Robert Mueller arrests Paul Manafort for money crimes, then reveals he has Manafort nailed on Trump-Russia collusion
After Special Counsel Robert Mueller arrested Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort this morning for an assortment of financial crimes, Trump responded by tweeting “No collusion!” This was a total failure on Trump’s part when it comes to understanding how the legal system works. Sure enough, just hours later Mueller revealed that he also has Manafort nailed on Trump-Russia collusion.
Mueller revealed today that Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos was secretly arrested four months ago for lying to the FBI, and that he’s since cut a deal and spilled his guts. He’s confessing to having colluded with a representative of the Russian government with regard to stealing emails from Hillary Clinton. Moreover, Papadopoulos has named a number of Trump campaign officials who were well aware of what he was doing at the time, making them co-conspirators. Now comes word that Manafort was indeed one of the officials who knew.
Jesse Rodriguez of MSNBC tweeted that according to NBC News, “Manafort is one of the unnamed officials in Papadopoulos document.” This led Brian Fallon of CNN to explain that “Unsealed Papadopoulos plea is thus a warning to Manafort: Mueller has an informant who may ensnare him in collusion.” (link
