“Where Manafort goes off the rails, is that he became this consigliere to this Russian puppet in Ukraine,” says Adam Sheingate, author of the book “Building a Business of Politics: The Rise of Political Consulting and the Transformation of American Democracy.” “I can’t think of any other political consultant doing that.”
LOL. Do these tantruming Democrats think we were born yesterday? They loved The Kremlin for nearly 100 years. Of course these “political consultants” worked in the Russian swamps where corruption is expected.
Me thinks Mr. Manafort is an alpha male operating in a realm where alpha male behavior is expected. That in itself makes American laws regarding registration of and reporting on foreign entanglements minor details to be overlooked. When in Ukraine do as the Ukrainians do.
“is that he became this consigliere to this Russian puppet in Ukraine”
And at the time the United States were entirely on the side of Yanukovitch as the elected president of Ukraine.
Ex post facto disdain for Yanukovitch in the wake of the Maidan riots is not a reason to vilify Manafort with guilt by association.
Mueller simply went into the records of Manafort’s investment business and cherry picked a few points - like not registering in one or another instance - and magnified them.
Most of the charges won’t stand up in court, and the few that remain will end being plead down or dismissed, or viewed as administrative violations that normally involve a civil fine.