Originally Posted by Guest

The screws are tightening. Getting the NYS Attorney General involved is crucial, because now they can pursue criminal indictments against Manafort and Trump won't be able to pardon him because he doesn't have jurisdiction over state crimes. This will give them leverage to roll Manafort to save himself, which seems pretty likely, and the chips will fall as they may. There is so much material for criminal wrongdoing - crimes directly related to the election — if the Trump team engaged in a criminal conspiracy to help hack Hillary Clinton’s email (stealing documents is illegal) or violated campaign finance laws by soliciting help from a foreign source, for example. The second kind is crimes committed during the investigation itself: witness intimidation, perjury, obstruction of justice, and the like. So far, many of the emails seem damming, especially those of Trump Jr. And the FBI raiding Manafort's home in the early morning hours, is a true sign that Trump's cohort is in deep trouble. Adding in the Comey firing, Flynn's ties to Russia, Kushner's Russia ties, Trump's own business dealings with Russia, there is a clear possibility that the investigation will ultimately end Trump's presidency.