It's amazing to watch leftists commenting on these stories. They actually believe that these have *something* to do with Trump based strictly on how the stories are edited.
I used to think that Mueller was ultimately going after Dems but not anymore. His investigation is nothing more than another political operation.
I never thought Mueller was doing anything more than covering for Comey and wasting money, and I have found no reason to change that opinion.
It’s not difficult to see Mueller’s play here. Manafort was a participant in that Trump Tower meeting with the Russian attorney. The official line is that the e-mail correspondence concerning information from the Russian government was in fact a ruse to secure a meeting to discuss the current issues surrounding Russian adoptions. What Mueller wants is one of the meeting participants to say that the adoption claim was a lie and that the meeting was used to coordinate the Russian efforts with the Trump campaign. Trump Jr. is not an option, so Mueller has Manafort and Kushner. Kushner being family the obvious choice is Manafort. So you pile up the charges against Manafort. Now that his partner has flipped the screws are getting really tight. What happens now depends on the character of Manafort. He is facing potential decades. Many of the charges against him are also state crimes. The acceptance of a federal pardon can be used as evidence of guilt in a state court. In accepting a pardon you are admitting guilt, so it’s an effective confession to state crimes punishable by decades in prison. He only has two ways out. Win at trial or testify that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government. His chances of winning at trial just got torpedoed by Gate’s betrayal. Manafort has all the incentive in the world to say the words that Mueller has been waiting for, truth be damned. I don’t think Manafort is a man of honor and I think he will tell the lie. And a similar trap is being prepared for Kushner as well. These are dangerous times for the administration and the country.