Mueller is going all in on Manafort because he knows its his only chance to link to Trump.

Look like you forgot Trump Jr

Didn't know you were privy to all of the information that Mueller has access to.

it's no surprise either, as he's actively connected with the Russians from Ukrainian dealings, and was a staple in the campaign. I can't think of a single person more important to the campaign while also having confirmed contacts with the Russians. Don Jr has the trump tower meeting but he was a face in the campaign only, and the meeting was underwhelming. Flynn reached out to the Ruskies but post election. Assange himself is likely the best candidate for the whole story, but has zero credibility given the corner he's in and no campaign connection. Rudy is a campaign staple, but the only indication that he had russia knowledge was his smug "we have something up out sleeve" comment that clearly eluded to the Comey drop (days before the comey drop). Then there's Roger stone, weakly connected to the campaign and strongly connected with Wikileaks, but also willing to go to prison more than likely to avoid talking.

water follows the path of least resistance. he could collect info and try to shakedown some of the other campaign people like Rudy or Stone but they'll probably plead the 5th.

Manafort was under FBI surveillance during the time they’re claiming he met Assange, so if it is indeed true, they shouldn’t have any trouble proving it.

nvm

This post was edited by Surfpunk on Nov 28 2018 12:59pm

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/opinion/manafort-pardon-trump-mueller-pardon-.html

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Rest of article is good as well.

That makes sense. It also brought up a very salient point about the validity of a JDA when one of the parties to it has started cooperating with the government.