October 29, 2017 08:32 AM UTC

Who's Getting Frog-Marched Tomorrow?

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• by: Colorado Pols

MONDAY UPDATE: It’s Paul Manafort, reports CNN:

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is turning himself in Monday to Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

Manafort was indicted under seal on Friday and is planning to turn himself in, the source said…

The indictment of a top official from President Donald Trump’s campaign signals a dramatic new phase of Mueller’s wide-ranging investigation into possible collusion between the Russian government and members of Trump’s team as well as potential obstruction of justice and financial crimes.

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UPDATE: President Donald Trump, on the other hand, doesn’t know when to be quiet.

…are now fighting back like never before. There is so much GUILT by Democrats/Clinton, and now the facts are pouring out. DO SOMETHING!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 29, 2017

All of this “Russia” talk right when the Republicans are making their big push for historic Tax Cuts & Reform. Is this coincidental? NOT!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 29, 2017

Any of Trump’s attorneys in reach of that cell phone, now’s the time to just grab it already.

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The political chattering class is quieter than usual this weekend, as CNN reports, awaiting what’s expected to be very big news as early as tomorrow morning:

A federal grand jury in Washington on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources briefed on the matter.

The charges are still sealed under orders from a federal judge. Plans were prepared Friday for anyone charged to be taken into custody as soon as Monday, the sources said. It is unclear what the charges are.

A spokesman for the special counsel’s office declined to comment. The White House also had no comment, a senior administration official said Saturday morning.

In the absence of firm information about who is getting hit with the first criminal charges from the Trump/Russia collusion scandal, surrogates for the President are more or less freaking out–pointing fingers wildly in any direction to distract from the real headlines:

The White House has been anticipating for months that special counsel Robert Mueller would eventually file criminal charges in his Russia investigation. But President Donald Trump, his lawyers and senior administration officials were all caught off guard by the news…

The lack of information, on a case that could have major ramifications for the president, left many current and former Trump advisers livid, focusing their rage on how the information leaked and on a forever target: Hillary Clinton.

Whatever happens tomorrow, don’t get caught watching FOX News or you’ll liable to miss it. With that, we’ll turn 2017’s favorite guessing game over to our readers: who among President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign operatives gets the first criminal charges? Who’s next? Who will turn state’s evidence? How will Sean Hannity control his blood pressure? How will Colorado Republicans’ facial expressions change?

It’s going to be a big week, folks. Stay tuned.