“Directly? Nothing. But they may offer Manafort a deal in exchange for information on the campaign.”
Exactly. Mueller is “squeezing” Manafort. “Mr. Manafort, we’d hate to see you locked away for life for these serious crimes. You would become bankrupt fighting the charges and still go to prison, rarely seeing your family. However, give us some information relating to Trump and Russians and this all could turn into a minor slap on the wrist.”
My lawyer would be looking up the statue of limitation for most of this. Anything over 7 years would be hard to prove due to tax document rules.
That explanation sounds more like EXTORTION to me.
Mueller is bailing as fast as he can, but his boat is still sinking, IMO.