Ya know, there are HONEST, straight-forward ways to flip delegates, none of which require “buying” anybody.
Manafort is a liability with his “gestapo” charges, without any proof.
Many delegates are REQUIRED to stay with Trump on the first ballot, because of the votes of those who sent them. They are NOT bound, except to their conscience, on subsequent ballots.
Nonetheless, the WaPo wrote that it is within the rules to buy delegates. I was surprised to see that. The stipulation was that it had to be from an individual donor and not from some kind of PAC or organization.