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Originally Posted by Mick
Because Mueller is trying to get Manafort to crack, spill the beans if there is anything to spill, and play ball for lesser time in jail.
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Yeah but that's a normal practise of investigations. Gates, Flynn and Papadopoulos agreed to work with Mueller's investigation, Manafort didn't. All of them were charged but some got to plead to lesser crimes. Manafort presumably has the full lot.
It's not really backfiring as such, that would imply Mueller was bluffing about the indictments which it's now clear he wasn't. He just wasn't able to get Manafort to turn. Either because Manafort didn't want too or doesn't have anything to give. Who knows on that question.
For that matter we still don't know what the others gave up for lesser pleas either.