The Manafort Battlespace Prep

Some time ago we wrote that Paul Manafort would never serve a day in prison.

When you're right 51% of the time...

Bumbling Bob Mueller knows that the pardons are a'commin, which is why he's feeding info to the NY State AG whose office would be immune from a presidential pardon.

Which is not to say the New York AG won't be politically vulnerable. First there's the issue of double jeopardy. Americans hate that. More importantly Trump surrogates will simply go on TV and say, 'The president already pardoned Manafort.'

Most deliciously, and Trump has already brought this up, those same pundits will be on the telly screaming about former NY AG Eric Schneiderman, misogynist and woman beater. 'The prosecutor worked with Eric Schneiderman! What did he know and when did he know it!'

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