Dershowitz this morning: more than anything else, Manafort’s arrest is probably about leverage. Dirty Mueller will try to get Manafort to cut a deal re: what he knows re: someone higher up and closer to the Trump campaign. Manafort is just domino number one.
You can think of it like a mafia investigation....something weissman is good at
And what did thet get al Capone for??
He was guilty of many things
Look at firtash charges in US versus what spain claims. Financial crimes are complex and hard to prosecute
It may end with this...or it may not. Buts its definitely far from over