Were the Podesta brothers tipped off? By Monica Showalter November 1, 2017 As President Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, goes down in the first indictment from the Mueller special prosecution, on charges of failing to file as a registered foreign agent, there's been speculation about why Tony Podesta, Hillary Clinton's campaign manager's brother, didn't get indicted, too. He was involved with the same pro-Russia Ukrainian think tank as Manafort. Joe Hoft at GatewayPundit found an old piece from the Washington Examiner dating from last August that likely explains why: The Podesta Group belatedly filed several new disclosures with the Justice Department on Aug. 17 related to work the firm completed between 2012 and 2014 on behalf of a pro-Russia Ukrainian think tank. Back in April, the powerful Washington lobbying firm run by Clinton ally Tony Podesta filed a document admitting its work for the pro-Russia European Centre for a Modern Ukraine may have principally benefited a foreign government. New disclosures revealed dozens of previously unreported interactions the firm made with influential government offices, including Hillary Clinton's State Department and the office of former Vice President Joe Biden, while lobbying on behalf of the center. Embattled ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort failed to disclose his extensive lobbying efforts on behalf of the center at the time as well.So around the time Mueller was being appointed Special Counsel, on May 17, 2017, the Podestas were getting their papers in order. The first filing came in April, so there was probably less tipoff than writing on the wall as the political turmoil intensified. But other filings came in August, which GatewayPundit thinks could signal a tipoff. Did such a tipoff come from Mueller's office to protect these lawbreakers while taking down Manafort? Two things say yes: that Mueller's office consists almost exclusively of hired leftists, with a curious absence of conservatives, meaning there are probably some loyalties among that crew to the Democrats the Podestas represents, and that Mueller's office is leak-prone, as this past week's CNN scoop on the coming indictments Monday showed. A leak to CNN could just as easily be a leak to the Podestas, meaning, tipoff. Source: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/11/were_the_podesta_brothers_tipped_off.html#ixzz4xD3WeiW6 ~~~~ Sessions has been the biggest disappointment ever. Had DJT had known this the only appointment he would have given him would have be the tending to Michelle's garden, where he could do no harm. Giuliani would have been and could still be a good AG. This is a great article, it will be interesting to see how Mueller answers the points raised when he is questioned under oath. If the Podestas file this paper retroactive and Manafort is not allowed to do the same....." Hey Manafort's defense team...just go get the retroactive filing with FARA. Will Manafort be given the same latitude? Our justice system has become a joke, especially between 2009 and 2016. The government can nit pick any darn thing they want and find a reason to bankrupt you as you defend yourself. Perhaps the government wants you jailed. Maybe you'll be lucky and just have your reputation smeared and all that comes with that. There have always been corrupt Democrats and seriously unlucky recipients of justice but we generally trusted it to work out fairly. Except now the Left has found using judge shopping to get their way.
