So Gates and Manafort are tax cheats. What on God’s green Earth does this have to do with Trump? Manafort worked for Trump for 59 days, and Trump was never warned by the FBI was under investigation before he was hired.
Manafort contested that his case fell outside of the SC scope letter. The trial judge decided it didn't. The scope letter was fairly broad. Being part of the Trump campaign doomed Manafort to SC charges.