Donald Trump’s former campaign chief is indicted
Cue calls to jail Hillary Clinton
BLAME it on “The Godfather”. For days the political village in Washington, DC has been consumed by the wrong argument about Robert Mueller, the special counsel tasked with investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. It began on October 30th when Mr Mueller, a former FBI boss, unveiled his first criminal charges against members of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Partisans and pundits responded by squabbling about who is the bigger villain: Mr Trump, or his erstwhile rival, Hillary Clinton?
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Manafort overboard”
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