Conservative Blog: "Robert Mueller May Not Have Won Big Today, But Donald Trump Definitely Lost"

[brooklynite]

Within mere minutes of each other, two separate federal courts took control of the news cycle and have determined what we’ll be talking about for the next few days at least.

While one court was delivering eight guilty verdicts on Paul Manafort, another was announcing a plea deal from Michael Cohen. One man is a former Trump campaign chair, the other a former Trump lawyer/fixer.

Manafort faced eighteen charges, ten of which ended in a mistrial. Eight, however, received a unanimous “Guilty” from the jury. The charges were mostly related to tax fraud, and nothing about his trial had anything to do with collusion with Russia. So, as far as the special counsel’s investigation into Russia’s meddling, there is no victory yet. The fact that over half of the charges ended in a mistrial, as well as the fact that this had nothing to do with Russia, is something Trump supporters are touting as a victory.

But, Manafort is still a scalp that the special counsel has claimed. The bigger, more important scalp, however, is Cohen.

https://www.redstate.com/joesquire/2018/08/21/robert-mueller-may-not-won-big-today-donald-trump-definitely-lost/

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1. Trying to put a happy face on, eh?

Two words for Republicans.... unindicted co-conspirator.