I have a question..........

[deplorable]

When Trump criticized Mueller and his minions as a "witch hunt" and called Mueller corrupt etc. that was viewed by the left as Obstruction of Justice and a crime.

Now James Comey {who is under investigation and has a criminal referral}criticizes the man investigating him{Bill Barr} on twitter and saying Barr is corrupt

Is that Obstruction Of Justice? Or if you're a good liberal like Comey who believes in abortion on demand is what he does a-okay?

[vitterd]

This doesn’t make much sense and your jump to abortion borders on insanity.

Barr is a trump boot licker and is the worst AG in history but it fits to match the worst president in history. Thankfully it will all be over in 2020 and this nightmare corrupt nonsense will be over.

[Thor4140]

Comey did these bums the best thing he could ever do for them trashing Hillary ten days before the election. Now this asshole calls Comey a liberal because he stopped kissing Trumps ass. Deplorable you might be the biggest phony fuk in this joint and you are to stupid to realize it.

[deplorable]

The reaction from the 2 left wing posters tells me that i hit a bullseye with my point

Someone needs to explain to Comey that he has a right to remain silent.....................And he better start fuc%ing using it.

[Thor4140]

The reaction from the 2 left wing posters tells me that i hit a bullseye with my point

Someone needs to explain to Comey that he has a right to remain silent.....................And he better start fuc%ing using it.

You did nothing but show your nothing but one of those far right evangelical hypocrite phony's. I bet when Trump said his favorite book was the Bible it made you cream your pants. The only thing Trump knows about the bible was getting a cheaper version to stick in his hotels in NY. Why are all you Republicans pathetic phony's

[brooks85]

This doesn’t make much sense and your jump to abortion borders on insanity.

Barr is a trump boot licker and is the worst AG in history but it fits to match the worst president in history. Thankfully it will all be over in 2020 and this nightmare corrupt nonsense will be over.

says the idiot who thinks math changes over time.


you're doing great vitter!

[vitterd]

Here comes thread clogging. Trying to earn bet points. I know every move Brooksy makes. I own him

[HockeyRocks]

When Trump criticized Mueller and his minions as a "witch hunt" and called Mueller corrupt etc. that was viewed by the left as Obstruction of Justice and a crime.

Now James Comey {who is under investigation and has a criminal referral}criticizes the man investigating him{Bill Barr} on twitter and saying Barr is corrupt

Is that Obstruction Of Justice? Or if you're a good liberal like Comey who believes in abortion on demand is what he does a-okay?

"Witch Hunt"

"Obstruction of Justice"

"Criminal Referral"

"Abortion"

WTF are you talking about??? Do you know??

[brooks85]

Here comes thread clogging. Trying to earn bet points. I know every move Brooksy makes. I own him

lol truly enjoy how you admit you can't count.



thank you for the clown show

[MinnesotaFats]

The reaction from the 2 left wing posters tells me that i hit a bullseye with my point

Someone needs to explain to Comey that he has a right to remain silent.....................And he better start fuc%ing using it.

Comey and Brennan will be throwing each other under the bus in various media outlets for the next few months.

Each has a lot to lose based on the others testimony

[HockeyRocks]

Comey and Brennan will be throwing each other under the bus in various media outlets for the next few months.

Each has a lot to lose based on the others testimony

You sure about that...

[RoyBacon]

Comey and Brennan will be throwing each other under the bus in various media outlets for the next few months.

Each has a lot to lose based on the others testimony

Going to be more than just one tard exposed for the witch hunt. We will see if it leads to a indictment. Just in time for the '20 election too...what a shame.

[deplorable]

Liberals will defend anyone as long as they hate orange man. Because orange man wants to take their abortions away

If Osama Bin laden was pro choice feminist left wing women defend Bin Laden for what he did on 9/11

[deplorable]

Have you ever noticed the same people/groups that hate Trump hate babies in the womb

Why is that?

[RoyBacon]

Have you ever noticed the same people/groups that hate Trump hate babies in the womb

Why is that?

Great exchange between Thomas and RBG today.

Thomas says proper disposal of the aborted baby does not inconvenience the mother. RBG screams the mother is not a mother!

[deplorable]

Roy: All of this sh%t is because they know Roe is getting overturned.

[RoyBacon]

Roy: All of this sh%t is because they know Roe is getting overturned.

Yeaa...if Trump wins it will be properly ruled on and returned to the states.

We could have saved a lot of grief if they would have got it right the first time.

[Sanity Check]

Hypocrisy is the cornerstone of the leftist lifestyle.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while democrats illegally wiretap Trump looking for evidence to rig the election in Hillary's favor.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while democrats give Hillary the debate questions in advance to rig the election in Hillary's favor.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while the mainstream media publishes thousands of fake news stories attacking Trump to rig the election in Hillary's favor.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while they push to reduce the legal voting age to 16 and push for inmates in prisons to vote, all to rig elections in their favor.

Would it really matter if anyone uncovered additional evidence of democrats and socialists being hypocrites at this point? They live breathe, eat and shit hypocrisy.

Finding evidence of leftist hypocrisy is like finding a grain of sand in a desert. People still think its relevent?

[astrobloke]

Hypocrisy is the cornerstone of the leftist lifestyle.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while democrats illegally wiretap Trump looking for evidence to rig the election in Hillary's favor.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while democrats give Hillary the debate questions in advance to rig the election in Hillary's favor.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while the mainstream media publishes thousands of fake news stories attacking Trump to rig the election in Hillary's favor.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while they push to reduce the legal voting age to 16 and push for inmates in prisons to vote, all to rig elections in their favor.

Would it really matter if anyone uncovered additional evidence of democrats and socialists being hypocrites at this point? They live breathe, eat and shit hypocrisy.

Finding evidence of leftist hypocrisy is like finding a grain of sand in a desert. People still think its relevent?

while people are trying to see ice to the eskimos.... lol on this forum...

I would say this...

1) Trump did not collude
2 He will be re-elected in 2020.

Laugh it up if you will, but do your research

[astrobloke]

Hypocrisy is the cornerstone of the leftist lifestyle.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while democrats illegally wiretap Trump looking for evidence to rig the election in Hillary's favor.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while democrats give Hillary the debate questions in advance to rig the election in Hillary's favor.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while the mainstream media publishes thousands of fake news stories attacking Trump to rig the election in Hillary's favor.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while they push to reduce the legal voting age to 16 and push for inmates in prisons to vote, all to rig elections in their favor.

Would it really matter if anyone uncovered additional evidence of democrats and socialists being hypocrites at this point? They live breathe, eat and shit hypocrisy.

Finding evidence of leftist hypocrisy is like finding a grain of sand in a desert. People still think its relevent?

big trouble coming for the corrupt demon-crats

[Thor4140]

Hypocrisy is the cornerstone of the leftist lifestyle.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while democrats illegally wiretap Trump looking for evidence to rig the election in Hillary's favor.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while democrats give Hillary the debate questions in advance to rig the election in Hillary's favor.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while the mainstream media publishes thousands of fake news stories attacking Trump to rig the election in Hillary's favor.

-Democrats cry about russia "rigging" elections while they push to reduce the legal voting age to 16 and push for inmates in prisons to vote, all to rig elections in their favor.

Would it really matter if anyone uncovered additional evidence of democrats and socialists being hypocrites at this point? They live breathe, eat and shit hypocrisy.

Finding evidence of leftist hypocrisy is like finding a grain of sand in a desert. People still think its relevent?

Fake News. You may be the fake news king in this joint.

[astrobloke]

Fake News. You may be the fake news king in this joint.

yes mate one word FISA.

These democrats should be locked up, they were donig what they accused trump of doing.

[Sanity Check]

Fake News. You may be the fake news king in this joint.

Trump was wiretapped: https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/18/polit...ans/index.html

Hillary was given debate questions to rig the election in her favor: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/d...inton-campaign

Trump received by far the most negative press out of any US President in history to rig elections in democrat's favor: https://thewashingtonpundit.com/2019...nt-in-history/

Democrats pushed to decrease the legal voting age to 16 to rig elections in their favor: https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/04...ant-vote-earn/

Democrats pushed for prison inmates to have the right to vote to rig elections in their favor: https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/05/...s-felons-vote/

(Why? Cuz 7 out of 10 inmates register democrat).

The only ones rigging elections are leftists, socialists and the democrat party.

Believing that russians rig anything is like believing in the easter bunny or tooth fairy.

Only Trump haters believe in that fairy tale !@#%.



OK NOW TELL ME

WHICH PART OF THAT IS "FAKE NEWS".

[rkelly110]

Trump is hated because of his persona. If you had any morals, you'd hate him also.

[brooks85]

Trump is hated because of his persona. If you had any morals, you'd hate him also.

says the moron who supported clinton and even put her evil name in front of his house.

[khicks26]

Brooks yard sign.

[jt315]

Comey did these bums the best thing he could ever do for them trashing Hillary ten days before the election. Now this asshole calls Comey a liberal because he stopped kissing Trumps ass. Deplorable you might be the biggest phony fuk in this joint and you are to stupid to realize it.

GTFOH with your excuse. There was news on both sides days before the election .





NOV. 1, 2016
Final ‘October Surprises’ Reveal FBI Is Probing Trump’s Alleged Russia Ties

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/11/final-october-surprises-fbi-probing-trumps-russia-ties.html

While accusing Comey of potentially breaking the law on Sunday night, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid alleged that the FBI is sitting on “explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government.” Reid has been known to make wild accusations close to an election, but apparently this one was (sort of) true. According to the New York Times, the FBI spent much of the summer investigating the many allegations regarding Trump’s ties to Russia. The wide-reaching probe, which is reportedly ongoing, looked at his advisers, his financial activities, and the hack of Democratic officials, but so far it has not turned up proof that Trump is in cahoots with Vladimir Putin.

[brooks85]

Brooks yard sign.

mine were bigger but yes, thank you for the compliment.

[khicks26]

[brooks85]

^lol another youtubeU video proving how stupid alice really is.




god damn I should have went into politics.

[Thor4140]

GTFOH with your excuse. There was news on both sides days before the election .



NOV. 1, 2016
Final ‘October Surprises’ Reveal FBI Is Probing Trump’s Alleged Russia Ties

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/11/final-october-surprises-fbi-probing-trumps-russia-ties.html

While accusing Comey of potentially breaking the law on Sunday night, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid alleged that the FBI is sitting on “explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government.” Reid has been known to make wild accusations close to an election, but apparently this one was (sort of) true. According to the New York Times, the FBI spent much of the summer investigating the many allegations regarding Trump’s ties to Russia. The wide-reaching probe, which is reportedly ongoing, looked at his advisers, his financial activities, and the hack of Democratic officials, but so far it has not turned up proof that Trump is in cahoots with Vladimir Putin.

What does this have to do with Comey dickhead. Comey gift wrapped the election. That was the conversation. Take you spin and stick it up ur gullible ass. You right wingers should be blowing Comey but now u hate him cause he said something bad about "your guy" Pathetic

[Thor4140]

Trump was wiretapped: https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/18/polit...ans/index.html

Hillary was given debate questions to rig the election in her favor: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/d...inton-campaign

Trump received by far the most negative press out of any US President in history to rig elections in democrat's favor: https://thewashingtonpundit.com/2019...nt-in-history/

Democrats pushed to decrease the legal voting age to 16 to rig elections in their favor: https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/04...ant-vote-earn/

Democrats pushed for prison inmates to have the right to vote to rig elections in their favor: https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/05/...s-felons-vote/

(Why? Cuz 7 out of 10 inmates register democrat).

The only ones rigging elections are leftists, socialists and the democrat party.

Believing that russians rig anything is like believing in the easter bunny or tooth fairy.

Only Trump haters believe in that fairy tale !@#%.



OK NOW TELL ME

WHICH PART OF THAT IS "FAKE NEWS".

i will do your first one because you are the fake news king around here and to stupid to realize it than wont waste anymore time of my life to appease a idiot like you. Lets say you and i are running for president and i am running my campaign and u are running yours. Now the FBI gets a tip u are fuking around with Russians. What the fuk are they supposed to do just turn the other cheek u fuking imbecile? So maybe they should but than my campaign wants to know why and your campaign says "well we are not involved with the Russians" Than my campaign says "Why were you meeting with them". Yours says WTF are you talking about there was no meeting". Than you say "well there was a meeting but it was about adoption". Than it turns out to be a meeting to get dirt on Hillary. Do you now see why the FBI was doing their job u idiot. I know Fox spun it where Obama ordered it to help Hillary but for fuks sake do u have to believe every conspiracy angle they throw u dim bulbs?

The Russia Meeting at Trump Tower
Was to Discuss Adoption. Then It
Wasn’t. How Accounts Have Shifted.

By LARRY BUCHANAN and KAREN YOURISH AUG. 6, 2018

Trump associates

other attendees

Set up meeting

Paul
Manafort
Former campaign
chairman

Donald
Trump Jr.
Eldest son

Jared
Kushner
Son-in-law,
senior adviser

Natalia
Veselnitskaya
Russian
lawyer

Anatoli
Samochornov
Translator

Rinat
Akhmetshin
Russian-American
lobbyist

Irakly Kaveladze
Associate of
Russian
businessman

Rob
Goldstone
Music producer,
publicist

President Trump’s latest explanation for the June 2016 campaign meeting with Russians at Trump Tower: It was to obtain dirt on his opponent, Hillary Clinton, and that’s “totally legal and done all the time in politics.”

The president’s Sunday morning tweet marked a new twist in an account that has zigged and zagged since The New York Times first reported on the meeting last year.

The meeting and the administration’s response are a focus of the inquiry by the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. That inquiry is no doubt complicated by the constantly shifting explanations from nearly everyone involved. Here’s a breakdown.

How the Trump team’s story of
the meeting changed over time:

First, it was to discuss adoption.July 8, 2017

When first asked about the meeting, Donald Trump Jr. issued a statement saying the meeting was primarily about the adoption of Russian children.

Then, to see someone who ‘might have information helpful to the campaign.’July 9, 2017

After The Times informed Donald Trump Jr. that it was preparing an article that would say the meeting also involved a discussion of potentially compromising material on Mrs. Clinton, he issued another statement flicking at that possibility.

Later, to obtain information about an opponent.July 17, 2017

Mr. Trump defended the meeting in a tweet, saying “Most politicians would have gone to a meeting like the one Don jr attended in order to get info on an opponent. That's politics!” About a week earlier, emails between Donald Trump Jr. and Rob Goldstone, a British music producer and publicist who helped broker the gathering, had come to light. Those emails made it clear that the meeting was to provide the Trump campaign with damaging information on Mrs. Clinton as part of a Russian government effort to support his father.

Now, explicitly to ‘get information on an opponent which is totally legal and done all the time in politics.’ August 5, 2018

In a tweet, Mr. Trump solidified that the primary purpose of the meeting was to obtain political dirt on Mrs. Clinton. He also continued to claim that his son and the campaign did nothing wrong because they did not ultimately receive damaging materials about Mrs. Clinton. But some legal experts say that by simply taking the meeting, Donald Trump Jr. broke the law: It is illegal for a campaign to accept help from a foreign individual or government.


Also in question is the role Mr. Trump played in writing his son’s initial statement saying that the meeting was focused on adoption. Like the content of the meeting, the official word on the president’s involvement in the response has continued to shift.

How the story of Mr. Trump’s involvement
in the response changed over time:

First, the team said Mr. Trump was not involved.July 12, 2017

Jay Sekulow, one of the president’s lawyers, said of the initial statement Donald Trump Jr. released about the meeting: “I wasn’t involved in the statement drafting at all, nor was the president.”

Then, it said he weighed in but did not dictate the statement.Aug. 1, 2017

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary: “The president weighed in, as any father would, based on the limited information that he had. He certainly didn’t dictate.”

Then, he dictated it.Jan. 29, 2018

John M. Dowd and Mr. Sekulow, the president’s lawyers at the time: “The President dictated a short but accurate response to The New York Times article on behalf of his son, Donald Trump Jr.”

Still, the president maintains he did not know about the meeting.Aug. 5, 2018

In his Sunday tweet, Trump reiterated that he had no advance knowledge of the meeting.


The shifting accounts are not limited to the president and his son. Several of the other people in the room at Trump Tower have been less than forthright:

Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer at the center of the meeting, initially said she attended in a private capacity. Later, she acknowledged she was an informant for a top Kremlin official.

Mr. Goldstone told The Times after the meeting came to light that he had no knowledge of any official Russian government role, even though his first email to Donald Trump Jr. said a senior Russian government official was offering to provide the Trump campaign with dirt on Mrs. Clinton.

During an interview with George Stephanopoulos about two weeks after the Trump Tower meeting, Paul Manafort called questions about ties between the Trump campaign and Russia “absurd.”



More on NYTimes.com

[Thor4140]

IN closing u nitwit, i tried to find one of your sites to even give it at least a fair shake. These would be people who were charged in the Russian probe. Again WTF was the FBI suppose to do turn the other cheek? You can tell all the other idiots like yourself they wiretapped Trump because they didn't want him to be president and help Hillary, but people with an IQ over 50 knows the FBI was just doing there job. U are a person who a spin mister loves dearly.


Who's been charged by Mueller in the Russia probe?



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Paul Manafort sentences to 47 months in prison





Attorney General William Barr on Sunday released the “principal conclusions” of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s long-awaited investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race and possible collusion with Trump associates. The four-page letter to Capitol Hill lawmakers stated that Mueller did not establish evidence that President Trump’s team or any associates of the Trump campaign had conspired with Russia and is not recommending additional indictments.
The report's release came on the heels of two separate sentencings this month for Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who will serve nearly seven years in prison. On March 13, a federal judge sentenced Manafort, 69, to three and a half years in prison. Less than a week earlier, on March 7, Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison after being convicted of eight bank and tax fraud charges last August.
Dozens of people have either been indicted or convicted, or they have entered a guilty plea as part of the investigation, which began in May 2017. Several former Trump campaign associates – Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Richard Gates, Roger Stone and George Papadopoulos – are among the scalps via Mueller's team, while at least 25 are Russian officials.
Here's a closer look at those who have faced charges throughout Mueller's probe.
Roger Stone

Video


Roger Stone, a longtime political adviser to Trump, was indicted on charges of obstruction, making false statements and witness tampering by Mueller's office.
Stone, 66, was arrested in Florida on Jan. 25, a spokesperson for Mueller's office confirmed. For months, Stone had warned he could be indicted, publicly saying he believed Mueller was investigating whether he had knowledge of WikiLeaks releasing hacked emails of Democrats during the 2016 campaign. Stone has repeatedly denied doing so.
The indictment alleges Stone worked to obstruct the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election by making false statements to the committee, denying he had records sought by the committee and persuading a witness to provide false testimony.
Michael Flynn

Video


Michael Flynn, who served as Trump’s national security adviser for less than a month before resigning, pleaded guilty in December 2017 to making false statements to the FBI.
Flynn reportedly lied about his talks with Russia's ambassador to Washington. In late 2016, while former President Barack Obama was still in office, the two allegedly spoke about the U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia.
This raised concerns that Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general, misled Trump officials about his conversations with Russian officials.
Paul Manafort


Paul Manafort turned himself in to authorities in October. (AP Photo)


The special counsel filed a 32-count indictment on Feb. 22, 2018, against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and aide Rick Gates, accusing the pair of tax evasion and bank fraud.
The indictment accused Manafort and Gates of doctoring documents to inflate the income of their businesses and then using those fraudulent documents to obtain loans. It also accused Manafort of evading taxes from 2010 through 2014 and, in some of the years, concealing his foreign bank accounts.
Manafort turned himself into federal authorities in the fall of 2018. The 69-year-old served as Trump’s campaign manager for a few months in 2016. Gates, Manafort's business associate, also turned himself in at the time.
On June 15, 2018, Manafort was jailed after a federal judge revoked his $10 million bail based on new witness tampering charges brought by Mueller.
Manafort was found guilty of eight financial crimes on Aug. 21, 2018, in the first trial victory of the special counsel investigation into the president's associates. He later pleaded guilty in a second case and agreed to cooperate with Mueller's team.
On March 7, he was sentenced to 47 months in prison. He was credited with the 9 months he had already spent in prison, so he will only have to serve 38 months or just more than 3 years.
Days later, on March 13, a federal judge sentenced Manafort to an additional three and a half years of prison. The sentence is on top of the roughly four-year prison sentence Manafort received last week in a separate criminal case in Virginia.
Additionally, Manafort was indicted in New York on state charges on March 13. The indictment -- which is seen as a strategy for preventing a potential presidential pardon -- was unsealed in Manhattan and accuses Manafort of conducting a yearlong residential mortgage fraud scheme that netted millions of dollars.
Richard Gates


Richard Gates pleaded not guilty to all charges. (The Associated Press)


Richard Gates was named alongside Manafort in charges brought by the special counsel. He is accused of 11 counts related to filing false income tax returns and three counts of failure to report foreign bank and financial accounts.
Gates pleaded guilty in February 2018 to federal conspiracy and false-statements charges.
A superseding criminal complaint says Gates was charged with conspiracy against the United States between 2006 and 2017.
George Papadopoulos


George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to the charges against him. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office)


A former foreign policy adviser to Trump’s presidential campaign, George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in 2017 to making false statements to the FBI regarding “the timing, extent and nature of his relationships and interactions with certain foreign nationals whom he understood to have close connections with senior Russian government officials,” according to court documents.
He also reportedly tried to set up meetings between Russian and Trump campaign officials on various occasions.
Papadopoulos was sentenced in September 2018 to 14 days in prison, 13 months of supervised release, 200 hours of community service and a $9,500 fine for lying to the FBI during the Russia probe.
“My entire life has been turned upside down, I hope to have a second chance to redeem myself,” he said during his sentencing.
Michael Cohen


Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)


Formerly Trump's attorney, Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges that arose from two separate investigations – one by federal prosecutors in New York, and the other by Mueller.
Cohen pleaded guilty to tax evasion, campaign finance violations and lying to Congress about a Trump real estate project in Moscow. He was sentenced on Dec. 12, 2018.
Alex van der Zwaan


Attorney Alex van der Zwaan pleaded guilty to lying to investigators about his interactions with Gates. (Reuters/Yuri Gripas)


Mueller's team charged Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan for lying to federal investigators in the Russia probe in federal court in February 2018. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 days in prison and given a $20,000 fine in April.
Van der Zwaan was released from prison in June and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
According to charging documents, a law firm hired by the Ukraine Ministry of Justice in 2012 employed van der Zwaan. He admitted to lying about his interactions with Gates.
The charge against van der Zwaan did not involve election meddling or the Trump campaign's operations. It stemmed from the special counsel's investigation into a covert Washington lobbying campaign Manafort and Gates are accused of directing on behalf of pro-Russian Ukrainian interests.
Richard Pinedo

Richard Pinedo, a California man who sold bank accounts to Russians meddling in the election, pleaded guilty in February 2018 to using stolen identities to set up the accounts. He was sentenced in October to six months in prison, six months in home confinement and two years of supervised release.
The U.S. government said Pinedo did not know that he was dealing with Russians when he sold the accounts. Since his arrest, Pinedo has provided investigators with "significant assistance" in identity theft probes, prosecutors said.
During his sentencing, Pinedo told the judge he took "full responsibility" and understood "there needs to be consequences" for his actions. Federal sentencing guidelines called for Pinedo to serve between 12 and 18 months behind bars, but prosecutors did not recommend a particular sentence, noting his cooperation with officials.
13 Russian nationals

A grand jury indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies in February 2018 for allegedly interfering in the 2016 election. In the case, Mueller detailed a sophisticated plot to wage “information warfare” on the U.S.
The indictment was the first to be brought against Russian nationals in Mueller's investigation.
However, the Justice Department said the indictment does not allege that the interference changed the outcome of the election.
"There is no allegation in this indictment that any American was a knowing participant in this illegal activity," said Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversaw the special counsel probe.
12 Russian intelligence officers

The Justice Department in July 2018 announced that 12 Russian intelligence officers were indicted for allegedly hacking the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign during the 2016 election.
All 12 are members of GRU, the Russian intelligence agency.
Fox News' Ann Schmidt, Adam Shaw, Samuel Chamberlain, Jake Gibson, Alex Pappas, Brooke Singman and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Madeline Farber is a Reporter for Fox News. You can follow her on Twitter @MaddieFarberUDK.


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[Thor4140]

They are unfair and wiretapping my guys campaign WTF. Of course they are. Your honor i rest my case and even used a fox news source for my final argument even tho i could have used a stronger source.

[jt315]

What does this have to do with Comey dickhead. Comey gift wrapped the election. That was the conversation. Take you spin and stick it up ur gullible ass. You right wingers should be blowing Comey but now u hate him cause he said something bad about "your guy" Pathetic

Aaaaaww ! Still using Comey as your excuse for costing the chosen one the election .

Keep using it if it makes you sleep better at night cupcake .