The Manafort Indictments

The special prosecutor brought indictments against Paul Manafort today.  Interestingly enough, the charges have nothing to do with the Trump campaign or any collusion about the election with Russia.  Instead, Manafort is charged with matters connected to his representation of Ukraine in the years prior to his involvement with the Trump campaign and some coverup that he did following that representation.  The indictment refers extensively to a plan Manafort worked out for this coverup involving what the indictment calls Company A and Company B.  Company B seems clearly to the Podesta Group, the lobbying firm founded by Clinton campaign chair John Podesta and his brother.

Mueller has come out with an indictment.  Nevertheless, despite the inevitable spin we will hear from the media, Mueller has come forward with nothing that would implicate the Trump campaign in any wrongdoing.  In fact, he came closer to hitting the Clinton campaign.