Is Manafort's case political?

[Nordberg]

Why do rightys want Manafort to get away with these crimes? They see him as part of trumps entourage and therefore above the law?

[Bourbon]

Manifort's case is all over every political website and forum, yet the actual charges are not political. The case does not involve Trump either, but both sides of the aisle are rooting for opposite outcomes. What makes this case so political?

TAX EVASION & MONEY LAUNDERING isn't political, it's a Financial Crime and is called WHITE-COLLAR CRIME

Executives go to Jail every year for this.

[Nordberg]

The trial is not political. The results may be, Manafort was in Trumps entourage, so if he is found guilty of financial and tax fraud, then Trump will have to avoid him. Trump did the same things, so having Manafort around would not look good.

[Nordberg]

Trump just made it political. He said the trial is sad. I guess trials are supposed to be happy. That means something in Trumplestilskin. Not so much in English. He said Manafort is a very good person. A guy with 18 charges of banking and tax fraud is a good person? What is a bad one?oh yeah, people who critize him are bad. That is against America. Trump makes nio sense if you judge what he says by real values. if you judge them from the perspective that anything against Trump is bad, then it oozes out a bit of Trumpian logic., Trump is a bad joke .