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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRe Manafort (at least), Why did it take a special prosecutor?
Let's take collusion as a given and agree/hope that the other indictments/pleas substantiate this.
The indictment against Manafort covers crimes going back years. Why did no one begin this investigation earlier? And I'm not talking about earlier in the campaign but earlier in the Obama administrations. Were there no earlier red flags (Russian reference intended)? I mean, this guy was anything but under the radar. Why was no action taken 2, 3, 4, 5 years ago? Hey, maybe that's fine, given the effect on the orange one's campaign, but I do wonder.
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Re Manafort (at least), Why did it take a special prosecutor? (Original Post)
matt819
Oct 2017
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I guess the same reason Trump got away with the things he did all those years
blueinredohio
Oct 2017
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CanonRay
(14,038 posts)1. Holder didn't do financial crimes
the DOJ did very few of these during the Holder years.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)2. I guess the same reason Trump got away with the things he did all those years
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)3. Manafort has been watched for years. I understand that many cases take a long time. n/t