Dominoes II (Update From Last Year’s Post)

[One year ago I posted the following:   ]
George Papadopoulos, Paul Manafort (charged, not yet tried or convicted), Richard Gates (charged, not yet tried or convicted), General (Ret.) Michael Flynn, …
Does ANYONE doubt where this ends???
[So where are we now (one year later) in the “witch-hunt”…  (Source:  Wikipedia)
George Papadopoulos
October 3, 2017
1 count:  false statements
Pleaded guilty on October 5, 2017.
Sentenced to 14 days in prison, a $9,500 fine, 200 hours of community service and 12 months probation on September 7, 2018.
Paul Manafort
October 27, 2017
2 counts: conspiracy against the United States and conspiracy to obstruct justice
Pleaded guilty on September 14, 2018.
February 22, 2018
18 counts:  filing false tax returns (×5), failure to report foreign bank and financial accounts (×4), bank fraud conspiracy (×5), and bank fraud (×4)
Found guilty on 8 counts, mistrial declared on 10 counts on August 21, 2018.
Rick Gates
October 27, 2017
2 counts:  conspiracy against the United States and false statements
Pleaded guilty on February 23, 2018.
February 22, 2018
23 counts: assisting in the preparation of false tax returns (×5), subscribing to false tax returns (×5), filing a false amended return, failure to report foreign bank and financial accounts (×3), bank fraud conspiracy (×5), and bank fraud (×4)
Charges dismissed without prejudice on February 27, 2018.
Michael Flynn (General, Retired)
November 30, 2017
1 count:  false statements to Federal investigators (FBI)
Pleaded guilty on December 1, 2017.
Richard Pinedo
February 2, 2018
1 count:  identity fraud
Pleaded guilty on February 2, 2018.
Sentenced to six months in prison, followed by six months of home confinement on October 10, 2018.
Alex van der Zwaan
February 16, 2018
1 count:  false statements
Pleaded guilty on February 16, 2018.
Sentenced to 30 days in prison and a $20,000 fine on April 3, 2018.
Deported to the Netherlands on June 5, 2018.
And so, I ask again:  Does ANYONE doubt where this ends???    —   kmab]
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2020	Still On The Obstacle Course?
	Thunder
2019	Expecting A December Correction
2018	Dominoes II (Update From Last Year’s Post)
2017	Dominoes
2016	Itchin’
2015	In The Not So Distant Future
2014	Sources
2013	Three Essentials
2012	Just Looking
2011	Religious Lessons
2010	View From Under The Bus… (A mid-term report card on the Obama Administration. Long, but still worth reading for historical perspective.)

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