I have heard on other more mainstream media sources that this particular federal judge had been very adversarial toward the Mueller team so while the particular news source cited may be of questionable repute I think the story in general is accurate.
As for whether there is more of the same in store for the team I would say that would depend entirely on how much any particular magistrate allows his judgement and impartiality to be colored by his personal party biases instead of sticking to the law.
Personally I cannot see a problem with what was presented or the time line for the charged offenses. Trump, Manafort and the others have been dealing with the Russians for decades and it is within that time frame that you will begin to see the cooperation and quid pro quo begin. This is not something that just popped up overnight. Someone did not just one day three months before the election “hey lets collude and see what we can do”. No, this was, and continues to be a long term relationship and as such needs to be viewed in its entirety, and not as a single isolated incident.
Mueller is not doing anything any other prosecutor would not do; lean on the peons to get to the higher ups. Manafort could be that top dog or he could just be the next rung up the ladder.
And, to state that nothing has come of the investigation thus far is not correct. There have been, what, 23 indictments thus far, Manafort being one of them? Remember, the Benghazi investigations (plural, more than one) took four years and resulted in no indictments and, even the investigation of Clintons emails took over two years and that too led to no indictments so I would say that to date is has been a productive investigation
The fact that information regarding the investigation is not leaking from Muellers team speaks to their professionalism and diligence and not to any lack of results. I would not expect to see leaks from people who know their jobs and do them well.
The fact that leaks from the Trump Administration seem to occur almost daily also gives an idea of the professionalism and capabilities of members of his team.
So let us give the man his time and space to conduct a thorough, complete investigation, let him pursue the leads he believes appropriate and wait and see what happens.
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