Claiming to be singled out while admitting to breaking the law is tough sell. Good luck with that. Manafort had Trump arguing that for him, meanwhile the two in cahoots to provide Mueller's questions to Trump, lie about Trump's involvement and give Manafort a pardon. There is a word for that and its not selective prosecution.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.