Very interesting! I was saying from the beginning that I thought they were going after Manafort so hard was because he is a WITNESS against the Cabal. He must know where all the "bodies are buried".
The persecution against Manafort is also making a case for the corruption in New York IMO.
They are changing laws(double jeopardy) that protect the people just to go after Manafort.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/431254-are-new-york-democrats-handing-paul-manafort-a-case-for-pardon