CLOSE Paul Manafort’s lawyer says the former Trump campaign chairman cut a deal with prosecutors “to make sure that his family was able to remain safe and live a good life.” (Sept. 14) AP Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller can’t be a good thing for President Donald Trump, commentators said Sunday. “Manafort is a key person to help us unwind whether this is the most unlikely string of improbable coincidences or whether this is an active conspiracy,” said California Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. Schiff, a former prosecutor, told “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd on Sunday that Manafort’s convictions, and eventual decision to cooperate, send the message to those “in Bob Mueller’s crosshairs right now: You better get to the special counsel and make your deal now.” “Anyone who gets indicted by Bob Mueller goes down,” he said, adding that the “longer you wait to come clean, the worse it’s going to get.” Whether or not Manafort shares everything he knows and truly cooperates remains to be seen, he said. Norman Eisen, who acted as ethics czar for former President Barack Obama, said on “ABC This Week” that because of the strong case against Manafort, Mueller would not have offered the deal “absent some very powerful evidence.” “You only get a deal like this if you go up the chain. Who is up the chain from Paul Manafort, who was the chai
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