Little known fact. The Feds won’t serve search warrants on drug dealers during the hours the picked the lock on Manafort’s house.
That’s right....drug dealers get their door stuffed during waking hours not in the middle of their REM state.
This was purely to intimidate and embarrass Manafort.....had to have him standing in his underwear for the search.
They are trying to get Manafort to implicate Trump. Won’t happen. I believe Trump pardoned Sheriff Joe so early (partly) as a signal to Manafort and Flynn. He’s letting them know to hang tight, he has their backs and can expect pardons.
If they keep their mouths shut, plead the 5th over and over then there is no way for Mueller to trap them into some lie (a la Scooter Libby)