Paul Manafort has agreed to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The former Trump campaign chairman, whom the president praised for refusing to "break" like Michael Cohen recently, has apparently broken at the prospect of being tried for a bunch more crimes after he was convicted of a bunch of crimes last month.

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I feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. “Justice” took a 12 year old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him and, unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to “break” - make up stories in order to get a “deal.” Such respect for a brave man! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2018

Nothing to see here! Just the president talking like a mob boss again.

None of the charges in question were directly related to the Trump campaign, and it's unclear whether the "cooperation agreement" announced by federal prosecutors Friday will see Manafort offer information on campaign activities specifically. But Manafort, whom we can safely assume is one of "the young and beautiful lives (and others)" the president once lamented were being destroyed by the investigation, can almost certainly expect to soon be the subject of a presidential tweetstorm that in no way demeans the highest office in the land.

Jack Holmes Politics Editor Jack Holmes is the Politics Editor at Esquire, where he writes daily and edits the Politics Blog with Charles P Pierce.

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