[drjimmy]

All of this happened well before he was hired by Trump, who hired him for a particular job, and fired him only two months later, when that job - delegate wrangling - was complete.

Manafort worked for the Trump campaign from March 29 to August 19 of 2016, about four-and-a-half months.

And the indictment states that "In order to hide Ukraine payments from United State authorities, from approximately 2006 through at least 2016, Manafort and Gates laundered the money through scores of United States and foreign corporations, partnerships, and bank accounts." So while he may have started well before he was hired by Trump, Manafort's criminality appears to have continued while he was working for the campaign.

[RC one]

But is there evidence that Trump knew about it at the time? highly doubtful. hence, no conspiracy. no aiding/abetting. No misprision