Very good post, Swordmaker.
It has always been hard for those of us tending to view Mueller as a sting on DS to reconcile the treatment of Manafort and Flynn.
But now ... it seems Manafort may be a mole (not to mention an associate of the Podestas), and Flynn is certainly taking on water because of his efforts at nuclearizing the ME including Iran, efforts which continued right up through the transition.
Evidently, he stood to make a lot of money.
I am not suggesting Flynn is a traitor, but is surely conflicted.
If these suppositions are true, then Mueller has actually been helping Trump clean house, while completely distracting the media at least from the real action.
Incidentally, Kellyanne Conway on Maria this morning stepped right up to the edge of fingering Manafort (her predecessor as campaign manager) as a bad actor.
Ping to 788.
Article definitely to be taken with a grain of salt...until further confirmation.