Today should provide comfort to all of us worried about the Mueller investigation

[rufus dog]

The Manifort cluster went down almost exactly as planned.

Yes he got a good deal from the original biased judge, but that all blew up today.

He is now on the hook for 7 and a half years. The campaign manager for the sitting pResident of the United States got a sentence of 7 1/2 years!

Then as we expected, but hadn't seen proof, NYC drops the hammer. Sixteen indictment for what Manifort already has been convicted.

So if you are a 70 year old, or 60, 50, 40, tRump Jr's age. Do you want to serve some time at a Club Fed OR take your chances with State charges in NY or Virginia? Your legal fees double, your potential sentence may be longer, and you are in a State Pen not a Club Fed.

Anyone pondering loyalty to tRump and potential pardon now has to consider loyalty to tRump, processing through Rikers and some fine time as a guest of NY Prison system. (Queue Law & Order sound effect)

There are a shitload of Defense Attorneys in DC and NYC billing huge hours this week.

[UniteFightBack]

1. And who knows what else Manifort will be indicted for down the road. His story is not ova. nt

[malaise]

2. Today was a great day

and watching the lawyer being shouted down with LIAR LIAR - that's not what she said was a zing of beauty

[Nevilledog]

3. The New York indictments involve different crimes.

[Buckeyeblue]

4. Manifort is screwed

I can't imagine that he has anything to offer that can keep him from being in one prison or another for the rest of his life.

[lindysalsagal]

5. Some believe that frump won't pardon him for the feds since it won't do any good

with the NY time. Makes sense: If he can't get him out, he's liable to squeal, so, better to no appear to be buying him off. He's in enough trouble (frump) already.

Plus, jail might be safer for frump: If manafort's out he can keep talking to reporters.....

[Nitram]

6. Exactly. Mueller has this, and Nancy is there to back him up.