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    Paul Manafort's Cooperation With Mueller Is the Biggest Blow Yet to Trump

    The president and his former campaign chairman have spent months sharing information about the Russia investigation. Now Manafort has decided to help the government.
    by Natasha Bertrand Sep 14, 2018 4 minutes
    Source: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

    After more than four decades of lobbying on behalf of Republican politicians, foreign dictators, and oligarchs, Paul Manafort is flipping on his last client: President Donald Trump.

    The president’s former campaign chairman has agreed to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the investigation of a potential conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Moscow, prosecutors said in court on Friday, and has already proffered information to the Justice Department. Manafort also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, avoiding the spectacle of a second trial in Washington, D.C.

    Legal experts characterized Manafort’s move as a significant win for Mueller—and a big setback for Trump. “Manafort’s

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