Mueller is a genius if he is going to tie money from most likely procedural mis-steps by the lobbyist(s) a decade ago to money used in this campaign to Russian hackers. It sounds like a losing battle.
First, it was nowhere near to a 'procedural misstep' and it was not ten years ago. Second, there's no need to tie it to Russian hackers. Here's the appointment letter for Mueller:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...bert-Mueller-Special-Counsel-Russia.html?_r=0
Here's the part that matters. Mueller is tasked with investigating:
i) any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump; and
ii)
any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation
That means if Mueller finds Russian money laundering from Manafort he can easily then start tracing that money and looking into the finances of the rest of the campaign, Trump included. Easy peasy, no genius required.
On the other hand, there is a direct tie to Russian interference with Zuckerberg/Facebook yet there are no indictments there. To say that Manafort is a Russian agent is like saying that Zuckerberg is a Russian agent.
Zuckerberg was taking millions of dollars in Russian money and laundering it? As this is an explosive charge can you provide any evidence for this? Also, what indictments would you think appropriate for Facebook?
This is coming down to tax evasion and nothing to do with Russian Election Interference. I guess we will see what happens but don't hold your breath that anything substantial will come of this.
This is pretty blatant wishful thinking. First, we already have at least one guilty plea for lying to the FBI about contacts between the Russian government and the Trump campaign. We have admitted attempts (after repeated lies) to meet with liaisons of the Russian government for the purposes of getting dirt on Clinton. We also very likely have additional charges to levy against Manafort that are being held back to prevent Trump from pardoning him. News reports say indictments of Trump's national security adviser and his son are coming.
This is just the beginning and it sure looks like it's going to get a lot worse before it's over.