I’d bet this Politico claim of finding records at Manafort’s home is complete disinformation. Perhaps a cover for info obtained in a completely illegal way.
Despite occasionally admitting the truth, Politico is above all another Leftist propaganda site.
You might be on to something, but it may not be so nefarious at all.
When I first heard about the raid on Manafort's home, I speculated that the Mueller team had obtained a whole pile of evidence through the CIA/NSA surveillance that was orchestrated under the FISA warrant last year, but couldnt use any of that evidence in a criminal prosecution because it would likely be thrown out of court. The raid on Manaforts home may have been conducted to get evidence through "legitimate" means that they already had from the prior surveillance.
Some of the charges date back to 2010.
Could the statue of limitations apply ?