October 30, 2017 01:17 PM (BqAhr)

138 Hillary indicted next?
I didn't think so.

Posted by: wth at October 30, 2017 01:17 PM (HgMAr)

139 Thank God President Hillary will be able to pardon former President Barry for all his crimes.

Posted by: ShainS at October 30, 2017 01:17 PM (6PxhN)

140 Will Manafort trade testimony about his Russia ties working with Podesta for leniency on the current charges?

Posted by: OCBill at October 30, 2017 01:17 PM (df+Zi)

141 John Podesta is currently a columnist for the WashPost.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2017 01:17 PM (W+vEI)

142 Just don't try text-to-speech auscolpyr....

God only knows what kind of hell-maw that would tear open in the universe.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2017 01:17 PM (6tu9D)

143 Podesta leads to Soros I bet too

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:18 PM (fceHP)

144 We are all a hazy shade of winter now.

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at October 30, 2017 01:18 PM (9MlEz)

145 Wonder why the tranny thing took so long. They usually have these baloney court orders out the same day.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 30, 2017 01:18 PM (xfb67)

146 We're all in the Barrel now.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at October 30, 2017 01:18 PM (AM1GF)

147 124: good idea.

Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2017 01:18 PM (hZ+us)

148 To all once and future COBs. Check you post after you publish. And stay hydrated.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 30, 2017 01:18 PM (BoMuO)

149 The gray boxes are a gift of the Great Pumpkin!

Posted by: Linus & blanket at October 30, 2017 01:18 PM (g/2WM)

150 the point seems to be .. Obama and Hillary campaigns both mislabel the "legal fees" because this lawyer is actually a producer of propaganda (which is not a "legal fee" service just because he's a lawyer), and allows his name to be used for the "pass through", and also must notice it is being called "legal fees". So put that guy on the torture rack next to Manafort.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 30, 2017 01:15 PM (/aIFg)

That whole Perkins-Queef law firm needs to be razed and its principals all locked up in a federal PMITA prison.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2017 01:18 PM (8gDQu)

151 >>Podesta leads to Soros I bet too

Directly. He and Soros founded Center for American Progress.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2017 01:18 PM (W+vEI)

152 not even a whiff.

Posted by: Witwickian Sage (muh IP=BooBs) at October 30, 2017 01:19 PM (RDd1I)

153 Is this deep background?

Posted by: Toddler at October 30, 2017 01:19 PM (ifP0w)

154 Sometimes when I blow my nose, air squeaks our my tear ducts and plays "Shave and a hair cut".

Posted by: Joey 'Two Toots' Biden at October 30, 2017 01:19 PM (HveRm)

155 Grey boxes reminds me of the Ruth Vader Ginsburg talk last thread

Posted by: Rick in SK at October 30, 2017 01:19 PM (FZYNt)

156 Is there a way to close blockquote from here? Break the 4th wall?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 30, 2017 01:19 PM (BoMuO)

157 >>Directly. He and Soros founded Center for American Progress.

Along with Hillary.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:19 PM (/tuJf)

158

*hands Jeff Sessions a Red Bull

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:19 PM (fceHP)

159 If you can't control the grey, how can you control the ghey?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 30, 2017 01:19 PM (wo3jg)

160 Cane we get Mueller to indict Sonobi already. Sheesh.

Posted by: Benji Carver at October 30, 2017 01:20 PM (OD2ni)

161 Isn't Mueller due to make a required report on his special counsel progress?

Posted by: rd at October 30, 2017 01:20 PM (4dz1m)

162 He and his friends are all speculating on Manafort flipping on DJT, gloating that Manafort will be tried in state court and therefore can't be pardoned by DJT, praising CNN et al for their glorious reporting.
-------------------
Not a lawyer, but tax evasion typically is handled by the Feds not States, unless the tax evaded is unique only to that state. Trump can pardon Manafort. As a private citizen (post office) he can give Manafort a big wad of cash, too. Something the Clintons could never do.

Posted by: Pudding Head at October 30, 2017 01:20 PM (YV+SU)

163 153 Is this deep background?
Posted by: Toddler at October 30, 2017 01:19 PM (ifP0w)

It ain't deep purple, that's for sure.

Posted by: joncelli, freelance grammar nazi at October 30, 2017 01:20 PM (RD7QR)

164 I, for one, will never criticise anyone here for typos.

Read my books, and you will see why!

Can't we all just get along?

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at October 30, 2017 01:20 PM (4XCge)

165 This is the AOSHQ we all know and love. What's with all new-fangled HTML?

Posted by: Michael the Texan at October 30, 2017 01:20 PM (nvMvs)

166 I haven't broken any laws that I'm aware of but I will never speak to any agency without an attorney present.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 30, 2017 01:15 PM (Ri/rl)

Never talk to law enforcement without a lawyer.

Posted by: Insomniac - Existential Vacuum Salesman at October 30, 2017 01:20 PM (NWiLs)

167 Grayed Scot!!!

Marty, all that messing with the time machine really messed up the Ace-Time Continuum.

Posted by: Doc Brown at October 30, 2017 01:20 PM (hZqko)

168 BINGO!

Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2017 01:20 PM (QCc6B)

169 Why would Trump pardon Manafort? He lied to him too.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at October 30, 2017 01:21 PM (UBzPO)

170 I REALLY want to keep the gray boxes! I can read through the hundreds of comments so much faster when I'm late to a thread. Which is often.

I love you gray, gray, gray boxes
And I love you grey, grey, grey boxes
Long may you stay!

Posted by: Prof Chaos aka gumdrop gorilla at October 30, 2017 01:21 PM (g/2WM)

171 Laws don't apply to the Left, they only apply to enemies (or useful idiots who wear out their use) of the Left.

It's Alinsky all the way down.

Posted by: Hikaru at October 30, 2017 01:21 PM (WDCYi)

172 I doubt it but let's give it a try here and in my sockpuppet window. [/blockquote]

Posted by: andycanuck[/blockquote] at October 30, 2017 01:22 PM (mJ8mX)

173 Love that dirty water...

Posted by: geoffb at October 30, 2017 01:22 PM (zOpu5)

174 I'm going to refresh now. I will not doubt if the site looks normal after I do so.

Posted by: Thomas at October 30, 2017 01:22 PM (/qEW2)

175 128 the point seems to be .. Obama and Hillary campaigns both mislabel the "legal fees" because this lawyer is actually a producer of propaganda (which is not a "legal fee" service just because he's a lawyer), and allows his name to be used for the "pass through", and also must notice it is being called "legal fees". So put that guy on the torture rack next to Manafort.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 30, 2017 01:15 PM (/aIFg)

Where is the IRS, that's a straw purchase to hide the true recipient of the cash. Also to do an end run around the fec.

I wonder what else was misallocated in their general ledger.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 30, 2017 01:22 PM (Ri/rl)

176 133
One of my proggy friends on FB is giddy over the indictment. He and his friends are all speculating on Manafort flipping on DJT, gloating that Manafort will be tried in state court and therefore can't be pardoned by DJT, praising CNN et al for their glorious reporting. I pointed out that Manafort's crimes were committed while he worked for John Podesta, who was also chief WH counsel at the time. Unfriended in less than 5 minutes. Truth hurts.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 30, 2017 01:16 PM (BoMuO)

lol

This has been their wet dream at least since Mueller was appointed and it came out that Manafort's house was no-knock raided.

This has a familiar trajectory, and it has only one conclusion, ending with more liberal tears and screaming at the clouds. This will be good.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 30, 2017 01:22 PM (tbOMB)

177 >>Obama and Hillary campaigns both mislabel the "legal fees" because
this lawyer is actually a producer of propaganda, and allows his name to be used
for the "pass through", and also must notice it is being called "legal
fees".

Per a Catherine Herridge report last week, this is the way Fusion GPS liked to do business.

She said they preferred this because they could then claim "attorney-client" privilege when asked about who they did business with.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2017 01:22 PM (W+vEI)

178 I'll bet it was easier finding a flux capacitor for that delorean than a sway bar link.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 30, 2017 01:22 PM (6tu9D)

179 I, for one, will never criticise anyone here for typos.

Read my books, and you will see why!

Can't we all just get along?
Posted by: Skandia Recluse

Forgive my typos as I forgive those that typo against me.
Amen.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 30, 2017 01:22 PM (/aFKY)

180

Posted by: Thomas at October 30, 2017 01:23 PM (/qEW2)

181 the comments are coming from INSIDE THE POST!

Posted by: x at October 30, 2017 01:23 PM (nFwvY)

182 Coldplay will someday turn this all yellow
Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at October 30, 2017 01:07 PM

After it's consciously uncoupled.

Posted by: Gwenyth P., lifestyle advocate at October 30, 2017 01:23 PM (ctuyM)

183 Is anyone really surprised that Obama had a hand in this Fusion thing.

Posted by: Prof Chaos aka gumdrop gorilla at October 30, 2017 01:23 PM (g/2WM)

184 Did somebody just get hammered?

Posted by: joncelli, freelance grammar nazi at October 30, 2017 01:23 PM (RD7QR)

185 Did anybody here ever doubt ubama had something sticky all over him?

Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (zLDYs)

186 Better?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (wYseH)

187 Ta Da

Posted by: jsg at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (gs8be)

188 >>Along with Hillary.

No kidding, Hillary was involved with CAP?
Geez!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (W+vEI)

189 Never talk to law enforcement without a lawyer.
Posted by: Insomniac - Existential Vacuum Salesman at October 30, 2017 01:20 PM (NWiLs)

I won't ever, if you asked me today what I had for breakfast and then asked me next week what I had for breakfast on Monday the 30th, I know the story would change, and I wouldn't be lying. I'm human.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (Ri/rl)

190 Tony Podesta is stepping down.

Posted by: Amy Schumer at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (OD2ni)

191 Pray away the gray!

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (9MlEz)

192 169 Why would Trump pardon Manafort? He lied to him too.
--------------
When did Manafort lie to Trump? Manafort is being charged with tax evasion in 2006 while working with the Podesta brothers.

Posted by: Pudding Head at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (YV+SU)

193 Oh dang it! I like the grey boxes.

Posted by: Tami at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (Enq6K)

194 Back to normalcy!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Nostrildamus at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (BqAhr)

195 Bravo

Posted by: DocJ at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (NYS7S)

196 I have assimilated to the post itself

Posted by: thathalfrican - The calm before the storm at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (FGJU8)

197 Ah, the gray skies lifted.

Posted by: joncelli, freelance grammar nazi at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (RD7QR)

198 185 Did anybody here ever doubt ubama had something sticky all over him?
Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (zLDYs)

Oops. Mistook him for a ficus.

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (NWiLs)

199 I FUCKING TOLD YOU!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLESBERGER at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (/0IRq)

200 All my comments are belong to Sonobi.

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (9MlEz)

201 Damn. Just a bit late

Posted by: thathalfrican - The calm before the storm at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (FGJU8)

202 23 Now, that's the Ace we know and love.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 30, 2017 01:02 PM (Nwg0u)

He hasn't banned himself. Yet.

It's things like this that make the site so endearing.

Posted by: Michael the Texan at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (nvMvs)

203 I think Perkins Coie is ripe for a FBI search warrant.

You want to see the cockroaches run?

They'll fight the warrant under attorney-client privilege, but prima facie evidence of their knowing involvement in financial fraud means the FBI gets to look at all of their financial records.

Moar winning.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (wo3jg)

204

Oh! My! The Blog is so bright I gotta wear shades!
Too Much White Privilege.

Things were going great, getting good comments, the future's so bright now, I gotta wear shades.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (4XCge)

205 Hope I don't get a lot of trick or treaters tmn.

I have 2 bags of Reese's PB cups shouting out my name.

Don't think I'm gonna make it.

Gonna close the doors, put out the lights.

Little Beggar Bastards.

Posted by: dananjcon at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (WLK0w)

206 Is anyone really surprised that Obama had a hand in this Fusion thing.

Posted by: Prof Chaos aka gumdrop gorilla at October 30, 2017 01:23 PM (g/2WM)

There was never any doubt. Barky was one of the first ones to try and push this bullshit Trump-Russia thing. ANd Barky and his junta were the ones who really kept pushing it after the election.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (8gDQu)

207 Format FUBAR!!!!!!

To the BARREL!

Posted by: Sponge at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (xttKs)

208 Jeebus - even with Obama's fingers on the scale Hillary still lost. It truly sucks to be Hillary.

Posted by: Pudding Head at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (YV+SU)

209 >>No kidding, Hillary was involved with CAP?
Geez!

The whole intent of the Center for American Progress was to establish a home for Hillary's government in waiting.

Man this is an awesome day. The worm has most definitely turned.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (/tuJf)

210 I'm not seeing the stunning revelations with Manafort. This stuff happened before Trump and frankly there are probably ten thousand Manaforts working in DC who are also guilty of tax and wire fraud.

I'm sure the media are lying their asses off over how important this is, but I don't think it has legs.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (4ErVI)

211 191 Pray away the gray!

I think they fixed it with electricity.

Posted by: x at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (nFwvY)

212
Oh dang it! I like the grey boxes.

Posted by: Tami at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (Enq6K)

Same here. Easier on the eyes.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (PY9jH)

213 One of my proggy friends on FB is giddy over the indictment. He and his friends are all speculating on Manafort flipping on DJT, gloating that Manafort will be tried in state court and therefore can't be pardoned by DJT, praising CNN et al for their glorious reporting. I pointed out that Manafort's crimes were committed while he worked for John Podesta, who was also chief WH counsel at the time. Unfriended in less than 5 minutes. Truth hurts.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 30, 2017 01:16 PM (BoMuO)

a friend?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (fceHP)

214 The Gray boxes are a Halloween treat for me!

We need to keep them. Isn't there a way apart from Ace making a wee mistake.

Posted by: Prof Chaos aka gumdrop gorilla at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (g/2WM)

215 When did Manafort lie to Trump? Manafort is being charged with tax evasion in 2006 while working with the Podesta brothers.
Posted by: Pudding Head at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (YV+SU)

OK. So I ask again, why would Trump pardon Manafort?

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (UBzPO)

216 194 Back to normalcy!
___________________________________

Define "normalcy"?

Posted by: Kevin Spacey at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (wo3jg)

217 205 Hope I don't get a lot of trick or treaters tmn.

I have 2 bags of Reese's PB cups shouting out my name.

Don't think I'm gonna make it.

Gonna close the doors, put out the lights.

Little Beggar Bastards.

Posted by: dananjcon at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (WLK0w)

Use the stuff from the drawer that has the packets of ketchup and hot sauce, salt and pepper etc.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (Ri/rl)

218 206 Except right after the election when he said the election was fair and untainted.It was odd.

Posted by: steevy at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (LiyEm)

219 Rush just called Jon Podesta obama's "butt boy" LOL

Posted by: josephistan at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (7HtZB)

220 [deletes all my gray box jokes now ]

Posted by: Blanco at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (QGdDN)

221 It ain't deep purple, that's for sure.
Posted by: joncelli, freelance grammar nazi at October 30, 2017 01:20 PM

I dunno, it does sound a lot like Smoke on the Blogger.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (ctuyM)

222 Only way is to correct the original typo from "blockqote" to "blockquote" in the opening post.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (/qEW2)

223 Posted by: dananjcon at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (WLK0w)

FenSpouse has already started eating the candy we planned to give out at the church tomorrow.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (iVOAv)

224 Podesta Group, the Weinstein company for the Democrat political bunch.

Posted by: geoffb at October 30, 2017 01:27 PM (zOpu5)

225 Are we able to link the payments from Obama Campaign to Perkins Coie

to

payments from Perkins Coie to Fusion?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at October 30, 2017 01:27 PM (h/uSM)

226

Someone pointed out the doc said "Indictment (B)" and is wondering where "Indictment (A)" is.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:27 PM (fceHP)

227 I don't have any prog friends. Family and in-laws, but I limit my friendships to fun, like-minded people. Life is too short, etc.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 30, 2017 01:27 PM (PY9jH)

228 The Marc Elias bio reads like a whose who if democratic inbreeding. Check it out on Perkins Coie website.

Duke law
Hamilton undergrad .

Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2017 01:27 PM (hZ+us)

229 I bought 3 bags of funsize Twix.For Halloween?Oh hell no,for me!

Posted by: steevy at October 30, 2017 01:27 PM (LiyEm)

230 203 I think Perkins Coie is ripe for a FBI search warrant.

You want to see the cockroaches run?

They'll fight the warrant under attorney-client privilege, but prima facie evidence of their knowing involvement in financial fraud means the FBI gets to look at all of their financial records.

Moar winning.
------------------
Do you think we can trust the FBI? Cereally!

Posted by: Pudding Head at October 30, 2017 01:27 PM (YV+SU)

231 The democrat party as a whole should be brought up on charges.

Posted by: Sponge at October 30, 2017 01:27 PM (xttKs)

232 I won't ever, if you asked me today what I had for breakfast and then asked me next week what I had for breakfast on Monday the 30th, I know the story would change, and I wouldn't be lying. I'm human.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (Ri/rl)

And they'd still charge you with obstruction, were they so inclined.

Posted by: Insomniac - Existential Vacuum Salesman at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (NWiLs)

233

Today is Guess which two companies?! are named in the indictment day.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (fceHP)

234 Less grey equal more White!

RACISSSST!

Posted by: Al Sharpton at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (wo3jg)

235 The gray is gone!

Seems to me there is a fraud being committed if an entity uses a law firm mainly as a cutout for disbursing money, as opposed to, you know, doing legal stuff.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon, survivor of GNAMM at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (O848g)

236 >>FenSpouse has already started eating the candy we planned to give out at the church tomorrow.

I hide the candy, but hubby and kid always find it. Sometimes it's because they catch me sneaking a piece...

Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (W+vEI)

237 Tony was very magnanimous and said, "This is an amazing group of people," a source said of Podesta's remarks.

Podesta also told staff he "doesn't intend to go quietly, or learn how to play golf." He said he "needs to fight this as an individual, but doesn't want the firm to fight it."

His indictment must be pending. Must have gotten the courtesy call.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (BoMuO)

238 Day after Halloween is the best, all the candy is on clearance.

Posted by: josephistan at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (7HtZB)

239 Awwww. The gray boxes are gone.

So it has gone from a Halloween Treat to a Trick.

Dang nab it!

Posted by: Prof Chaos aka gumdrop gorilla at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (g/2WM)

240 the content here is so slanted

Posted by: Rick in SK at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (FZYNt)

241 Hey, I didn't italicize my post.

RACISSSST!

Posted by: Al Sharpton at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (wo3jg)

242 Rush just called Jon Podesta obama's "butt boy" LOL

Posted by: josephistan at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (7HtZB)

Clearly, the blog has been a bad influence on Rushbo. Heh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (PY9jH)

243 Tony Podesta is stepping down as head of Podesta Group as of today.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE.

SQUIRREL!!!

ANTELOPE!!!

UNICORN!!!

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (B+qrE)

244 If someone had asked, I could have fixed the gray problem long ago.

Posted by: Keith Hernandez at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (hZqko)

245 210 I'm not seeing the stunning revelations with Manafort. This stuff happened before Trump and frankly there are probably ten thousand Manaforts working in DC who are also guilty of tax and wire fraud.

I'm sure the media are lying their asses off over how important this is, but I don't think it has legs.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (4ErVI)

Rush seems to think the plan of attack is to get Trump on his tax returns from 1992.

Posted by: Hikaru at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (WDCYi)

246 Does this help me further the coup against the president? No? Then I would suggest you stop talking.

Posted by: Robert Mueller at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (eSx+E)

247 Rush just called Jon Podesta obama's "butt boy" LOL

Posted by: josephistan at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (7HtZB)

Internet delay means I didn't miss this comment for MORE LOL.

Posted by: Sponge at October 30, 2017 01:29 PM (xttKs)

248 Boy. Do I ever feel silly now for all of those box comments.

Posted by: andycanuck[/blockquote] at October 30, 2017 01:29 PM (mJ8mX)

249 153 Is this deep background?
Posted by: Toddler at October 30, 2017 01:19 PM (ifP0w)

--------

Damnit, this doesn't make sense #greyscale

Posted by: Toddler at October 30, 2017 01:29 PM (ifP0w)

250 Directly. He and Soros founded Center for American Progress.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2017 01:18 PM (W+vEI)

hoo boy
thanks

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:29 PM (fceHP)

251 One of my proggy friends on FB is giddy over the indictment. He and his friends are all speculating on Manafort flipping on DJT, gloating that Manafort will be tried in state court and therefore can't be pardoned by DJT, praising CNN et al for their glorious reporting. I pointed out that Manafort's crimes were committed while he worked for John Podesta, who was also chief WH counsel at the time. Unfriended in less than 5 minutes. Truth hurts.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 30, 2017 01:16 PM (BoMuO)

Tax evasion, if it's federal, is a federal crime. So is wire fraud.

Why would Trump issue a pardon? It doesn't involve him in the slightest, and if Manafort is guilty that's on him. Get a better accountant.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2017 01:29 PM (4ErVI)

252 The Barrel be hungry for some 'ette

Posted by: DocJ at October 30, 2017 01:29 PM (NYS7S)

253 This seems big... Sonobi big.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 30, 2017 01:29 PM (ymnmz)

254 Nice save, Lizzy!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 30, 2017 01:29 PM (PY9jH)

255 >>I won't ever, if you asked me today what I had for breakfast and then asked me next week what I had for breakfast on Monday the 30th, I know the story would change, and I wouldn't be lying. I'm human.

I've met with and dealt with the FBI on a company related issue. I told the truth and then went and had a cheeseburger.

It was no big deal at all.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:29 PM (/tuJf)

256 184 Did somebody just get hammered?
Posted by: joncelli, freelance grammar nazi at October 30, 2017 01:23 PM (RD7QR)

Not as far as I can tell.

Posted by: Insomniac - Existential Vacuum Salesman at October 30, 2017 01:30 PM (NWiLs)

257 215 When did Manafort lie to Trump? Manafort is being charged with tax evasion in 2006 while working with the Podesta brothers.
Posted by: Pudding Head at October 30, 2017 01:24 PM (YV+SU)

OK. So I ask again, why would Trump pardon Manafort?
----------------------
Cuz that's how Trump rolls. Ask Obama how he feels about his legacy.

Posted by: Pudding Head at October 30, 2017 01:30 PM (YV+SU)

258 Dang nab it!
_______________________________

Language!

Posted by: Mrs. Fusspott at October 30, 2017 01:30 PM (wo3jg)

259 Laura Ingraham starts tonight on Fox. I cut cable so can't watch. Hopefully she nails it and I believe is the Anti-MeAgain Kelly.

Posted by: Cheri at October 30, 2017 01:30 PM (oiNtH)

260 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (fceHP)

Mmmm. Nom! Nom! Nom!

Bring me more candy.

Posted by: The Barrel at October 30, 2017 01:30 PM (tbOMB)

261 Rush just called Jon Podesta obama's "butt boy" LOL
Posted by: josephistan at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (7HtZB)

hmmm, should I put on Rush?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:30 PM (fceHP)

262 gloating that Manafort will be tried in state court

Uh...wut?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 30, 2017 01:30 PM (B+qrE)

263 I want my gray context back! I have been disenfranchised! De-gray-ded!!

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at October 30, 2017 01:30 PM (9MlEz)

264 259 Laura Ingraham starts tonight on Fox. I cut cable so can't watch. Hopefully she nails it and I believe is the Anti-MeAgain Kelly.
Posted by: Cheri

but can she dance?

Posted by: Rick in SK at October 30, 2017 01:30 PM (FZYNt)

265 The gray is gone!

♪ Gonna wash that gray right outta your hair!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 30, 2017 01:30 PM (/aFKY)

266 237: Woot!!!

Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2017 01:31 PM (hZ+us)

267 Stop. The. Hammering!

Posted by: Lawrence O'Donnell at October 30, 2017 01:31 PM (wo3jg)

268

meh, guy on fox said issues of manafort may extend into 2017, even tho started before

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:31 PM (fceHP)

269
Laura Ingraham starts tonight on Fox. I cut cable so can't watch.
Hopefully she nails it and I believe is the Anti-MeAgain Kelly.

Posted by: Cheri at October 30, 2017 01:30 PM (oiNtH)

MeAgain was thrown under the bus by Matt Lauer, so her decline continues.

I can't wait to see what Laura has up her sleeve.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 30, 2017 01:31 PM (PY9jH)

270 I didn't do it!

If it is true that the dossier was used for a FISA warrant, which I don't think has been confirmed though it is highly likely, that is the part of it that upsets me the most.

I am extremely ambivalent about the FISA court in the first place, to say nothing of the 99+% approval rate on warrant applications, so if the various and sundry alphabet groups showed up with oh hey we have this totally legit set of allegations, yup, yup, now give us a warrant, that doesn't help matters.

Posted by: alexthechick - Your new AG. Now the DOJ has grry hands. at October 30, 2017 01:31 PM (mf5HN)

271

Press Briefing just started.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:31 PM (fceHP)

272 This stuff happened before Trump and frankly there are probably ten thousand Manaforts working in DC who are also guilty of tax and wire fraud.

--

To name but one, didn't Charlie Rangel commit said tax fraud? Good thing he was made an example of. /s

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at October 30, 2017 01:31 PM (mQ0Mc)

273
Rush seems to think the plan of attack is to get Trump on his tax returns from 1992.
Posted by: Hikaru at October 30, 2017 01:28 PM (WDCYi)

Why would they need Manafort for that? If they could get PDT on tax charges they would have done it long ago.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at October 30, 2017 01:31 PM (lKyWE)

274

It was no big deal at all.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:29 PM (/tuJf)

They would arrest me for being nervous and think I was hiding something. I would have an attorney present.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 30, 2017 01:31 PM (Ri/rl)

275 Seems kind of sleazy for Obama to be involved oppo research as an outgoing president. But to use it for warrants? I don't care about what riots would ensue. His head needs to be put on a pike, figuratively speaking, so that this does not happen again.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 30, 2017 01:32 PM (/qEW2)

276 ...gloating that Manafort will be tried in state court

Look, I'm not a lawyer and make no pretense about understanding anything to do with our legal system.

But how in hell does a FEDERAL grand jury hand-down charges that will be handled in STATE court?

Posted by: DocJ at October 30, 2017 01:32 PM (NYS7S)

277 Sarah on for WH briefing....

Posted by: Tami at October 30, 2017 01:32 PM (Enq6K)

278 I can see clearly now the grey is gone
I can see all comments whilst eating toast
Gone are the dark boxes that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny post
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny post.

Posted by: Jimmie Cliff at October 30, 2017 01:33 PM (ctuyM)

279 Rush seems to think the plan of attack is to get Trump on his tax returns from 1992.

Statute of limitations on 26 yr old event?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 30, 2017 01:33 PM (/aFKY)

280 >>They would arrest me for being nervous and think I was hiding something. I would have an attorney present.

Probably not a bad idea but the agent I dealt with was a really nice guy. Ex-Navy. We talked about the issue for a while and then talked football.

Easy peasy.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:33 PM (/tuJf)

281 This whole thing was a gray area, as far as I'm concerned. But now it's black and white. And gray.

Posted by: unsure if deplorable, moron at October 30, 2017 01:33 PM (9MlEz)

282 Late to the party, so let me try and guesstimate

Biggus Dickus Mueller has managed to snagged on his fishing expedition Manafort the Minnow?

Plus Gaylord and Hillary shoveled millions of dollars to a K Street prostitute via their lawyer to hide the fact of their whoremongering muckraking?

I hear there are plenty of empty rooms at Hotel Gitmo.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 30, 2017 01:33 PM (xBdr5)

283 Don't worry friends. Our BPs (Better People) in the Party (the Democrats) shall not be charged.

Silly deplorables. Laws are only enforced against the LC (lower class) and those NOT of THE PARTY (Republicans).

Posted by: Infidel de Manahatta at October 30, 2017 01:33 PM (M/v2o)

284 Do we have any piazzas where we can hang a few fascists? The Italians have all the fun.

Posted by: Pudding Head at October 30, 2017 01:33 PM (YV+SU)

285 Mueller really only needs to drag this out until the Midterms.

That gives the flatworms in the GOPe an excuse to continue to do nothing and throw their majorities away to the Demoncrats, where they'll presumably impeach and the spineless GOPe will go along with it.

Posted by: Hikaru at October 30, 2017 01:33 PM (WDCYi)

286 Press Briefing just started.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:31 PM (fceHP)

You couldn't pay me enough to do Sarah's job. AtC could handle it, however. And I'd actually pay to watch pressers.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 30, 2017 01:33 PM (PY9jH)

287 meh, guy on fox said issues of manafort may extend into 2017, even tho started before
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:31 PM (fceHP)

Best as I can tell he was still lying about the payments and taxes owed into 2017. Nothing whatsoever to do with Trump or the election.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at October 30, 2017 01:33 PM (UBzPO)

288 Laura Ingraham starts tonight on Fox. I cut cable so can't watch.
Hopefully she nails it and I believe is the Anti-MeAgain Kelly.

Posted by: Cheri at October 30, 2017 01:30 PM (oiNtH)

MeAgain was thrown under the bus by Matt Lauer, so her decline continues.

I can't wait to see what Laura has up her sleeve.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 30, 2017 01:31 PM (PY9jH)

The show's first big get: an interview with White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly tonight, who'll talk about the indictment against Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are scheduled for appearances on Wednesday.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:33 PM (fceHP)

289 Nood Podesta.

Posted by: Clearly at October 30, 2017 01:34 PM (6xPsz)

290 The Podesta resignation from a company he founded and bears his name should not be overlooked.

This is an enormous indication of where the investigation is headed and who is in trouble.

Hint: Not Donny Tow Scoops

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:34 PM (/tuJf)

291 "When does the president admit his guilt and step down?!"
The MFM at todays presser

Posted by: steevy at October 30, 2017 01:34 PM (LiyEm)

292 Why would Trump issue a pardon? It doesn't involve him in the slightest, and if Manafort is guilty that's on him. Get a better accountant.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2017 01:29 PM (4ErVI)

If Manafort delivers testimony that puts much bigger fish in jail, then a pardon would be worthwhile.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon, survivor of GNAMM at October 30, 2017 01:34 PM (O848g)

293 #233
Mercury LC and the Podestas Group are the companies referenced in the indictmwnt.

Posted by: Tom22ndState at October 30, 2017 01:34 PM (F0Ebp)

294 What did the slimy Democrats always say when a Democrat was charged?

"The prosecution has overplayed its hand."

I think Mueller has overplayed his hand.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 30, 2017 01:35 PM (wo3jg)

295 Nood Podesta.

Posted by: Clearly at October 30, 2017 01:34 PM (6xPsz)

Phrasing. So. Much. With the phrasing.

Posted by: alexthechick - Your new AG. Now the DOJ has grry hands. at October 30, 2017 01:35 PM (mf5HN)

296 If Manafort delivers testimony that puts much bigger fish in jail, then a pardon would be worthwhile.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon, survivor of GNAMM at October 30, 2017 01:34 PM (O848g)

Disagree. That's what immunity deals are for, not pardons. He doesn't have to say a word if granted a pardon.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at October 30, 2017 01:35 PM (UBzPO)

297

haha, Sarah is filibustering her own briefing

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 30, 2017 01:36 PM (fceHP)

298 Honestly, you have to laugh at the fact that Obama's CIA, FBI, NSA, Manhattan Media and the bestest Dem brains couldn't pull off a coup. Jeebus - they are so fucking lame.

Posted by: Pudding Head at October 30, 2017 01:36 PM (YV+SU)

299 Mmm. Piazzas.

Posted by: homer simpson at October 30, 2017 01:36 PM (mJ8mX)

300 This is fake news.
Some people may try to tell you it's news.
They might scream news, news, news, over and over and over again.
They might put NEWS in all caps.
You might even start to believe it's news.
But it's not.
This is fake news.

Brian Stelter says so, and he wouldn't lie to me.

Posted by: George LeS at October 30, 2017 01:36 PM (+TcCF)

301 Someone on Twitter just noted that on the actual Manafort/Gates indictment it is listed as:

Description: INDICTMENT (B)

So.....where is "A" ?

https://twitter.com/Alt_Spicerlies/status/925020054479138816

Posted by: IrishEi at October 30, 2017 01:37 PM (HiDrR)

302 Probably not a bad idea but the agent I dealt with
was a really nice guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:33 PM (/tuJf)

Good Cop/Bad Cop.

Tomorrow morning at 5:30am they are going to break down your door and the asshole Fed with bad breath, a dyed combover and a shitty attitude will interrogate you.

By the way, he owns a cabin cruiser.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 30, 2017 01:37 PM (wYseH)

303 "If it is true that the dossier was used for a FISA warrant, which I don't think has been confirmed though it is highly likely, that is the part of it that upsets me the most."

The dossier stuff must be terrible for the Dems if even Susan Collins is slamming them for it.

Posted by: Benji Carver at October 30, 2017 01:37 PM (OD2ni)

304 Rush seems to think the plan of attack is to get Trump on his tax returns from 1992.

--

Sure seems fair that there is essentially an opposition party-staffed organism given full legal tools to sift through every grain of sand in a president's past..for what reason? Who needs one! Yep, sure seems fair. This is all such a pile of horse****.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at October 30, 2017 01:37 PM (mQ0Mc)

305 The worm has most definitely turned.

Let's see someone dragged out of an office crying.

Posted by: DaveA at October 30, 2017 01:38 PM (FhXTo)

306 I can't wait to see what Laura has up her sleeve.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 30,

She is great and I loved her convention speech....."We see you!" as she pointed to the Press weasels.

Posted by: Cheri at October 30, 2017 01:38 PM (oiNtH)

307 OK... Let me get this right. Its okay to for the Obama campaign to pay a lawyer to do oppo research, if they ID the payment as oppo; but if they mask it as legal fess payments, then there might be a problem. OK that's one thing to litigate.

BUT, no matter what, if the "Law Firm" that did the "oppo" research crossed the line into illegal elections activity with foreign governments then handed that information back to Obama flunkies, there is still a huge problem for the "legal firm"; and it really undercuts the story about the payments to the firm, once the file is handed back to people connected to the administration.

This really is a magnitude bigger than anything Nixon ever did.

But today I am down, and I feel that the crooks will skate. I mean really, Reps are nominally in charge of House, Senate and White House, and there is a special council in place operating like a punk with impunity. WTF?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 30, 2017 01:38 PM (ymnmz)

308 Posted by: dananjcon at October 30, 2017 01:25 PM (WLK0w)

Use the stuff from the drawer that has the packets of ketchup and hot sauce, salt and pepper etc.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 30, 2017 01:26 PM (Ri/rl)
**

I'm thinking left over duck sauce packets will do just fine.

Posted by: dananjcon at October 30, 2017 01:40 PM (WLK0w)

309 OK. So I ask again, why would Trump pardon Manafort?
----------------------
Cuz that's how Trump rolls. Ask Obama how he feels about his legacy.
Posted by: Pudding Head

Trump should pardon Podesta, too. That will confuse the lefties

Posted by: Jean at October 30, 2017 01:40 PM (9TU00)

310

Meh,,,

What difference, at this point, does it make?!?1/11/1//1!?!?!1/1/!??

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 30, 2017 01:43 PM (0mskG)

311 If would be impossible for me to hate Jim Acosta anymore than I do.

Posted by: Tami at October 30, 2017 01:44 PM (Enq6K)

312 Is anyone really surprised that Obama had a hand in this Fusion thing.

*raises hand* Barry has neither the shift nor the feck to do this. Valjar on the other hand ...

Posted by: California Dreamin' at October 30, 2017 01:44 PM (60v4h)

313 Probably not a bad idea but the agent I dealt with was a really nice guy. Ex-Navy. We talked about the issue for a while and then talked football.

Easy peasy.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2017 01:33 PM (/tuJf)

I'd still be nervous.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 30, 2017 01:46 PM (Ri/rl)

314 Nothing to see here. Move along.

Posted by: Ceasar at October 30, 2017 01:46 PM (x8dHd)

315 If Trump preemptively pardons Podesta, Podesta can't take the 5th when testifying...

Posted by: OCBill at October 30, 2017 01:47 PM (df+Zi)

316 307
OK... Let me get this right. Its okay to for the Obama campaign to pay a
lawyer to do oppo research, if they ID the payment as oppo; but if they
mask it as legal fess payments, then there might be a problem. OK
that's one thing to litigate.

BUT, no matter what, if the
"Law Firm" that did the "oppo" research crossed the line into illegal
elections activity with foreign governments then handed that information
back to Obama flunkies, there is still a huge problem for the "legal
firm"; and it really undercuts the story about the payments to the firm,
once the file is handed back to people connected to the administration.

This really is a magnitude bigger than anything Nixon ever did.

Perkins Coie is a DEMOCRAT law firm. So they are protected from the little people, just like their clients.
So...... shut the hell up!

Signed,
Perkins Coie and their Masters of the Deep State

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at October 30, 2017 02:24 PM (UsCnO)

317 Time to fire Sessions. He's been useless

Posted by: CN at October 30, 2017 02:32 PM (5gaNQ)

318 227: Likewise. It was a lib-free Thanksgiving as I knew it would otherwise be a shit-show. No regrets and I don't miss the arguments

Posted by: CN at October 30, 2017 02:34 PM (5gaNQ)

319 Perkins Coie had Bob Bauer as a partner. His wife is the Mao loving Barrel-of-a-gun Anita Dunn, Obama's former comm director.

Posted by: Rex B at October 30, 2017 02:40 PM (Z/Nm1)

320 If I didn't know any better I'd swear that Democrats can get away with anything.

Posted by: LGoPs at October 30, 2017 02:47 PM (7BD9b)

321 "They'll fight the warrant under attorney-client privilege, but prima facie evidence of their knowing involvement in financial fraud means the FBI gets to look at all of their financial records."
privilege only applies to confidential communications, not to identity of client or $$ paid.

Posted by: artemis at October 30, 2017 02:57 PM (AwPyG)

322 Sounds like Obama, Hillary, and the DNC were involved in money laundering. Paying for Russian propaganda under the guise of "Legal services". The American left and the DEM party has corrupted the government.

Posted by: Brian at October 30, 2017 03:35 PM (eZw5j)

323 A real Justice Department would start serving subpoenas on Perkins Coie. Attorney client privilege does not protect ongoing criminal conspiracy and nobody but nobody would flip faster than an overpaid associate at a white shoe law firm threatened with loss of a law license, let alone pound me in the ass federal prison.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at October 30, 2017 09:41 PM (BsGS1)

Processing 0.04, elapsed 0.0449 seconds.
15 queries taking 0.0183 seconds, 332 records returned.
Page size 143 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.8 beta.