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maxrandb

(15,188 posts)
13. Yes they can!!!
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 04:49 PM
Aug 2018

They can also be considered during sentencing as they can be used to establish character.

I wonder how many of the 8 are guilty? SHRED Aug 2018 #1
EVERY DAMN ONE. pnwmom Aug 2018 #19
It is shocking that they have no verdict in 10. That doesn't feel like good news. Squinch Aug 2018 #2
Excellent news...these are major convictions! Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #24
Thank the gods! Squinch Aug 2018 #54
It's not unusual to overcharge. JohnnyRingo Aug 2018 #60
verdict coming now on those 8 counts lapfog_1 Aug 2018 #3
That judge is not likely to throw the book at him. nt Snellius Aug 2018 #42
can't decide...bc the case was so flimsy.....EYEROLL. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #4
Manafort CONVICTED of tax fraud! csziggy Aug 2018 #5
!0 counts they are still deadlocked on??? bobGandolf Aug 2018 #6
Not exactly "deadlocked." GoCubsGo Aug 2018 #18
5 guilty, more in the way alfredo Aug 2018 #7
8 counts, mistrial the remaining Chakaconcarne Aug 2018 #8
Can those mistrials be retried? alfredo Aug 2018 #10
Yes they can!!! maxrandb Aug 2018 #13
Yes! alfredo Aug 2018 #14
thanks so much for this info - very curious about it. rurallib Aug 2018 #34
Character..... SergeStorms Aug 2018 #36
2 bank fraud now reported on top of the 5 NRaleighLiberal Aug 2018 #9
Half a loaf is better than none alfredo Aug 2018 #11
For the one convicted of even one murder and acquitted of 17 it is no loaf at all. Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #25
True alfredo Aug 2018 #32
NYT convicted 8 counts fraud, 10 up in the air BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #12
Next, state courts get to dismember him. alfredo Aug 2018 #15
A mistrial means they can retry on those counts too. nt BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #16
This came to mind alfredo Aug 2018 #23
lol BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #35
It won't happen. former9thward Aug 2018 #39
The threat, just before the 2nd trial, still hangs out there with the hope he'll do a plea deal. nt BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #40
Like I said earlier, a half a loaf is better than none. alfredo Aug 2018 #50
Look at it this way DeminPennswoods Aug 2018 #17
It was a complicated prosecution, but this jury was hamstrung by the judge Cosmocat Aug 2018 #20
Agree and the judge did the jury no favor DeminPennswoods Aug 2018 #21
Exactly how I see it. And convicted of direct bank fraud re: Citizens Bank (his buddies) but Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #26
No doubt at all Manafort and Calk conspired DeminPennswoods Aug 2018 #37
What might be the basis of a mistrial on those particular counts? Mr. Ected Aug 2018 #22
Make Manofort squeal....keep the pressure on...but aside from that probably no legal reason Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #28
The jury couldn't reach agreement on those counts means mistrial for those counts. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2018 #30
follow the money left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 #27
Trump will say ... left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 #29
Winner! DeminPennswoods Aug 2018 #38
So not NOT GUILTY as claimed. ffr Aug 2018 #31
I'm curious about this underthematrix Aug 2018 #33
On the conspiracy to commit fraud versus the actual commit fraud on Citizen's bank the Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #46
Interesting Hav Aug 2018 #41
Correction...he was found not guilty of zero charges. Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #47
Moral of this story: Pay your taxes April 15. Vote Democratic on November 6 Snellius Aug 2018 #43
Yes! The other 10 are NOT "not guilty." They are mistrials. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #44
GUILTY! Bayard Aug 2018 #45
$3.1 million fraud on just the one count regarding the bank is many years in the clink alone. Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #49
so how much time is Manafort looking at here? 0rganism Aug 2018 #48
80 years Massacure Aug 2018 #56
thanks! 0rganism Aug 2018 #58
A guess: Trump will pardon or commute the sentence after Nov 2020 election. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2018 #62
he's got to face the state charges as well onetexan Aug 2018 #63
80 years? Has the sentencing been done? Are the terms to be "consecutive"? JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2018 #64
As if republicans haven't already had a bad day, it gets worse. alfredo Aug 2018 #51
It looks like they were confused primarily about the conspiracy charges. meadowlander Aug 2018 #52
LOCK HIM UP!!!!! workinclasszero Aug 2018 #53
Wish it were more than 8; hopefully he gets along sentence. Owl Aug 2018 #55
TODAY the decline of RUMP BEGINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bluestarone Aug 2018 #57
It may be the silver lining from today is... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #59
This message was self-deleted by its author DeminPennswoods Aug 2018 #61
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