Q stated months ago that Manafort was a plant.  And how does this work?   Manafort, who nobody in politics except for Donald Trump would hire as a campaign manager is a plant?  How would you pick Manafort to focus on?  How do you get Trump to hire him? You're just swallowing a ridiculous story without thinking about it. Trump's closest political adviser for almost 40 years is Roger Stone.  Roger Stone who worked with Manafort in the firm Black, Manafort & Stone since 1980.  Trump knew exactly who Manafort was.  Manafort lived in Trump Tower for goddsakes Trump knew exactly what he was hiring him.  Manafort had a shitty reputation for working with corrupt figures and being close to Russia when he was hired. Nobody pushed harder for Manafort to be hired than Roger Stone, Donald Trump's go to guy for politics for 4 decades. Here's stories from spring of 2016  Trump Just Hired His Next Scandal His convention strategy is in the hands of a former lobbyist who's been linked to one corruption scheme after another. But Manafort's real specialty is in the netherworld of international lobbying. Trump has criticized both parties as selling out the U.S. to foreign interests. Now he is counting on a man who has represented many of them.  Manafort has offered his services to not one but two presidents driven from power through popular revolution -- Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine and Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. He has lobbied for Saudi Arabia, a Bahamanian president suspected of narco-trafficking and a former Angolan rebel leader accused of torture.  ...  Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s top adviser, and his ties to pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine Paul Manafort, the adviser hired by Donald Trump to add stability and institutional know-how to Trump’s often scattershot presidential campaign, has long and deep reported ties to pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine.   So why are you believing this ridiculous story about Manafort being a plant?  Because the true story is harder for you to swallow.   Trump knew Manafort was corrupt and hired Manafort because he was corrupt. Let's look at Trump folks in Legal Trouble who are connected to Russia. Michael Flynn  Michael Cohen  Paul Manafort  Rick Gates  George Papapoplous  Carter Page It's quite a long list already and others will join them.   Man, somebody was sure planting a lot of corrupt, Russian-connected folks around Trump.