OK, "One guy got two weeks in the Pokie, the other guy went down for tax evasion none of it had anything to do with trump lol.."
But, in order to plea and get reduced sentences, they had to have information that was of interest to the Special Prosecutor's Office or else, he would not have agreed to a plea bargain. Keep in mind, that Mueller's charge was to "investigate any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation", etc. see: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...bert-Mueller-Special-Counsel-Russia.html
Before Mueller would agree to a plea bargain, he needs to be assured that the "flipper" has information that is useful to the investigation and that it is verified. Mueller is following all trails and bread crumbs to the end of the trail.
And, we don't know what Mueller has on Trump, his sons or the campaign - yet.
Still grasping at straws huh??? Could it be that Manafort may only have information of other crimes not related to Trump?
Let me ask you an honest question DJ...if you were faced with spending the rest of your life in prison, would you agree to get creative with accusations the prosecutor might be interested in???
If I were faced with spending the rest of my life in prison, sure, I'd try everything I could to get a deal. But, in order to get a deal, I'd have to have something (backed with proof or evidence) of interest to the prosecutor.
As noted in another post by 12344MAG, “A lot of times prosecutors use the plea deal because they really didn't have enough evidence to pull off a prosecution, Or they use the plea deal to save court time and taxpayer monies.” This is true in many (especially local) prosecutions in which the prosecutor's office is overwhelmed with cases and has only limited resources. However, in the Mueller Special Prosecutor's office, they have no such restraints. they have a team of very experienced litigators and no time pressure (unless an AG fires him and no one else picks up the case).
Mueller's sole job is to find out what happened (with regards to Russian collusion) and follow all trails regardless of where they may lead. Who knows where they will eventually lead. We know that Trump's sons and Manafort met with Russians trying to get "dirt" on Clinton; we know that there have been 5 guilty pleas and 1 conviction; and, we know that Mueller has information that has not yet been revealed. So, where will the investigation go?
If there is not enough evidence to proceed with prosecution, why did the 5 enter guilty pleas? Why not fight the case and show that Mueller is a fraud? It is interesting that all 5 of the defendants have or had close ties with the Trump campaign.
Because none of the guilty pleas or convictions were about the Russia stuff. They were all unrelated Skeletons that Mueller uncovered. Manafort has been a “fixer” for 30 years I would imagine he has dirt on a lot of people and could see where he would give up somebody and something that’s totally unrelated to Mueller/Russia to get a better deal now that he realizes he’s going down
