Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and President Trump. (Saul Loeb/AFP; Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images) (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)It’s not just that the investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is, in President Trump’s estimation, a biased partisan “witch hunt." There’s Trump’s worry that the probe “endangers our country,” as he told reporters on Air Force One last week. Because part of the plea agreement reached between Mueller and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort includes forfeiture of certain property to the government. The plea agreement stipulates that Manafort “agrees to forfeit criminally and civilly the following properties.” That “civilly” is important.

Source: Washington Post September 14, 2018 19:05 UTC