The desperate liberals and media think nailing Manafort means getting Trump. Trump barely knew the guy. Notice they were investigating Manafort for years but did nothing until he got involved in the Trump campaign. Something very fishy about that. Manafort a plant?
The underlying “crimes” are only crimes of convenience that are normally covered in Fines and similar penalties. They only elevate to major crimes when the government wants to use them as hammers to cause a more usable “process crime” where they can kill you with a thousand cuts like Martha Stewart.
The DOJ is Banana Republic class corrupt.