WHY DON'T WE ASK THE RUSSIANS!
The hidden story of this whole hacking of 2016 is that the RNC was hacked! Our buddies Mitch and Paulie boy pulled every string and used every threat to keep it quiet. It was brought out and announced by the FBI at the time. Some repub senators mentioned it before they were muzzled. After that was the 'story' spread far and wide... "We had updated our security, they could only get the old stuff". Well, does anyone else remember that the emails of George W were stored on the RNC servers. The Russians got all of those. A lot of the repub senators were in office then. If the story of an updated security is true, (you can NEVER believe anything a repub says). They have all the stuff from before.
They are being blackmailed. Pure and simple. How many in 'leadership' in both houses, that spend most of the week away from their wife and kids have a little something on the side? How many in 'leadership' let their avid love of money and power (not always in that order) have emails out there? They wouldn't put it in writing the little deals or ways to really put the screws to the poor saps that voted for them in writing... would they? What dirty and disgusting secrets are hidden there?
You have heard this before... Russia are you listening? Find those missing emails and our media would reward you mightily! Each one, think about what would scare them the most if it came out... bingo, you got it. They are running scared! Look at them, listen to them. It's not just to get re-elected... Their whole world could crash around their ears. In or out of prison.
Oh, one thing about Manafort, would you rather die in prison of old age or watching body parts fall of and rot from some uranium based poison. Putin doesn't like snitches.