One of my real-life pals, Pam, called me the day all the Trump stuff started breaking and said, “Manafort.  Manafort is the key. That man would sell his mother to keep his hiney out of prison.”  Well, to be honest, I changed some of the words there.  Pam is a fine, beautiful, well-educated and mannered woman who loves Jesus and attends the Methodist Church, which is to say she cusses like a damn sailor.

I’m thinking she was right. No, wait. I’m sure she is right and I know that Robert Mueller agrees.

Federal investigators sought cooperation from Paul Manafort’s son-in-law in an effort to increase pressure on President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, according to three people familiar with the probe.

Investigators approached Jeffrey Yohai, who has partnered in business deals with Manafort, earlier this summer, setting off “real waves” in Manafort’s orbit, one of these people said. Another of these people said investigators are trying to get “into Manafort’s head.”

Get into Manafort’s head?  So they’re going where no man has ever gone before?

Manafort probably is the weak link because he was the first to head for the hills. I do not feel sorry for him in the least. He’s a sumbitch. A wheeler-dealer. And he would sell his momma.

So, I asked Pam to keep a watch on her crystal ball to see if she sees something coming.