Yup, a literal witch hunt.
Should be obvious if his trail is followed all the way back to the beginning, including the law that authorizes him in the first place: the Independent Counsel statute expired in 1997 after Starr (the IC had too much power, the SC is very restricted). The SC, however, reports to the AG, who reports to the President. It's as simple as that but everyone twists themselves into knots trying to explain those simple truths away because muh media says so.
Manafort absolutely leads to Hillary. He was indicted for his work with the Podesta Group. Flynn's indictment as well: Ukranian lobbyists that ultimately tie back to… the Podesta Group.
You can't just selectively ignore the evidence and claim there is none. It's there, it's just not being reported honestly by the media.
I don't doubt that. Stone ties into that as well. Cohen was helping (along with Sater). The sting is pretty impressive.
Of course, he could be following eye for a different reason. Eye is a scoundrel, for sure.