From my understanding: Manafort was calling the shots to WH via his joint legal defense team to go after Ukrainians who he believed exposed him, idea was to also create the narrative of “Dem collusion with Ukraine” to provide political cover for Trump to pardon Manafort 1/— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) September 26, 2019
This is the part that was most interesting to me: The part where Fruity and Trump feel they need to “reassure” Manafort that he’ll get a pardon, like they have to keep him happy. Why? 🤔 3/ pic.twitter.com/PMJr185Pc0— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) September 26, 2019
Sooooooo...based on the article, at least, this past week is just a sliver of a longer-term effort involving Manafort, his revenge against perceived enemies in Ukraine, Trump wanting to pardon him (presumably so he won’t blab), and Rudy having no idea what the hell he’d doing END pic.twitter.com/BKF64tnZkp— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) September 26, 2019
