“It doesn’t involve me”, said Donald Trump, after his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was convicted by a court in Virginia on eight counts of financial fraud last month. “This had absolutely nothing to do with the president,” said his spokeswoman, Sarah Sanders, on Sept. 14, after Mr Manafort unexpectedly pleaded guilty in Washington, DC to two additional charges. As that turned out to be part of a newly-minted cooperation agreement with Robert Mueller, the special counsel, we may soon know whether Mr Trump and Ms Sanders are right.
The Economist: Paul Manafort breaks
An exterior view of the Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse is seen during the third day of jury deliberation in the Manafort trial August 20 in Alexandria, Virginia.
