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Not much to Manafort indictment, a boon to Trump - ...

Posted: Nov 1st, 2017 - 12:42 am

Although Robert Mueller has accused former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort of "conspiracy against the United States," former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy explains that his charges aren't even half as exciting (or troubling, depending on your perspective) as you might think:

'Do not be fooled by the “Conspiracy against the United States” heading on Count One (page 23 of the indictment). This case has nothing to do with what Democrats and the media call “the attack on our democracy” (i.e., the Kremlin’s meddling in the 2016 election, supposedly in “collusion” with the Trump campaign). Essentially, Manafort and his associate, Richard W. Gates, are charged with (a) conspiring to conceal from the U.S. government about $75 million they made as unregistered foreign agents for Ukraine, years before the 2016 election (mainly, from 2006 through 2014), and (b) a money-laundering conspiracy.'

Although there are twelve counts in all, those are the two most important allegations. Manafort's "conspiracy against the United States" doesn't refer to him trying to undermine the election process by working with Russia, but to his "alleged failure to file Treasury Department forms required by the Bank Secrecy Act." Also, it refers to his alleged failure to register as a foreign agent from 2008 to 2014.

According to McCarthy, Mueller's case "seems shaky and overcharged," at least "on first glance." For instance, regarding the offense of failing to register as a foreign agent, McCarthy explains that although that count may be a "slam-dunk," it "is a violation that the Justice Department rarely prosecutes criminally." Instead, the Justice Department's practice is to "encourage people to register, not indict them for failing to do so."





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