Trump knew he and Russia were aiming for the same goal. So he fawned over Putin, undercut US foreign policy and sold out his own intelligence agencies.
Author: Michael J. Stern, Opinion contributor
Prison time shouldn’t depend on luck, but it does. Paul Manafort’s 2 sentences prove it.
Manafort’s Virginia sentence for ill-gotten gains and years of corruption was less than the 5 years a black woman on probation in Texas got for voting.
If Manafort lied to Mueller, maybe he knew he had a net. Maybe it was a Trump pardon.
Count on Mueller having airtight proof that Manafort lied. But Trump is already laying political groundwork for a pardon and surviving the backlash.