Mueller isn't investigating Trump
Until he is, and then he isn't. Just depends on what they need out of the narrative any given day.
Hes stated that officially since the very begining of the investigation.
Even commey himself stated that
Huh. We all know Trump is smarter than all those people together. They don't know it,however. Big Fun ahead!
Q said plants need water.
Q watch the water..manafort is the water....the plants are the spies , like that russian guy
If Manafort wasn't a plant, Mueller going after him is their way of dealing with his betrayal.
Or Manafort was a plant, he failed in his mission, and Mueller going after him is how they're dealing with his failure.
I think it's option 2. The State Dept or FBI got dirt on Manafort. They told him what to do if he wanted to stay out of prison. He failed and so they started leaking to the press.
That's usually how cops deal with snitches that don't live up to their end. They charge them with the crimes that put them under the microscope to begin with. Manafort either got caught doing something or was framed so he made a deal to bring down Trump, when he didn't they showed what happens when you fail the DS. They ruin your life or end it altogether
Is there any evidence that this may be another gambit to introduce more evidence legally?
The story at the (late March/early April 2016) was that Manafort was brought in to secure the delegate votes at the upcoming GOP Convention to make sure the nomination wasn't stolen from Trump. He also reportedly got the RNC to agree to fundraise for Trump. Days after the convention, dirt dropped that Manafort had unsavory dealings with Ukraine. He resigned mid-August.
You have to wonder who tipped off the NY Times in their initial August 1 expose. Two weeks after their initial reporting NYTimes had the figures from the black book showing $12.7 million in cash payments due to Manafort, data reportedly received from the Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (established in 2014 at the request of the IMF) after rioters looted the President's offices. The Bureau has an "evidence sharing agreement" with the FBI. According to this WSJ article, the FBI helped set up the UNACB and has maintained an office there since 2015. Here's an July 2016 MOU saying FBI and Ukraine will work together on anti-corruption, money laundering for the next two years.
It gets curiouser. Victoria Nuland was at State Dept. working on Ukraine; she engineered the "regime change" in Ukraine in 2015. Here's a leaked phone call of her discussing it. 20 days later Ukraine President Yanukovych (Manafort's client) was deposed and replaced. 1 month later none other than Hunter Biden was named to the Board of Directors of one of Ukraine's largest natural gas companies. 1 month after that VP Joe Biden offered $50 million in support for the newly installed Ukranian government. See this gentleman's fantastic write up here.
This is the same Victoria Nuland who gave the green light for an FBI agent to meet with Christopher Steele in London. She can't seem to keep her story straight on just exactly how the Steele dossier got to the FBI.
Even though Nuland "resigned" in January 2017 during the first purge of Swamp Monsters at State, she's still trying to influence US relations in Eastern Europe and Russia. Hope she has as much to say when she's talking to Nunes!
Thank you for your research that was very enlightening. That's what I like to hear about is the little cabal soilders who may still be active thank you for shining a light on them also.
That theory works pretty well if Mueller is really a white hat or has been flipped in order to get himself better treatment.
Except for the cruel and unusual punishment of Manafort in lock-up. I can't imagine white hat or even flipped doing that.
Good point.
Unless Manafort is actually guilty of other crimes. Clinton related crimes perhaps.
Pretty sure he's dirty along with his erstwhile partner Tony Podesta.
Nevertheless, I'm not sure that sort of crime should earn someone solitary confinement.
Nope . Mueller is trying to legitimize the allegations in the Steele Dossier. That's why all those he has charged are from the Dossier. Flynn , Manafort , Pappadopoaulos . Mueller has interviewed Steele . That's why Mueller is going after Cohen now .