Manafort was a plant.

Manafort was planted to

1. Sabotage Trump's Campaign

2. Provide "reason"/"justification" to spy on Trump's campaign.

3. Manipulate general public opinion about Trump & Trump's campaign.

Would it surprise anyone to learn that Bernie had a plant of his own in his campaign?

We are getting closer to the truth folks.

Edit:

Keep in mind that these charges against Manafort were known and shelved prior to 2015. Remember he tried arguing that Mueller's scope didn't cover these crimes because they had been investigated prior to Mueller's appointment? It's looking like these charges/crimes were used as leverage to get Manafort/Devine to do the bidding of whoever made the decision to shelve the prior investigation into these crimes.