While people are denied relief & healthcare, & Trump pardons Blackwater murderers & tries to provoke war w/ Iran, it would be a real sign of growth if we could refrain from hyperventilating about Manafort, whose real crime in was not validating Russiagate conspiracy fan fiction.
Manafort's prosecution was politically motivated. As his judges noted, charges had zero "to do with the [2016] campaign or with Russian collusion" & were "wholly irrelevant" to collusion. He was indicted on tax/lobbying charges that Russiagate hacks pretended amounted to treason. 
To keep the collusion innuendo alive, Mueller team introduced a vague claim that Manafort's associate, Konstanin Kilimnik, has Russian intel "ties." That claim, plus the later Senate Intel claim that he's a spy, will now be revived. It's also a farce: realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/…
To avoid any misinterpretation: of course Manafort is a corrupt operative; was guilty of his charges; & now benefits from Trump's cronyism & a corrupt justice system. My point is that his prosecution only arose from a meritless collusion probe & was exploited to help justify it.
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