Intel expert: Paul Manafort will take down Donald Trump and the Trump family
Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates revealed today that he’s pleading guilty to Russia related crimes and testifying against his former business partner, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has been trying to push Gates into flipping on Manafort all along, in the hope that Manafort will then flip on Donald Trump. One respected intel expert now says that’s precisely what’s going to happen, and Trump isn’t the only member of his family going down.
MSNBC intelligence expert Malcolm Nance wrote the book about the Russian hacking of the 2016 election while it was going on, giving him a strong track record on the subject. Here’s how Nance summed things up after the news about Rick Gates: “With Gates turned state evidence Manafort will plead soon. He will give up Trump, Kushner & Trump jr for a deal. Mueller’s Money laundering end game could come as fast in 60-90 days. Does not mean impeachment but will open up Trump’s tax returns.”
It’s not known precisely what evidence Paul Manafort has against the Trump family, but it’s not difficult to figure it out. Manafort has overlapping financial interests with Donald Trump, including Manafort’s condo in Trump Tower in New York, which will likely trace back to shared Russian money laundering interests. Manafort also attended the meeting that Donald Trump Jr and Jared Kushner held with the Russian government during the election to try to illegally conspire against Hillary Clinton.
Now that Rick Gates is forcing Paul Manafort to flip on the Trump family, one of the intriguing questions is whether this will prompt Jared Kushner to cut a plea deal against his father-in-law Donald Trump. Kushner has surely figured out that he’ll be indicted and put on trial for a variety of alleged crimes, ranging from lying on a security clearance form about his meetings with the Russians, to his shady internationally financed real estate projects. Manafort’s evidence against Kushner could be the final straw that breaks him.
