Feds sought cooperation from Manafort's son-in-law

[MelissaB]

Source: Politico

The former Trump campaign chairman is the focus of inquiries into his business dealings as well as Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

By JOSH DAWSEY and DARREN SAMUELSOHN

08/09/2017 07:25 PM EDT

Federal investigators sought cooperation from Paul Manafort’s son-in-law in an effort to increase pressure on President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, according to three people familiar with the probe.

Investigators approached Jeffrey Yohai, who has partnered in business deals with Manafort, earlier this summer, setting off “real waves” in Manafort’s orbit, one of these people said. Another of these people said investigators are trying to get “into Manafort’s head.”

Manafort, who is a focus of the broad federal and congressional investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign, is also under investigation for his business and real estate transactions, including some that involve Yohai.

That probe has accelerated in recent weeks, according to one of the people familiar with it.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/09/manafort-fbi-son-law-241464

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Dear Donald Trump,

Mueller is not afraid to try to flip son-in-law to get bigger fish.

[Honeycombe8]

1. That's a pretty bold move. I can't believe it was fruitful, though. Maybe...

Maybe the point was to spook Manafort.

[mobeau69]

5. I don't think so. You can't get a search warrant to spook someone.

They had to go before a judge and present enough evidence to show probable cause that a crime had been committed. Now, once they got the warrant they executed it in a manner to spook the entire lot of criminals and traitors.

[Honeycombe8]

9. What I meant was that, surely he got rid of incriminating documents by now.

He's been under investigation for months. Tossed the computer, got rid of papers and electronic docs.

I also wonder how they could possibly search the whole house. A person can hide physical papers just anywhere. In a corner of the attic, under a joist. A slit in carpet in out of the way place, with a few papers tucked underneath. Underneath a floor board. They must spend a lot of time in a house to search it. Unless they got specific subpoena for the computers and files that were in a filing place or office.

[sheshe2]

2. Flip away.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Exactly, son in laws are a good way to get into

"someone' s head". The fake prez has enough voices in his head already so I doubt there is room for any more.

[denbot]

4. He won't ever testify.

The Russians would kill him, no matter what.

[Tanuki]

6. Maybe the knock on the bedroom door from the FBI was

among other things a not-so-subtle hint that if they could slip into the house, the next night visitors might be sent by Putin and a lot more lethal. Much like the horse's head in the Godfather.

[denbot]

7. The FBI would not blow this case by threatening a witness, that would be silly.

However Putin's people silence their own.

[mobeau69]

8. It's either make a deal, sing and then go on the WP program like Sammy the Bull or become someone's

[DeminPennswoods]

10. Reportedly the son-in-law was caught running a

ponzi scheme, so the feds have the goods on him. Also heard on MSNBC, some of Manafort's money was used as some part of the scam. American Greed is one of my "guilty pleasure" shows to watch and these ponzi scammers never want to go to jail.