Manafort began his tax fraud in 2006. He never worked in the Trump administration and only worked on Trump’s campaign for a few months. And yet some people are always trying to associated what he did with Trump. But I’m sure you objected to that.
He wasn’t just some random campaign worker, he was literally Trump’s campaign manager.
But hey, Trump hiring Manafort tells us his aptitude at vetting people now doesn’t it?
Comparing a guy like Manafort being hired by Trump to a former employee of a president committing crimes after he’s under the employment of the former president is just not valid. It’s nothing short of desperate partisanship.
This connection could have been avoided if the Obama administration, aware of Manaforts background, had properly advised the Trump campaign instead of this useless “look out for Russians” garbage.
Thankfully, not really a problem as this has been looked into in detail for two years by a taskforce of experts with a finding of “No Collusion”.
You would have the Obama administration sharing counter intelligence info from an ongoing investigation? You don’t even want to share Mueller’s completed report with the congress.
Trump loathes all things Obama. He tries to undo everything Obama did.
The incoming Trump admin was specifically warned about Flynn and ignored it. There’s literally no reason to believe he would have acted any differently with Manafort.