I always knew Joe Biden would end the Trump presidency

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20. It is strange

Strange in the sense that the smear against Joe Biden and his son was set into motion the day after Fox indicated Joe Biden was leading Trump by 10 points in the national polls.

But from what I'm reading--though the threat of Biden's candidacy was noted early on--the Biden smear was also planned as a smoke screen, a distraction in the wider plot to cover Trump in his intended pardon of Paul Manafort. Why would that be? Manafort might be making noise through his lawyers that he's getting really, really tired of sitting in jail. And Manafort holds the Crown Jewels on Trump's criminal activity, his collusion with Putin and who knows what else.

Think Mob connections.

Killing two birds with one stone. Get rid of Biden's election threat with a smear campaign, the sort used on Hillary Clinton, and then ensure that Manafort doesn't create a problem for Trump and his handlers down the road.

In the future, this is going to make a great True Crime novel!