Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team is working with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on its investigation into Paul Manafort and his financial transactions, according to several people familiar with the matter.
The cooperation is the latest indication that the federal probe into President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman is intensifying. It also could potentially provide Mueller with additional leverage to get Manafort to cooperate in the larger investigation into Trump’s campaign, as Trump does not have pardon power over state crimes.
The two teams have shared evidence and talked frequently in recent weeks about a potential case, these people said. One of the people familiar with progress on the case said both Mueller’s and Schneiderman’s teams have collected evidence on financial crimes, including potential money laundering.
No decision has been made on where or whether to file charges. “Nothing is imminent,” said one of the people familiar with the case.
This Robert Mueller is scary smart, and he obviously recognized what signal Trump was sending with his pardon of Joe Arpaio.
Trump's problem is that these men are playing a sophisticated game of three dimensional chess while he and his merry band of legal misfits are playing Tic Tac Toe.
My takeaway from all of this is that Manafort is still refusing to cooperate and Mueller is putting the screws to him hard until he breaks.
I can guarantee that Trump is sweating like a convict in a Louisiana prison hot box right about now.
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