My entire issue with the Manafort indictment is they are on things that occurred before he had anything to do with Trump. Furthermore John Podesta (aka Hillary advisor with actually more influence with her than Manafort had with Trump) was involved in the same deals they are coming after Manafort for.
So if someone that ended up working for Hillary as a major advisor was working on a deal, that Manafort who became someone who was working for Trump was also involved in, how is that Russian Collusion?
You see Podesta and Manafort were working together on that.
Now it is possible that more has come out that I am not aware of, but as far as I know this is what they indicted him on, came after him on, and what his charges are based upon.
If they found something he did WHILE he was working with Trump and they have evidence Trump was complicit in it then that would be relevant. If they do not, then Trump is being splashed with guilt by association. Which pretty much anyone with as much property, business, and interactions with people could be splashed with guilt by association. In fact, most people period likely could be.
I definitely think the Russian collision angle is just a front for the government mafia to start getting people to turn against Trump. So far the only thing Manafort lied about that's been proven is his dirty dealing before he worked for the president though. The only person I think this tactic worked on was Michael Cohen but he's not doing well in all this mess and probably can't save himself no matter what he says about Trump.
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