One explanation for Manafort's refusal to flip on Trump has been his alleged fear
of being assassinated by Russian friends of Trump. Whether they'd use a bloody public shooting or a more discreet polonium tea party would make little difference to Paul---either way, he dies. Or, so the theory goes.
But, maybe I've watched too many movies. Doesn't the mob always play it safe and "rub out" anyone who MIGHT squeal---or change their mind about cooperating with "the G"? And, in "Saving Private Ryan", when the Germans riddled the apparently dead body of a US Army messenger, Tom Hanks explains "We do the same thing. The message survives as long as there is breath in the body."
It would seem to me that, on the street or in a cell, they will get to him if they want to. "The evidence survives as long as there is breath in the body". But, his best chance might be the publicity---notoriety---he'd get from putting Trump et al in prison. Being in the public eye might shield himfor at least a few years.
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