New filings from the Special Counsel, responding to Manafort's motion to dismiss his indictment, include a new heavily redacted document from Rosenstein dated last August confirming that this is within his remit.
Response to motion
As relevant here, the memorandum specified that the following allegations against Manafort “were within the scope of the Special Counsel’s investigation at the time of his appointment and are within the scope of the Appointment Order”:
Allegations that Paul Manafort:
o Committed a crime or crimes by colluding with Russian government
officials with respect to the Russian government’s efforts to interfere with
the 2016 election for President of the United States, in violation of United
States law;
Can't wait to see the rest of this.
As the great Steve Bannon once said:
"This is all about money laundering. Mueller chose Weissmann first and he is a money-laundering guy. Their path to fucking Trump goes right through Paul Manafort"
