[Cboldt]

-- I thought the most interesting point he brought up was that the Manafort case did NOT ARISE FROM THE SPECIAL COUNSEL INVESTIGATION. Instead they just picked up an existing case on Manfort in order to get at Trump. --

The superceding indictment is by Mueller, signed personally by him, dated Feb 22, 2018. But for Mueller going after this case, where would it be? IOW, what exactly do you mean by "picked up an existing case?"

[weston]

It’s my understanding that EDVA already had a bank fraud case against Manafort that was prior to the SC formation. I’ll try to find a link.