[RealJustme]

'Even a blind person' can see Mueller using Manafort to 'target' Trump: judge. A federal judge says “even a blind person” can see that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is prosecuting Paul Manafort as a way to acquire evidence against his “true target,” President Trump.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III made the comment in an opinion released this week..

Judge Ellis, sitting in the Eastern District of Virginia, expressed dismay at the special counsel system and at Mr. Mueller in particular, "What happen to ethics in our justice system? "


“Given the investigation’s focus on President Trump’s campaign, even a blind person can see that the true target of the Special Counsel’s investigation is President Trump, not defendant, and that defendant’s prosecution is part of that larger plan,” he wrote. “Specifically, the charges against defendant are intended to induce defendant to cooperate with the Special Counsel by providing evidence against the President or other members of the campaign."

In negotiations between Mr. Mueller and Trump attorneys over a possible interview, the prosecutor has said Mr. Trump isn’t a target––a specific Justice Department term that means the government has evidence the person committed a crime. Judge Ellis said that Mueller's statement that Trump wasn't a target, is a lie and that "Mueller is going after those who have associated with President Trump for one reason, get something on them so they give him something on Trump."

[johnforbes]

What the judge said makes sense.

Another theory is that Mueller's investigation was intended to provide a smokescreen to conceal the massive partisanship which created two things:

1) The effort to protect Hillary, who very clearly broke 18 USC 793 (among others). No serious person can even dispute that she broke the law with classified email on her private server. She also deleted 33,000 emails under subpoena.

2) Top officials colluded to spy on Trump's campaign, and even paid 12 million for a fake dossier. Then a judge whom Strzok apparently knew signed a warrant to wiretap Trump. Trump was informed by that NSA admiral on Nov 16, 2016 about this and the next day moved his transition office to his golf course business in NJ.