Russiagate Dominoes Are Starting to Fall
The first big, fat domino in Donald Trump's Russiagate scandal is about to topple over: Robert Mueller, the special counsel appointed to investigate whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia's hack-and-leak attack during the 2016 election, has told Trump's 2016 campaign manager that he's going to be indicted, according to The New York Times, in a blockbuster front-page story.
And not only that: CNN, with a blockbuster of its own, reports that the campaign manager, Paul Manafort, has for years been subject to a court-ordered wiretap, allowing federal agents to listen to his conversations, both before and – shockingly – after the 2016 election. It's even possible that the agents recorded conversations this year between Manafort and Donald Trump after he took office, says CNN. What's more: "Some of the intelligence collected includes communications that sparked concerns among investigators that Manafort had encouraged the Russians to help with [Trump's] campaign," reported the outlet.
Since the start of the Russia investigations – which now include not only Mueller's high-powered team of prosecutors and criminal justice officials, but an FBI investigation and inquiries by the House and Senate intelligence committees and the Senate Judiciary Committee – Manafort has been the weakest, most vulnerable part of Team Trump. In late July, a team of FBI agents conducted a stunning pre-dawn raid into Manafort's home in Alexandria, Virginia, scooping up documents, electronic records and other evidence.
Now we know, thanks to the reporting by The Times, that the agents who raided Manafort's home were so concerned that Manafort might try to destroy evidence that they were armed with an unusual no-knock search warrant that allowed them to stealthily enter his home by picking the lock, surprising Manafort while he was in his bedroom, presumably sleeping. The FBI also conducted a secondary raid, breaking into a storage facility that belonged to Manafort, according to CNN.
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Then can he claim the 5th when they prosecute state charges out of NY? At some point this is likely going to the supreme court and I still have faith in the judicial system.
Going to be an exciting next few months 
