Last updated on February 25th, 2019 at 03:30 pm

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The Manafort sentencing document from Robert Mueller paints a picture of a career criminal that Trump picked to chair his campaign.

The Sentencing Doc Contained No Russia Bombshells But Painted a Damning Picture

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2-23-19 US Sentencing Memo … by on Scribd

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It is possible that Mueller is just keeping his powder dry and he doesn’t need to show any of his evidence of Russia collusion with this filing, but people who were breathlessly hyping this sentencing document might be a little disappointed.

Trump had a career criminal working for him because he worked for free

Donald Trump doesn’t hire the best people. He hires the cheapest, and the takeaway from this sentencing document is that the no character president hired the worst of the worst.

Robert Mueller has been a great poker player. He hasn’t tipped his hand yet, and he didn’t show his cards today.

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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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