{"id":46421,"date":"2020-12-23T23:11:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T04:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=46421"},"modified":"2020-12-24T13:39:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T18:39:14","slug":"weissmann-lashes-out-at-trump-over-manafort-stone-pardons-cooks-up-new-plot-to-prosecute-them-for-perjury-and-obstruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weissmann-lashes-out-at-trump-over-manafort-stone-pardons-cooks-up-new-plot-to-prosecute-them-for-perjury-and-obstruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Weissmann Lashes Out at Trump Over Manafort, Stone Pardons \u2013 Cooks Up New Plot to Prosecute Them for Perjury and Obstruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fweissmann-lashes-out-at-trump-over-manafort-stone-pardons-cooks-up-new-plot-to-prosecute-them-for-perjury-and-obstruction%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=46421&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-399537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andrew-Weissmann-AL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"447\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Andrew Weissmann<\/em><\/p>\n<p>President Trump on Wednesday evening asserted his authority and announced 26 new Christmas pardons including ones to Paul Manafort and Roger Stone.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign manager Paul Manafort was hunted down by Mueller\u2019s goons after he helped President Trump win the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>Manafort was sentenced to 7 years in prison for tax evasion and other crimes stemming from his Ukrainian lobbying.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Weissmann, the real prosecutor in charge of Mueller\u2019s witch hunt lashed out at President Trump on Wednesday night following his pardon of Manafort and Stone.<\/p>\n<p>Weissmann took the pardons personally since he\u2019s the one who hunted down people in Trump\u2019s orbit and persecuted them.<\/p>\n<p>Weissmann cooked up a new plot to prosecute both Manafort and Stone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEasy enough to beat Trump at his game: put Stone and Manafort in the grand jury after 1\/20\/21 to get at what they have hidden from the government about Trump- and if they then lie, they can be prosecuted for perjury and obstruction,\u201d Weissmann said in a tweet Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Easy enough to beat Trump at his game: put Stone and Manafort in the grand jury after 1\/20\/21 to get at what they have hidden from the government about Trump- and if they then lie, they can be prosecuted for perjury and obstruction.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads)\ud83c\udf3b (@AWeissmann_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AWeissmann_\/status\/1341917004492636160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When people suggested that Paul Manafort and Roger Stone could just invoke their 5th Amendment rights, he said it\u2019s a non issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fifth amendment issue is a non issue. Yes, those pardoned may still have a colorable fifth amendment claim but, even if they do, the government can immunize them and require them to testify in the grand jury. If they then lie they face criminal prosecution,\u201d Weissmann said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The fifth amendment issue is a non issue.  Yes, those pardoned may still have a colorable fifth amendment claim but, even if they do, the government can immunize them and require them to testify in the grand jury. If they then lie they face criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads)\ud83c\udf3b (@AWeissmann_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AWeissmann_\/status\/1341949455239684096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2020\/12\/weissmann-lashes-trump-manafort-stone-pardons-cooks-new-plot-prosecute-perjury-obstruction\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Weissmann Lashes Out at Trump Over Manafort, Stone Pardons \u2013 Cooks Up New Plot to Prosecute Them for Perjury and Obstruction<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Weissmann President Trump on Wednesday evening asserted his authority and announced 26 new Christmas pardons including ones to Paul Manafort and Roger Stone. 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