Manafort is toast (Atlantic Monthly article)

[janterry]

They have the full text of emails:
"the exchanges, provided to The Atlantic, shows that Manafort attempted to leverage his leadership role in the Trump campaign to curry favor with a Russian oligarch close to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Manafort was deeply in debt, and did not earn a salary from the Trump campaign."

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/emails-suggest-manafort-sought-approval-from-putin-ally-deripaska/541677/?google_editors_picks=true

[LonePirate]

1. The skeptic in me says this stuff is being peddled to insulate 45 from rogue actions by his staff.

Hopefully Mueller keeps digging or already has everything he needs to bring down 45 and his VP.

[Kaleva]

2. Trump hires the very best people.

[Turbineguy]

3. A control freak like Trump?

[get the red out]

4. That was my first reaction

I don't doubt it at all.

[uponit7771]

7. +1, the "they did it" defense ... HRC still should contest the election though

[Skittles]

5. who is Manaford?

[janterry]

6. oops

[Skittles]

9. try to imagine if that piece of shit was working on Hillary's campaign

hoo boy

[TheDebbieDee]

8. Manafort is someone who Trump barely knows...

Manafort alone will be found to be responsible for ALL the interactions between the Trump campaign and the Russians...

[janterry]

10. I think this is possible

The only thing we have going for us is that so many Trumpsters (his kids, his 'associates') were on board.

For years, Trump has been on the border (money laundering- bullying contractors, paying people off under the table). He's great at not leaving a paper trail (his phobia about email). But this time, all of his corruption is on another level and has so many different players.

I just keep hoping that the sheer number of folks involved in this scheme will finally do him in.

[L. Coyote]

11. K & R

Didn't Manafort get a big, fat loan (no income tax) which if he doesn't pay it back also becomes a tax deduction for Trump.