Let’s not lose sight of what happened today with the special counsel because it is significant. Robert Mueller indicted (again) Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign chairman, and Konstantin Kiliminik, an associate of Manafort’s who has been linked to Russian intelligence. Think about that for a second.
This appears to be Mueller’s first indictment charging “collusion.” He charged Trump’s former campaign chair with conspiring with a suspected Russian intelligence operative. If that’s not “collusion,” what is? https://t.co/RXNEmlJJPr
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 8, 2018
If the Russians weren’t already knee-deep in Trumpworld, now you have a Russian operative allegedly working directly with the GOP nominee’s campaign chairman. Conspiracy anyone?
Today’s superseding indictment alleging Konstantin Kilimnik worked with Paul Manafort to obstruct justice not only deepens Manafort’s legal peril, it shows that Trump’s former campaign chair worked with a Russian with reported ties to Russian intelligence to subvert U.S. law.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) June 8, 2018
Trump’s former campaign manager and his associate, a man close to Russian intelligence, are indicted for witness tampering. This is the real “spy” story that you won’t hear much about on the FOX Fiction Channel.
Mueller is closing in.https://t.co/aK8faEdkWd via @NBCNews— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) June 8, 2018
News broke earlier in the week that Mueller’s team was looking to revoke Manafort’s bail and now The Washington Post reports:
“Going to the grand jury for a superseding indictment underlines how serious the government is about Manafort’s conduct,’’ said Joyce Vance, a U.S. attorney in Alabama during the Obama administration. “A defendant in a drug case would have his release revoked and be sent to jail pending trial for violating the terms of his release like this.”
Much of what Mueller is after preceded Manafort’s time with Trump. But if Manafort is tossed in jail, it might be enough to make him flip on what Mueller is really after.
