For Halloween, Trump & associates whistling past the graveyard

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

I ain't afraid of no ghosts....You see, it's all about nothing. It will all be alright. There's no such thing as a special prosecutor. Nobody's going to flip on me. They've got nothing. Where's my phone, I need to tweet this out.....

Mr. Trump’s lawyer, Ty Cobb, said there were no concerns that Mr. Manafort would offer damaging information about the president in exchange for a deal.

Some close to Mr. Manafort, including his former business partner Roger J. Stone Jr., have said he had nothing to offer that would help prosecutors build a case against Mr. Trump.

“He’s not going to lie,” Mr. Stone said in September.

“I think the path that he chose of trying to minimize conflict and maximize cooperation is one that benefits the country as he tries to erase this cloud,” Mr. Cobb said. “Which I think he will ultimately achieve.”

He did not say when he believed that would happen, but he predicted the end of the investigation was nearing.

“I don’t think that it’s far away,” he said.