Is Trump Trying to Bribe Paul Manafort?
It’s been an especially turbulent week for Donald Trump’s presidency, but consider this particular sequence of events:
First, a jury in Alexandria, Virginia, found Paul Manafort guilty Tuesday on eight felony counts related to tax evasion and other financial crimes. Manafort, who is 69 years old, now faces the possibility of spending a significant portion of his remaining life in federal prison. It’s possible, however, that the former Trump campaign chairman could reduce his prison sentence by cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian electoral interference.
