Donald Trump's then-campaign chairman and convention manager Paul Manafort appears at a news conference in Cleveland in July 2016. This "f*** that"/honey badger attitude has been a pillar of Trump's rise. But that fact that Trump's campaign and now his White House find themselves in this position is, in part, due to that same attitude on display on election night. Whether Trump's campaign was unaware of these problematic ties or simply never bothered to vet Manafort (I'd wager both are possible), it's now proven to be a serious error of judgment. Now that Mueller has apparently penetrated one of those closest to Trump's political rise, we may see just how much much of a problem Trump created for himself.

Source: Washington Post October 30, 2017 13:30 UTC