Significant news on the Mueller investigation yesterday with the news that Mueller's working with the NY AG on investigations into Manafort. Significant because as they're trying to flip Manafort on Trump, Trump pardoned Arpaio as a reminder that he has broad pardon powers that he can protect allies with; but charges laid by a state cannot be pardoned by the president. I'm not clear on exactly what falls within state law, but at a minimum racketeering and money-laundering do, crimes that pretty much everyone suspects Manafort of.
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