The case against Paul Manafort you won't hear at his trial. motherjones.com/politics/2018/… via
People may have forgotten a lot of stuff reported about Manafort that indicates he may have worked with Russia in '16. For example, he was in touch with Kilimnik, who Rick Gates supposedly once claimed was a former officer in the GRU, the agency accused of hacking the DNC.
Manafort’s early August 2016 meeting with Kilimnik in Manhattan, held so Kilimnik could pass on messages supposedly from Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska about issues important to his country seems potentially more significant than the Trump Tower meeting.
Just a few weeks ago, an unsealed FBI warrant application, first reported by Reuters, showed Deripaska had loaned Manafort and his wife $10 million. That’s in addition to another $10million or so Deripaska has claimed Manafort owes him.
Manafort had motive (winning election, Deripaska debt, financial probs) and means (Kilimnik’s contacts with Deripaska and allegedly Russian intel). He’s accused of tax evasion, bank fraud, lying to everyone. Maybe he didn’t conspire with Russia. But why wouldn’t he have? 
