Manafort is a political prisoner. These crimes were process and not substantive. Why wasn’t hillary ( and her gang) prosecuted? Tony Podesta did the same exact things. Why is he free? Trump should Pardon him right now— full and complete. If Manafort hadn’t been campaign manager for 47 days he would not be going to prison. Let’s put them in prison. Where is AG BARR. Why are we not putting their people in prison?? They criminalize political enemies, but we don’t? TWO STANDARDS OF JUSTICE IN UNACCEPTABLE.
That’s it exactly. It was purely a political prosecution.
Everyone, ESPECIALLY those on FR, should decry this. There are enough laws on the books that any one of us, should the state decide to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law for ANY reason, political or otherwise, could simply target US and do so.
I take issue with people who say “He committed crimes so he should serve”. So he did.
So do we all. And under the right circumstances, we could all end up in that same place.