Byron York: Mueller reveals tenuous link between Manafort charges and Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/o...rges-and-trump
To those Trump opponents who had hoped Mueller would unveil evidence of Trump-Russia collusion involving Manafort, it was a sharp and stunning admission: there's no collusion in the case against Manafort.
In any event, Mueller has not suggested that Donald Trump was involved in any of the actions outlined in the Manafort charges. The two Lender D loans are, apparently, the only connection between the Trump campaign and the broad array of criminal activity, some of it more than a decade old, alleged in the Manafort indictments. And Trump himself played no role in it.
Was a special counsel needed for that?
How Mueller's team and the FBI served up Paul Manafort to Associated Press reporters
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...up-paul-manaf/
The OK came at what appears to be an unusual summit between four AP reporters, the FBI and Andrew Weissmann at Justice Department offices. Mr. Weissmann is a senior lawyer for Special Counsel Robert Mueller and is prosecuting the jailed Mr. Manafort in Virginia and D.C.
“The meeting raises serious concerns about whether a violation of grand jury secrecy occurred,” Mr. Downing said in his brief.