Originally Posted by
Tgo01
Okay time to deliver the knockout blow to the 6 year old with a limp and his 8 year old special needs friend.
Here is how a plea deal works:
The government agrees not to prosecute certain crimes in exchange for something, usually a guilty plea but also cooperation in other crimes such as being a witness.
The accused can back out of the agreement at anytime and the only thing the government can do about it is to go ahead and charge them with the crimes they agreed not to charge them with.
So let's break this down for the slow ones of the audience:
Government won't prosecute Manafort for certain crimes as long as he keeps his end of the bargain.
Trump pardons Manafort.
Government threatens to....do absolutely nothing because the only leverage they had was they would prosecute Manafort if he didn't keep his end of the bargain and they now can't prosecute for those crimes.
At this point Manafort is under NO obligation to cooperate with Mueller. Sure he can out of his own free will, but not because of any threats against him via prosecution. Thus this is not a "pardon proof plea deal."
You two just got done served, and you both were wanting to sound so smart when you thought you were right but can now only manage to suck each other's dicks about how stupid you think I am.
Whatever helps you two fucktards sleep better at night.