Some fun facts on the Manafort Indictment

Let's start with the reality. While the first two charges are conspiracy to commit fraud against the United States, and Conspiracy to commit money laundering... the entire indictment pretty much falls under the broader umbrella of failing to register the proper paperwork as a foreign agent.

We got em on spitting on the sidewalk, conspiracy to commit littering, 
defamation of public concrete, lewd and lascivious use of saliva...

To put it bluntly, had the proper paperwork been filled out, Manafort would not be charged with conspiracy to commit fraud against the United States, nor would he be charged with conspiracy to launder money. Counts one and two both rely almost entirely on the Manafort paperwork problem, in order to justify the much more dramatic charges.

So what do we know about the horrific crimes that our crack Investigative team of 17 agents have come up with?

• Over 60% of those who qualify as foreign agents do not properly fill out the necessary paperwork within a timely matter - as listed in Count 1 and counts 11-12 of the indictment.
• Over 50% of those who qualify as foreign agents do not properly fill out the proper ongoing reports within a timely manner - as listed in Count 1 and Counts 3-10 of the indictment. 
• The Podesta group mentioned in the indictment also had not filled out the proper paperwork, but was allowed to do so retroactively (in August of 2017). 
• Only six people have ever been prosecuted for a failure to properly fill out their foreign agent forms. 
• Only one person has ever been convicted of this particular offense. He was sentenced to 1 year in prison. 

So what we have here is a 31 page indictment that encompasses years and years worth of felony charges, all revolving around an 80 year old law that has only seen one person convicted and that person was sentenced to one year of jail time.

Of course, what it really means is that Donald Trump must have colluded with Russia.