Special counsel Robert Mueller can breathe a sign a relief with a federal jury’s verdict Tuesday that found President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, guilty of eight criminal counts.
Or, depending on Trump’s temper, Mueller can begin packing up his office.
If Trump’s anticipated fury is tempered, Mueller will continue investigating the president’s associates as he seeks to determine what if any Trump campaign involvement there was with the Russian effort to meddle in our 2016 presidential election, which Trump won. Even Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he wanted Trump to win because of Trump’s attitude toward the U.S. normalizing relations with Russia – Russia which continues to hack our elections, according to multiple government and private investigations.
Given our president’s mindset, who knows what this morning’s headlines will bring. We might be seeing firsthand the real meaning of unhinged.
Manafort was found guilty of five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud and one count of failing to file foreign bank account reports. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on 10 other criminal counts against Manafort. Jurors heard testimony about all 18 counts during a three-week trial. They deliberated for four days.