Manafort may or may not have broken the law, but he is still a puke who worked with Putin to help get his stooge elected president of the Ukraine. An election where the US-friendly candidate survived an assassination attempt, via poisoning.
From 2014
Yushchenko, hero of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution warns Europe that Putin won’t stop at Crimea
by Matthew Schofield - McClatchy Foreign Staff
March 27, 2014
Many Ukrainians believe you need look no further than the face of Viktor Yushchenko to understand Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
Once smooth and ruggedly handsome, it still bears the scars from an assassination attempt when someone slipped dioxin into Yushchenko’s food. ...”
Read more here:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article24765781.html#storylink=cpy
Manafort worked with Clinton and Posesta in the Ukraine over a decade ago. No charges whatsoever were filed against Manafort at the time.
Manafort worked on the Trump campaign for a very short time mostly to help Trump overcome GOPe dirty tricks and dishonest tactics to prevent Trump from keeping the delegates he had won in the primaries.
Now Mueller who is supposed to be investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election is dishonestly charging Manafort with supposed crimes from over a decade ago.
There is no connection whatsoever to the 2016 election. It is only meant to get Trump.