Manafort is lying because he fears the Russian mob more than spending his life in jail.

[IamFortunesFool]

That's what Trump fears, too. The Russian mafia is an arm of the FSB...so much so that there is little distinction from the perspective of the IC. There are no rules. They have and will kill who they please. That's what everybody involved here is truly scared of. Just sayin...

[dhol82]

1. That's what I see.

He isn’t safe anywhere he ends up.
Somebody on MSNBC said, “what does he fear more than prison?”
FSB.

[IamFortunesFool]

4. Exactly

That's the true underbelly of all this for Trump... The Russian crime $ that has backed him and that he has cleaned for decades. This is part of what the Southern District of New York case will be about, and the amount of rocks being turned over will send profound reverberations throughout the criminal underworld of NYC and many other large metropolitan hubs for the Russians. Heads will roll in all this chaos. It's a top-down shake-down of a huge fucking sector of entrenched financial concerns. There are a lot of people and operations that will all go down because of Trump. Many of them may already want him gone. This is why he fears assassination. He knows what his stupid reality show is gonna eventually cost.

[malaise]

2. Lock him up!

Can't wait. Obstruction of justice coming up for the Con.

[at140]

3. Safest place for Manafort will be in Federal prison!

Not 100% safe but safer than anywhere else.
Russian mafia can infiltrate anything.

[marble falls]

5. Lying is not a good strategy for staying out of prison where there are plenty of Russian mobsters.

[NotAPuppet]

6. I think that Manafort is lying

because he’s lied all his life and he has never faced any consequences. Just like little Donald.

[pecosbob]

7. He played Machiavelli for the gangsters

Just to make a list of all the evil shit this man has had a hand in would take pages. An anecodote about peeing on a grave would be appropriate for this guy.

[meow2u3]

8. Manafort is safer in a Federal prison

than on the streets. Russian goons would scoop up Paulie Kiev, render him to Russia, and torture and murder him if Manafort were to get a short sentence and then go free afterwards.

[volstork]

9. Plus, he has a family

that will likely be tortured and killed as well...