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"Former Donald Trump presidential campaign chair and once-convicted felon Paul Manafort was removed from a Miami flight bound for Dubai on March 20, officials confirmed."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/knewz-exclusive-paul-manafort-denied-flight-to-dubai-over-revoked-passport/ar-AAVnzeR?ocid=msedgntp
Was he fleeing, perhaps knowing a new indictment is coming down?
Is he trying to keep nations in the Middle East from increasing oil exports and thwart the effect of Biden-NATO sanctions?
Manafort's dirty work is never done.
relayerbob
(6,508 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)zuul
(14,615 posts)I seem to recall that his mob nickname is 'Paulie Walnuts' because when he speaks, he sounds like his mouth is full of marbles or nuts or something. He sounds like the stereotypical mobster.
And I agree with you that he was likely on his way to meet with some Russians. Planning his next traitorous move against the United States, no doubt.
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L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)It seems reasonable to assume that Manafort expects to be indicted again. When EXACTLY was his passport revoked? After he popped up on the flight manifest?
Link to tweet
Could Criminal Charges be on the Horizon for #PaulManafort? US revokes His passport as Manafort tries to flee to Dubai which has no extradition Treaty with the US!!!
Link to tweet
Ocelot II
(115,276 posts)to avoid more subpoenas and possible indictments. I don't think he has enough influence any more to do anything but try to save his own hide.
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,892 posts)Who knows what stuff Trump is trying to sell off.
Otto_Harper
(499 posts)he got caught working as a representative for pro-Russian oligarchs in Ukraine.
(Move along. Nothing to see here.)
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)2004: Manafort installs Putin puppet Yanukovych in Ukraine.
2004: Yanukovych is driven out of Ukraine by the people.
2010: Manafort installs Putin puppet Yanukovych in Ukraine.
2014: Yanukovych is driven out of Ukraine by the people.
2015: Manafort gets chummy with Trump.
2016: Manafort and Trump secretly hack the RNC Platform to remove support for Ukraine.
2016: Manafort and Putin install Putin Puppet Trump in the US.
2017-2020: Trump spends four years trying to destroy NATO, Ukraine's chief ally.
2019: Putin gets Trump to blackmail Ukraine and withhold military aid.
2020: Trump is driven from power by the people.
Thunderbeast
(3,382 posts)Just wondering...
Demsrule86
(68,348 posts)getagrip_already
(14,250 posts)His passport would have been revoked when he was convicted of (8) felonies.
The pardon means he is forgiven and can't be jailed, but his guilty conviction still stands unless a judge orders it removed. I don't think his record was expunged.
But he would know with certainty he had to surrender his passports and not try to leave the country. He had multiple passports and probably claimed one was lost.
There are a fistful of violations there.
Sanity Claws
(21,822 posts)will also try to go there.
DeeNice
(574 posts)Emptywheel has a good short article up about it. Sorry I can't link it right now because I'm an idiot with a new phone but I think many DUers are familiar.
skip fox
(19,356 posts)Is Trump morally capable of trying to thwart Biden's efforts so that Biden's popularity won't go up even if that means Ukraine loses their war?
Would Trump want a democratic government to lose a war just so he could win back the presidency???
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)cbabe
(3,440 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)obamanut2012
(25,911 posts)My BIL is (or was) in a position to tell me this is probably what happened.
Duppers
(28,094 posts)...a federal agency, thankfully.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)It's an automated process. The alarms probably went off in DC and they sent the word back to Miami to grab him.
obamanut2012
(25,911 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)That's what the hell he was up to...
Johnny2X2X
(18,744 posts)He was up to something evil, something that will hurt the cause of freedom and expand the march of fascism. Paul Manafort and so many others aligned with them have a world view of evil and sadistic men being in power and the rest of humanity suffering under their boot. That's their goal, suffering for the masses.
tanyev
(42,358 posts)OMGWTF
(3,894 posts)that cost him $18,500. Also too, he paid $15,000 for a gross ostrich leather jacket, among other things -- https://www.wonkette.com/paul-manafort-ostrich-jacket -- the article and comments are four years old, but comedy gold.